bikini cut panties for 4 year olds?

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When my kids were toddlers I balked at the underwear department. Who in their right mind would want low rise or bikini cut undies for their preschooler? It seemed so cheap and seedy to think about. How things change. I figured out why they invented low rise panties in small sizes. They are for little girls like my daughter. She is 7 1/2 and weighs about 40lbs. She wears 6slim but they are huge on her and either need to be pinned up or have to have adjustable waists. I always bought her regular Disney covered undies in the smallest size that would fit her. They fit fine and all but they came all the way up her chest and always showed above the waist of her pants. That bugged the heck out of me. When she was 6 I was looking for new underwear for her and decided to try the low cut because of this problem. I got her a pack of size 4. Oh my, what a difference. Whereas the other ones fit okay...these fit perfect. They didn't sag off her back side and the waist was...at her waist, not half way up her ribcage (well, bunched down around her belly button). She said they were a lot more comfortable, too, since they weren't all saggy and bunchy on her. Then my dad picked up a pack of bikini ones for her. They fit more like a mid/low rise might on a normally shaped girl. She likes them better. They would never fit or look good on my 5yo. She wear regular brief cut ones and they fit perfectly. They don't sag and they don't bunch and the waist is at the waist. My girls have 2 very different body types. I buy almost all mid rise jeans/pants for my oldest. I never thought I would. Her waist is too low and her hips/butt nonexistent (even more then the normal 7yo) to have a regular cut pant. The low rise fit her perfectly and don't show her butt crack or look "skanky" or any other comments I've heard about that style. She looks nice and feels comfortable in them. And with her bikini undies underneath they don't show above the waist. My 5yo could never wear that style. She actually looks best in a boy cut (which she has many of). She has a fuller bottom (which is a normal body for a 5yo) and a higher waist. Whereas her sister has to have a slim to fit and look nice she could never fit her normal 5yo body into a slim. She wears a 5 regular or a 5T. A 5T fits better--they seem to have more room in the seat to account for toddlers that might not be potty trained. So next time you start to make or think a comment about how it is innapropriate for stores to sell bikini style undies and low cut pants in sizes for preschoolers remember that not every girl is shaped the same and "regular" cut looks ridiculous on them and low rise may look cheap on a normal girl but fits another girl perfectly and they are joyed to finally discover clothes that don't hang off of them or look silly.