Isn’t the whole “pink for girls; blue for boys” thing over?
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Anonymous
Eh, or you can just choose a gender at random. I shop boy and girl clothes equally because I think gendered clothes for babies are silly (and I’m not buying a second set of infant stuff for the different gendered younger sibs). If someone says “oh what a cute little boy!” about my DD, I’d just say “thanks!” I guess the gendered clothing is helpful if you would vexed if someone misgendered your kid. |
Anonymous
It's not really old fashioned. Baby clothes back in the day (before ultrasound) were mostly gender neutral. |
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I’m more annoyed that all the gender neutral clothes are basically just boys clothes. Dress boys in pink and purple!
The biggest way to not get baby clothes as gifts is to not find out the sex. I never found out and everyone only gave nice gender neutral stuff. Like gray swaddles, white sheets and solid onesies. |
Anonymous
| Do you have any clothes on your registry? I have found that if you do, that can set the tone ... sometimes. And sometimes people just buy girly frilly stuff. But it's a way to signal what kinds of clothes you are interested in getting. |
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1) People gave you gifts, and you mock and complain? Wow.
2) You did have the option to not find out the sex until birth, or not reveal it. We chose to be surprised, and thus got only gender-neutral clothing before our girls were born. |
Anonymous
| Having a child will open your eyes to the myriad ways gender norms are pushed constantly and how it creeps into everything. They don't stand a chance OP. |
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There are lots of great options here that aren't so heavily gendered:
https://monicaandandy.com/collections/baby-clothes?_=pf&pf_opt_gender=Unisex&pf_opt_gender=Girl&pf_opt_gender=Boy But IMO you're overthinking this. Your baby can wear a pink dress one day and a blue coverall the next day. Your baby will only be able to wear it for a few weeks anyway. |
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You people lack imagination and resourcefulness. There are entire online stores dedicated to gender neutral baby clothes. Even massive retailers make it possible to filter clothes by “Gender Neutral.” My goodness.
Register accordingly. Even better: don’t find out the sex, or don’t tell people what it is. |
Anonymous
+ People today are more obsessed with gender than they were in the 70s. |
Anonymous
| I don't know anyone who does this with babies. Of course, older kids develop their own preferences. I have two boys and I've always dressed them in mostly blue, pink, and grey, because those are the colors I like and they're easy to mix and match. I would also like to retire the idea of giving white clothes for babies because they stain so easily! Patterns and bright or dark colors FTW! |
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Are them any cool Onesie ?
My niece is about to have a baby I’d like to send something. We had ab/cd … like the band ac/dc. Anything like that? |
Anonymous
It’s not old fashioned at all - in fact it’s going strong. Have you been to a baby shower lately? |
Anonymous
Someone get the child some vertically-striped slacks |
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Yeah, it’s ridiculous. Blue for boys and pink for girls is alive and well and thriving. You can balance it out by never buying pink clothes for your daughter.
The 200 pink blankets will always be around however. |
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DD has these huge green eyes and she looks amazing in green. Green is a beautiful color and yet there are few green baby and toddler clothes. I love cream colored clothes for babies too. And bright primary colors. And many blue.
Hard to find rich colors for babies and toddlers. |