Really little guy in a kilt

[Pleater]

Up until about the 1920s English boys wore dresses.

I remember Alaisdaire Cook, who did the radio 'Letter from America' remarking on an old photo of himself before he was breeched.

My dad - born during the Great War was able to recall his first day wearing a pair of shorts rather than skirts.

I have heard people standing in front of family portraits from previous centuries wondering why the children were all girls....

My sister told me I was very old fashioned dressing my babies in gowns - but it saved so much time in changing them, and my sister's son was not toilet trained until months later than mine.

I do have to stop myself being a mother in law when I see my two month old grandson in jeans, shoes and socks. I might just have to buy him some less restricting garments.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[Am Bàrd]

Very nice. I spent quite a bit of time in a kilt as a child. My mother had one made in the Royal Stewart and I must have worn it to every band outing and parade from the time it fit (maybe at age 3 or 4?) until it didn't. She recently passed it, and a wee shaggy sporran that's been in the family for many years, on to me for my own son, Lochlan, to wear when it fits him.

[McFarkus]

Great that he wanted to wear it, and good of you to help him along.

[Panache]

Glad to hear you were able to help out the lad and his father.

Cheers

Jamie

[ziggy]

I think that is nifty....a young las in a kilt, that would be a sight to see, he'd wear it well I am sure!! It shows a level of sophistication to a degree i find (just wearing the kilt)

... meanwhile i am kinda wondering why the african lady would think young boys didn't wear them... maybe she thought it was a right of passage thing?

Either way good job! I'll bet with your gifts, he is now right into it

[Squeaky McMurdo]

Up until about the 1920s English boys wore dresses.

I remember Alaisdaire Cook, who did the radio 'Letter from America' remarking on an old photo of himself before he was breeched.

My dad - born during the Great War was able to recall his first day wearing a pair of shorts rather than skirts.

I have heard people standing in front of family portraits from previous centuries wondering why the children were all girls....

My sister told me I was very old fashioned dressing my babies in gowns - but it saved so much time in changing them, and my sister's son was not toilet trained until months later than mine.

I do have to stop myself being a mother in law when I see my two month old grandson in jeans, shoes and socks. I might just have to buy him some less restricting garments.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

You know....when I had to do "Baby Think It Over" (the robot doll) in High School and the one I drew was a boy, I put him in a kilt for the exact reason that nappy changes were faster. See, we got points taken off our grade for how long the baby cried before the change was complete.


That's why my daughter is always in dresses...or bare bum

[sathor]

I do have to stop myself being a mother in law when I see my two month old grandson in jeans, shoes and socks. I might just have to buy him some less restricting garments.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

I put my son (15 mths) into jeans and a long sleeve shirt today. It's cold and windy. To bad one of his shoes is missing and he has no socks. (Packed to moved. The socks. Not the shoe. I hope.)

The wind is far too much for my Stillwater kilt. I might have to break down and order a wool SWK instead of the wool custom one I am saving for.

[Cherub]

I think that it is a difficult job when a young lad wants to put on a kilt. Kids like dressing up. Go round any supermarket, there are outfits for Batman, Superman, Spiderman, The Joker, The Hulk, Sponge Bob Square Pants, Ben 10, Dora the Explorer and and and, the list goes on and on.

The trick is convincing the lad that the kilt is something special and it is not 'dressing up'. I don't think that there is a golden answer, just lots of support and positive re-enforcement. Then, who knows? a kilt wearer in the making.

Regards

Chas

Well it's not too outstanding when you consider how many of todays cartoons have characters wearing kilts with no complaint from any other characters. Thats positive reinforcement in spades I can't say if it works as my only child is a Girl and wears her Kilt for Highland dancing.

[Chas]

Well it's not too outstanding when you consider how many of todays cartoons have characters wearing kilts with no complaint from any other characters. Thats positive reinforcement in spades I can't say if it works as my only child is a Girl and wears her Kilt for Highland dancing.

I'll take your word for it Cherub. I don't watch a lot of TV and certainly not a lot of cartoons, so I really have no idea on that score.

Regards

Chas

[sathor]

I'll take your word for it Cherub. I don't watch a lot of TV and certainly not a lot of cartoons, so I really have no idea on that score.

Regards

Chas

watched a Tom and Jerry movie a few weeks back, and when they went past Scotland, it had a guy in a kilt, and it flew up to show a leaf underneath it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0487176/ I see it will be on tomorrow morning.