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My little baby girl is always being mistaken as a boy....
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Anonymous
| Same thing happened to my daughter around the same age. Didn't matter when I dressed her in head to toe pink we'd still get asked if she was a he. The questions stopped I think the closer she got to a year old. Now it's always what a beautiful daughter you have! |
Anonymous
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what's the big deal? As long as it doesn't happen when they're 10 or 16. |
Anonymous
| Until age 12 i was mistaken for a boy, i remember that my mom was more irritated about it. It rarely registered with me. |
Anonymous
That is good to know. Thank you. |
Anonymous
| OP, same thing with my girl baby, even in pink dresses! I just laugh it off, no biggie. I think it's the short hair that throws people. |
Anonymous
| My husband was telling me that he was walking DS around the mall yesterday and a couple of women came up and asked him if our son was a girl or boy. I jokingly said, "you should have replied, 'No, Sir'" |
Anonymous
| My first is a boy (4 yrs) and my second baby, just now turning 6 months, is a girl. We didn't know sex before they were born with either of them, so there's a lot of gender neutral happening in our house (I hate gender stereotypes anyway and all the pink in this world for girls makes me want to throw up). And DD is still wearing a fair number of things that were her brother's even though some of them (gasp!) are all blue. And I actually find it amusing sometimes when we are often out and people really have no idea if she's a boy or a girl...but suffice it to say she's been referred to as a "he" several times and half the time I don't say a word. Not even worth it to me to correct a stranger on an easy mistake. DH and I were also joking the other night that she reminds us of Harold from Harold and the Purple Crayon. Point being that babies can indeed look so gender neutral and I'm definitely in the "who cares" camp. Try not to stress about it. |
Anonymous
Maybe they are from Belgium because there Pink is for boys and blue is for girls. My daughter had very little hair and I bought her a baby blue coat because it matched her eyes. When people told me what a beautiful little boy I had, I said, "thank you." If this is the only thing you have in your life that is distressing, get down on your knees and give thanks. |