Hand-me-downs: would you take kids' swimsuits?

Re: Hand-me-downs: would you take kids' swimsuits?

• MrsMincks

  November 2011

  I don't see why not. If you wash them, they should be just fine! Plus, it's always good to have a backup swimsuit, just in case...I learned that the hard way while babysitting! The hand-me-downs can be the "emergency" ones.

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• JENandJEH member

  November 2011

  I would use a hand me down suit.  After it's washed, I don't see where it would be an issue??  I have to send a swim suit to DS's preschool in the summer for their water play days and they take a beating.  I'd happily send a hand me down suit and not worry about them getting ruined (it's amazing how hard they are on swim suits at school).

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• sunnyday016 member

  November 2011

  I don't see a problem with it. 

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• Babymamawithdrama

  November 2011

  My some just used several from his two cousins this past summer... I would wash and hand them down, if they feel funny accepting them they cam toss them

  
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• Babycakes29 member

  November 2011

  I would never for myself so I wouldn't for my LO either. Personal preference. I don't like the idea of sharing anything that goes in a person's private area no matter how much it's washed. I have a couple girlfriends who have borrowed the other's thong underwear before because "its been washed so its ok" and I just could never do that!

  

  

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• KCur member

  November 2011

  I see no problem with it. 
  

  

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• texasweetea member

  November 2011

  ummm i'll go against the crowd and say no to hand me down suits. it the same thing as underwear to me. it gives me the creeps. not saying you are icky i just wouldn't send it with the clothes. i wouldn't have my kid wear their friends swim suit no matter how much it was washed.
  

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• Lisichka

  November 2011

  texasweetea:

  ummm i'll go against the crowd and say no to hand me down suits. it the same thing as underwear to me. it gives me the creeps. not saying you are icky i just wouldn't send it with the clothes. i wouldn't have my kid wear their friends swim suit no matter how much it was washed.
  

  See, this is what I was thinking as well. Obviously, they've been washed, and my cousin would probably wash them too... but I wouldn't use a hand-me-down swimsuit either. I guess, I'll give them to her and if she doesn't feel comfortable using them, she can toss them herself.
  

  
  
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• sfinchWed68665 member

  November 2011

  Babycakes29:

  I would never for myself so I wouldn't for my LO either. Personal preference. I don't like the idea of sharing anything that goes in a person's private area no matter how much it's washed. I have a couple girlfriends who have borrowed the other's thong underwear before because "its been washed so its ok" and I just could never do that!

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• MrsMincks

  November 2011

  Ew to the thong thing...just...ew. That's not okay. But a swimsuit that hasn't gone...you know..."up there" is a little different, I think. A lot of kids wear liners of some kind with theirs, so it would probably be just fine, but to each his own.

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• McGibbon51311

  November 2011

  MrsMincks:

  But a swimsuit that hasn't gone...you know..."up there" is a little different, I think. A lot of kids wear liners of some kind with theirs, so it would probably be just fine, but to each his own.

   Even swimsuits that don't go, you know, *points up there*, still come into contact with genitalia. Not saying that OP or anyone's children have infections or anything of the sort, but it is obviously a personal preference as to whether or not someone would want to wear an item of clothing that comes into contact in such an intimate location. And FWIW, after working at a daycare, camp and preschool for 4 1/2 years, I've never seen kids wear liners in their bathing suits. 

  OP I would agree with pp and give them to your cousin and just tell her no hard feelings if she decides not to use them.  

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• MrsMincks

  November 2011

  Well, if they weren't using any sort of liner, that's probably different. 

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• countrygrl5533 member

  November 2011

  I personally wouldn't. I'm also in the camp of swimsuits are like underwear. If it was a baby/small toddler one where they would be wearing a diaper for sure anyway, not an issue.

  I do just about anything used except for under clothes, swimsuits, and pjs. That is true for my whole household.
  

   

  
  
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• Jessimurph member

  November 2011

  I would definitely takethem.

  

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• aquababy320

  November 2011

  Personally, I wouldn't. I agree with pp, I wouldn't do that for myself, so I wouldn't take or give away a hand me down bathing suit. From/for anyone, not even my own siblings.
  

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