I personally throw underwear away when grown out of! You are lucky enough to reuse everything else, getting some new undies all her own could be really special! I'm sure it would probably be fine, but I wouldn't do it... just can't wrap my head around it... I would also never use "used" cloth diapers either.... but that's just me :-)
Soap works...otherwise every fork you put in your mouth has every other person's germs still on it that EVER used it.
If in doubt, use some bleach.
Waste not, want not!
I have no problem with it...pass em' down! It's not like the younger child will never get their own 'new' underwear too, right?
~I have 2 boys and then a girl...each 2 years apart...I passed down all the clothes and shoes (although I admit to going WAY overboard on the buying to begin with...and with each additional child) and yes, some underwear too...even for my baby girl. Nothin' cuter than a lil' girl butt in a pair of cute boy briefs and a tank top as jammies! IMHO!
Baby sister even has all the hand me down levi's and some Adidas, Nike's, Pumas, thongs, hoodies, etc, etc, etc...I get a kick out of pairing her brothers' old clothes with something girly! Just today she is sporting black leggings, a red& white striped long sleeve 'girl' shirt with one of brother's old black and red hoodies, hair all done up and braided something fierce with the black & white Pumas...too cute!
Don't even get me started on pairing her cute lil' printed tights with a skirt, cute boots and some of brother's old color coordinating band T-shirts!
I am kind of even hoping this trend lasts well into the teen years...can't wait for the time she goes in a raids her brothers' closets for something funky and makes up her own 'style'!!
I am also one of 'those' mothers that has a coordinating picture of each child, in the same outfit at the exact same age... :)
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As long as the older daughter never had a fungal or yeast infection in the undies, and there not ratted, torn, overly used, then pass em down. I would recommend you buy a few new ones to mix in with the oldies. Oh, the reasons I mention fungal, as it is nearly impossible to kill, even with soap and bleach and borox, etc. You know your daughters personal hygiene and prior health issues the best.
Waste not, want not.
I don't see the big deal as long as they are clean and without stains. My twins share a panty drawer and they take turns wearing their favorite Hello Kitty panties after they are washed. I throw out stained panties/underwear as soon as I notice anything gross.
I did pass down a few 2T/3T panities from my older daughter to my baby 2 yr old. They looked brand new. But the panties after that were pretty stained, so it have thrown those away. So i say as long as they are in like new condition, sure why not!
Yup...I think it's just fine to pass down undies! My boys are 3 years (and two weeks!) apart and we passed down underwear. I also got a bunch from my girlfriend that her son outgrew. Really...no ameebas or nasties are gonna be growing on underwear that has been washes (with bleach). Pass them on mama!
Laura
Well when we started potty training my youngest daughter we did go to the store and get her a "special" package of new "big girl" panties. 2 years apart in age the girls have the same size rear. (One is petite and the other chunky) So now the panties didn't get passed down, they just plain old share them same with my 2 boys, who are 5 and 8. They share too and don't care at all.
Personally I do not see a problem with it. I have boys and i am doing the same thing. You know that you have taken very good care of your first daughters clothing...and you know that the underwware you are using is completely clean.... therefore i see no problem with it. It may not be for everyone, but with the economy today....it is TOO expensive to throw things out if they can be used aain.
I don't see why not - it's economical and very "green" to recycle, even childrens' underwear!
As long as not stained, a very practical solution. Especially when potty training.
I'd do it until the little one says she doesn't want her big sister's underpants.
I have two boys about the same years apart and we do pass down the underpants, but pepper in some new ones for the little guy as rewards for potty training.
We just had this similar situation. My oldest daughter is 4 and my youngest 4 months. As I was cleaning out my 4 yr olds drawers for spring clothes I pulled out the small undies and decided to keep them for potty training purposes for when my youngest dd gets to that stage. My husband thought it was gross and said " we can afford to buy her new undies", lol. But I figured undies are expensive. As previous posters stated we will buy a few new for "rewards" but other then that we are reusing.
As a matter of a fact I just passed along my daughters' panties to my friend whose daughter is potty training. Since my girls are twins all of their clothes are interchangable including underwear.
I do believe you should take your daughter shopping to go pick out her very own "big girl panties" too. She still needs the rite of passage. You don't need to buy all new though.
I kept the training pants (the thicker type undies, not the regular ones) and used those from one child to the next. And although I think it's fine if they are clean, I also decided that for me, the kid could have new undies all their own. It's not a hygene thing as much as they get so much hand me downs that why not at least let them have their own undies!
I would pass them down. As long as you wash them to me it does not matter what they are. Shoot right now my boys wear the same size under wear and I don't deferintiate who's is who's. I just don't have my 8 year old wear the boxers that we got for my 12 year old but if all the boxers are dirty the 12 year old will wear the others. My 12 year old is very skinny!!!!
I think that is completely fine!!! I plan on doing that with my girls...they are 3 1/2 years apart...As long as they are cleaned and still in good shape why not you know...My oldest DD has SO many panties its insane lol!!! She has grown out of most of them and moved up a size now so I just bagged up all the ones that dont fit...But when I do first start potty training my youngest DD which will be awhile cause shes only 4 months lol...but I will take her to pick out one special pack at the store just to get her in the potty training mood :) HTH!!!
OH HECK YEAH!!!! I passed the underwear down - it's not like it wasn't clean or sanitized before I did it. They weren't "wholly" they didn't have saggy waist bands. So why not?!!
I don't do that with shoes - everyone's feet are different. however, with infants - no big deal.
My boys are 3 years apart. We've passed down the smaller sized undies. Once my oldest got into the bigger sizes he wore them longer and stuff so they weren't passable anymore.
My youngest got to pick out new undies too (he had so many he could have worn a new pair every day for months! LOL) but he thought it was super cool that he got his big brothers undies! He wanted to be like his big brother and use the potty so it was super cool to him to have the undies.
It's fine.