One-piece bathing suit for a 13yr old?

[wendibird22]

DD2 is in 7th grade and the school's required swim unit for PE begins the first week of March. They require the girls to wear a one piece suit. DD is 4'11" and 95ish pounds, so a sz14 ish in girls section and 000/xxs/xxxs in teens (like American Eagle). She also has A cup boobs. She hates one piece suits because it is so hard to find something that fits her tiny frame that feels age appropriate for a teen and provides padding/modesty on top. I hate the idea of having to spend money on a suit for what will amount to 6 PE classes that I know she will not wear again.

Any suggestions? The Athleta Girls ones say they have padded bra area but gosh $55 for a suit that she's not going to wear again is not great. Looked at my local Target and ON and everything that would fit her is too juvenile. Any suggestions?

[SnuggleBuggles]

Swim Outlet

[georgiegirl]

Do you have a swim store nearby? If so, go there and ask for a practice suit. I wouldn’t worry about modesty padding. All swim team teen girls wear typical one pieces: speedo, tyr, arena…jolyn is the most popular but they are pricey.

[lizzywednesday]

I also had boobs (though I think I was a B-cup) at 13, but I swam competitively & lived in Speedo & TYR suits.

Heck, I was still wearing Speedo suits well into my 30s.

[nfceagles]

I would look at Dick’s Sporting Goods. My 14 year old won’t wear a two piece and I had luck finding options there last summer. Speedos. It also some other cheaper brands of athletic style suits.


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[gymnbomb]

Do you have a swim store nearby? If so, go there and ask for a practice suit. I wouldn’t worry about modesty padding. All swim team teen girls wear typical one pieces: speedo, tyr, arena…jolyn is the most popular but they are pricey.

I would definitely defer to DD's wishes on the modesty padding. That is something that is really important to a lot of tweens/teens (and still to me in my 40's), and I would not hesitate to pay more for something my DD would feel comfortable wearing.

[wendibird22]

Do you have a swim store nearby? If so, go there and ask for a practice suit. I wouldn’t worry about modesty padding. All swim team teen girls wear typical one pieces: speedo, tyr, arena…jolyn is the most popular but they are pricey.

I think her desire for the padding is that the youth swimsuits tend to be in colors/patterns that really show nipples and she doesn't want that. I was with her last summer when she tried some on and was like wow, is that noticeable! If this were a swim team where everyone is basically focused on the task at hand, I don't think she'd care as much. But PE class with 7th grade boys/girls who are all just sizing each other up and hardly anyone is taking it seriously is another story. And her grade level cohort (which is ~60 kids) is, in the words of the guidance counselor, one of the worst the school has dealt with in a long time.

[nfceagles]

Would she be allowed to wear a bikini top underneath a short sleeve rash guard?


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[mom2binsd]

Swim team store, they fit super tight, the patterned ones will hide the nipples, they usually have older patterns on sale for 20.00.

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[mom2binsd]

Swim suits need to fit super tight when dry, as they stretch when wet, they will seem too small.

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