Shopping for a New Jacket for a 4 Year Old  

Good gosh no! We just can't afford that. We spent $30 ON SALE, on a very nice Walls western jacket last year for our son. It's still in great shape. It's heavy cotton twill, lined, with hood. They go for about the $70 elsewhere. It still fits him this year, but may not next year. That's one thing I do is buy a bit bigger, they grow out of stuff so fast. We also have 2 other little boys that Z's clothes get passed down to. He has one above him that we get clothes from. Kids just grow out of stuff too fast to pay that kind of money. Doesn't seem like she was too upset so you've raised her to accept that she can't have everything she wants. We did that with our son too. He is one of the few who don't pitch a fit over something in stores. LOL! I am sure you got her a perfectly acceptable jacket and she will be quite happy with it. Good job mom and dad!

Baby Phat is a brand name and no I wouldn't have bought it. I also wouldn't have said "pick what you want" to a 4 year old. I don't even say that to my 11 year old. When I go shopping for clothes for the kids, they get input in to what they like. That being said, I have final say as to whether I will buy it or not. If I feel it is inappropriate or too expensive, the answer is no and that is all there is to it. After all, it is my money buying it. Once they have their own money, but still live in my house, I will have the same statement. Once they live in their own place, they can do as they please. They will hear my opinion and they can do with it as they please.

First mistake is giving a 4-year-old too many choices at one time. If letting her choose for herself, give her maybe five to choose from--within your price range---not a whole rack. And NO, I wouldn't have spent that much on a winter jacket on my 12 year old, let alone a 4-y/o---knowing she'll probably grow out of it by winter's end anyway. Oh and BabyPhat---is a women's clothing line by Russell Simmons' ex-wife Kimora Simmons (PHAT means Pretth Hot And Tempting). Google it. LOL

Phat is a brand of clothing, so Baby Phat is the baby line to the Phat.

I think your first mistake was to not check the prices before you let her pick out a jacket. I let my daughter pick out her jackets too, but first I pick a few that we can afford and she chooses from them.

By the way...no way would I have spent $79 on a jacket for a 4 yr old. Unless I bought it 2 sizes to big and she wore it for 3 years!!

Was she upset about not getting the jacket?

im sorry but a 4 year old does not need a baby-phat jacket, the line made by kimora simmons, yes russell simmons ex-wife. try somewhere like target, steve & barrys, you can get most jackets under 40 bucks, and they're all hip and in style :)

Baby Phat is the company designed and owned by model Kimora Lee Simmons. Shes abnoxious, but her clothes are nice, however for 4 year old? her older line is for girls with curves, i am curvy and love her stuff, but wont pay even that much. 4 years old they wont rememeber it anyway, i wouldnt encourage name brands by women who set the standards to high for girls anyway.

I guess I'm curious as to why you would ask a 4 year old to pick out her own coat in a store? That seems rather young to make such a decision. I mean they could pick out anything, at any price. Since I was the one spending the money when my son was young I was the one who made such decisions - especially at that young an age. As he got older he did get to put in his input on likes and dislikes, but in the end I was the one who made the decision on what to purchase. Kids don't think about things like care, cost, comfort or warmth. That is for us as parents to make those decisions so that the child is dressed appropriately.

"Phat" supposedly means Pretty Hot And Tempting, but now a lot of people use it to just mean "Really cool." So I guess Baby Phat is sort of a play on words, meaning its something that is really cool and made for a small child.
I do agree, it is kind of silly to pay $79 for a really cool jacket for a small child who will probably outgrow it by next winter! If she really wants it, you might want to try looking online to see if you can order the jacket, or one in a similar style, for cheaper. Try OVerstock.com, or even Amazon!

Nah, I would never buy my daughter a Baby Phat coat. It's too expensive. Next year, she will just outgrown it and I will just waste my money. We bought her coat at Bealle's and it was for $30. It looks so cute and it's warm. It's pink in color which she loves so much. Dress for Less has a lot of coats which looks so good at cheap price. I may buy baby phat coats once it's summer as they drop the price way too cheap. I'll buy in big size.

Baby Phat is a designer clothing label. You were kind in the first place to let her choose a jacket. If it were me, I would buy one for him and that would be that. He would not get to choose. The coat that he's wearing now was 25.00 from walmart. It's a good, warm coat...I'm just not into paying big money for kids' clothing. They grow so fast and I always end up giving his outgrown clothes away to other people, so I don't see the point in spending a lot on his clothes.