Skimpy Baby Swimsuits

I’ve always been of the mindset, my daughter can’t wear something as a toddler that I would find troublesome in her teen years (i.e. bikini swimsuits).

I agree, there are some really darling ones out there, but it’s a stance that dh and I take very seriously, so I just spend a little extra time trying to find really cute 1 piece swimsuits.

As an aside, I am offended when I see some of the string bikini pieces for toddlers. I walked out of BabyGap last year when I chanced upon a crocheted bikini. Sometimes fashion goes too far and results in oversexualized children.

Alright, off my soapbox. My two cents have been thrown in.

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My DD had 2 pc suits when she was an infant/toddler. They were definetly easier for diapers, and potty training! We never took her in public in her suit though so I never thought much about others seeing her in it, just family and close friends.

Now she has 3 suits. One is a conservative 2 piece for camping, and in public places, a 2 pc. that has a tank top style to it that covers most of her belly, and another one piece that is down right ugly and is just for jumping in the mucky lake, LOL!

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They are everywhere! It doesn’t always have to be a string bikini!

I have bought them at Babies R Us, and Target. The one my daughter is wearing in the picture had a “built in swim diaper”, but I didn’t trust it, so she wore a swim diaper anyway.

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Maybe I could graduate to a tankini….

I’m anti-bikini.

I’m pretty old-fashioned about clothes with my kids, because I’m trying to give myself some leeway for later, LOL. I know that there will come a day (which I’m dreading already) when they will start wanting to wear more grown-up looking clothes and I figure if they start out with really conservative clothes then when they get older I can compromise a little without going too far. That’s what my parents did. They were pretty strict with the clothes, and then when I was about 12 I started nagging (and whining) to be able to wear more grown-up clothes and then my mother lightened up on the clothes restrictions a little bit, and I felt like I was given a lot of freedom at that point when in reailty they had really only compromised a little bit. I have an aunt who did the opposite. She figured that if she wasn’t very strict to begin with then her daughter wouldn’t rebel later: wrong. She soon found out that no matter how lenient the restrictions are, kids will rebel against them. Wow, it’s late and I think I might be rambling, sorry.

As everyone has mentioned, the 2 piece is so much easier for potty time (or diaper changes). If you’re going to be at the beach or in outdoor pools a lot, then you might want to consider a sun blocking top (we call them rash tops in Australia – I don’t know what they’re called here) and some bikini shorts. Target has the tops, someone gave my daughter the bikini with the shorts so I don’t know where to get them.

look here, they sell them as sets now!

http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/ref=sc_pgc_r_7_0_393618011/601-6924902-1208921?ie=UTF8&frombrowse=1&asin=B000X3GSKK

I used to think that 2-pieces on little girls were crazy… but dealing with diapers and potty training, I can’t imagine trying to wrestle with a full size swim suit at this point in time.

Although… part of me is just tempted to put both girls in boys suits this summer and say “thhhhbbbt” to tops at all.

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Heck, when my daughter was a baby, I just put her in a swim diaper! :)

But since she was a toddler, I’ve put her in one-piece suits. I think they just stay on better, and we haven’t had issues with diaper changes or bathroom runs (she potty trained just before her 2nd birthday and was always very good about holding it). I certainly don’t think there’s anything wrong with bikinis on little children, though, provided they’re not too revealing.

But, oh my gosh, have you looked at some of the one-piece suits out there? Seriously, they’re worse than a lot of the two-pieces! I saw some at Wal-Mart the other day – in the Girls’ section, mind you – that were completely backless with BARELY enough fabric to cover the bottom. Others had slits all down the sides. These were NOT cute; they were kinda, well, trashy! To see them in a size 4 . . . ugh.

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That’s what we do at home and at friends’ houses (when they’re not naked). When I was a kid I only ever remember wearing a bikini bottom until I was 7, then I decided that my boobies needed covering!