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What do you think about kids and Shabbos coats?

Too expensive to wear only once a week and then they outgrow it! A waste of money, even if I had it!

20%

[ 5 ]

I think they're beautiful and l'kavod Shabbos but I can't afford them!

36%

[ 9 ]

I buy them or would buy them for both boys and girls.

16%

[ 4 ]

I'm concerned that by buying them, those who can't afford it will feel bad.

[ 0 ]

I buy coats/jackets that look fine on weekdays and Shabbos.

24%

[ 6 ]

I would only buy it for girls.

[ 1 ]

Total Votes : 25

Motek ↓

Sun, Nov 27 2005, 4:24 pm

What do you think of kids and Shabbos coats? I don't know if my options covered all possibilities, probably not!

You can vote for more than one, if more than one applies to you.

Tefila ↓

Sun, Nov 27 2005, 5:23 pm

Quote:

I buy coats/jackets that look fine on weekdays and Shabbos

Yep Thats me Exclamation

and I buy a cute one so truthfully might be too nice for weekday, but shabbos will do. U see where we live it's ostentatious to go with two coats whereas in boro park it is not. So we go with the minhag hamokom Very Happy

and which happens to work well with out budget too Wink

shayna82

Sun, Nov 27 2005, 5:34 pm

right now my sons are too young, but when dovid turns 3, I will probably get him a nicer wool shabbos coat.. I think its cute, why not extra nice in honor of shabbos/yom tov

happyone ↓

Sun, Nov 27 2005, 6:58 pm

you moms make me feel like my kids are deprived!!!!!! (between 16 outfits per kid in a previous post - lol ) and shabbos coats.
Once my kids get older, I will get them coat l'koved shabbos. But when they're young they manage very well with the coat they wear in the weekday..
My kids are happy with what they have BH, and I'm not one to care what the neighbor next door wears.
Smile

shanie5 ↓

Sun, Nov 27 2005, 7:45 pm

motek- you forgot-"as long as they are hand-me-downs or gifts". cuz that is the only way I can afford shabbos coats. they are nice, but my kids just pull out the easiest coat to reach rather than the nicer one for shabbos. or they fight to wear the shabbos coat during the week.
so, if we have one fine, if not- im not buying them one till they are ready to date.

↑ Tefila

Sun, Nov 27 2005, 8:00 pm

Happyone I never said they owned 16 outfits shock

uh oh not me Exclamation

unless u mean counting all of my kids together. Go and reread love Smile

Quote:

if not- im not buying them one till they are ready to date.

By that time they will want to buy it themselves w/hout mummys taste Sad

↑ happyone

Sun, Nov 27 2005, 11:42 pm

freilich, don't talk this personal... noone said that you are the one with 16 outfits.

Posted: Wed, Nov 23 2005, 3:17 pm Post subject: clothes, how much do your children have?

I'm wondering how often do you do laundry and do you buy your childrens clothes based on that fact? I basically do it abou every 2 weeks so I try to but 16 outfits, for each child

here's the link!!
Smile

tzivi

Sun, Nov 27 2005, 11:45 pm

I am the same as freilich, buying coats that are suitable for shabbos and during the week! Smile

↑ shanie5 ↓

Mon, Nov 28 2005, 12:54 am

uhhh, freilich, by the time kids are about 5 yrs old they want to choose their own clothing. and they have their own taste way too early in life for most parents to accept. I have no problem w/ my kids choosing their own coats when the time is right. as it is, I dont get to choose any style when I use hand me downs or buy from consignment shops, or even when grandparents buy (or sew) them a coat.

hadasa

Mon, Nov 28 2005, 11:20 am

As a child I always had a Shabbos coat, but it wasn't as cold as where I live now. Now I feel, what's the point of the kids' down jackets, if not for their half-hour tramp each way in the snow and ice to and from Shul? An elegant wool coat will be less comfortable and won't give the same protection.[/I]

lucky

Tue, Nov 29 2005, 12:39 am

My boys get shabbos coats when they start going to shul on Shabbos.
My girls get shabbos coats when they are 8-10 yrs old.
Shabbos coats can always be passed down to other kids since they don't get worn out so fast. I hav eboys shabbos coats (that are being passed around in the family) that are about 12-15 yrs old. At least the boys styles don't really change much.

↑ Motek

Tue, Nov 29 2005, 12:49 pm

shanie5 wrote:

by the time kids are about 5 yrs old they want to choose their own clothing.

girls? boys?

still up to you to present them with what you're willing to buy

↑ shanie5

Tue, Nov 29 2005, 3:38 pm

true motek- but that works at any age- until they are ready to pay for the clothing themselves.
I was just responding to freilichs comment on the kids wanting to choose their own clothing when they are old enuf to date.

chocolate moose

Mon, Jan 09 2006, 3:00 pm

I hardly had a Shabbos coat until my kids were big, much less thm!

timeout

Mon, Jan 09 2006, 3:31 pm

No Shabbos coats here if it's warm they wear it wether they want to or not!

DefyGravity

Mon, Jan 09 2006, 3:55 pm

I don't have a shabbos coat myself, so I'm definitely not buying one for kids.

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