https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:08:30 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stick-to-gender-specific-printscolours-or-buy-both-boy-and-girl#post-2441937 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 13:59:52 +0000 PawPrints 2441937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I buy what *I* like. I'm pretty much the only one who cares. LO has no idea what she is wearing (10 months old). Most often, that ends up being clothes that are marketed for girls, I just have been finding that stuff appeals to me more. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stick-to-gender-specific-printscolours-or-buy-both-boy-and-girl#post-2441820 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 12:44:41 +0000 Astro Bee 2441820@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: Love that! Only real boys were pink! I try to tell people that pink was considered a boy colour and blue a girl colour for babies as recently as 100 years ago (probably a little less). Baby/powder blue was seen as "softer" than pink, and more appropriate for the fairer sex. </p> <p>Love all the responses to those that do and would put pinks and more feminine prints of their little men! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stick-to-gender-specific-printscolours-or-buy-both-boy-and-girl#post-2441819 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 12:42:36 +0000 autumnlove 2441819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bought neutrals for LO 1 but I bought a few new girly colors and prints for LO 2 &amp; 3. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stick-to-gender-specific-printscolours-or-buy-both-boy-and-girl#post-2441811 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 12:39:50 +0000 Astro Bee 2441811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I should start by saying that I'm not really willing to pay more than retail for rare BG prints, but I have spent quite a bit of time tracking the ones I do have down at online stores across Canada. I haven't purchased any from the U.S. Due to extra shipping and the conversion rate. I don't see this changing any time soon. Sometimes I would buy a print that is $1-3 more than a solid, but I'd do the same for his clothes, too. I'd get bored dressing him in the same everyday. </p> <p>@Youboots: We don't really need any more diapers, so it's just a hypothetical at this point. If/when we do get pregnant, I will probably buy the prints I like, regardless of gender. We have mostly boy-themed or gender-neutral prints, and blues/greens (my fav colours), but also a few girlier ones.</p> <p>@Ms Maths: DS seems to like purples and pinks, too, from the balls that he gravitated to at circle time or in the pool. We'll see how he feels once he's verbal and expressing an opinion. I love Lovelace too, but could never find it. </p> <p>@Avivoca: @PeachyKeen: If/when we get pregnant, I will have this conversation with DH. I'd like to CD from the second week (after the mec is done with), but only with AIOs, and they are pricy (even used) for such a short period. I'd have to do some calculations to see if it's cost-effective for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stick-to-gender-specific-printscolours-or-buy-both-boy-and-girl#post-2441741 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:58:42 +0000 BSB 2441741@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@avivoca: I'm sending you wall message. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stick-to-gender-specific-printscolours-or-buy-both-boy-and-girl#post-2441721 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:43:07 +0000 avivoca 2441721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@peachykeen: I think I'm going to buy newborn fitted diapers from Green Mountain Diapers. They will require covers but I have small newborn covers already. I just don't like using prefolds. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stick-to-gender-specific-printscolours-or-buy-both-boy-and-girl#post-2441714 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:39:09 +0000 Ms maths 2441714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bought a bunch used, so I took whatever was available. The few I bought new I chose the colors I liked best, which were a mix of greens, blues, pinks, and purples. My son's favorites seemed to the ones that were for girls. He is switching to undies right now, but when he picked out his diaper he often chose fuschia, purple, or BG lovelace. (He loves bright pink/purple in general, though.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stick-to-gender-specific-printscolours-or-buy-both-boy-and-girl#post-2441706 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:33:29 +0000 peachykeen 2441706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@avivoca: Have you found any good deals on newborns? We didn't CD until 2 months with our 1st and I really want to start from birth next time (not pregnant, just planning!). This will probably be our last babe, though, so I'm not sure whether I can justify the cost of newborn CDs to DH without a good deal... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stick-to-gender-specific-printscolours-or-buy-both-boy-and-girl#post-2441663 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:04:51 +0000 youboots 2441663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>BG does not have a ton of prints- but I would buy boy specific ones. I would put a future son in the solids pink &amp; purples. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stick-to-gender-specific-printscolours-or-buy-both-boy-and-girl#post-2441632 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 10:52:59 +0000 BSB 2441632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I was starting my CD stash while TTC, I made sure to buy only gender neutral prints. Now that my b/g twins are here, I'm really loving the prints and want to add some more prints (that are both gender neutral and gender specific). </p> <p>Yeah, there was a time where I wanted to save money and get the best price and best use out of them for future kids. But then seeing super cute prints, I convinced myself to pay a little extra for prints. Also, I guess resale value on BG prints are pretty high that I could make 70% or more back of my money. I do have to remember when I buy anything to think if I'll really love the print and that I could get less than 70% back. But used BG diapers are already selling for 50% of what I bought them for.</p> <p>Oh, DH and I both have put girly print on our son. It's a clean diaper and it's only for us to see. I did send a pic of my son in a pink diaper to my sister (who also CDs) and told her 'Only real boys wear pink' ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stick-to-gender-specific-printscolours-or-buy-both-boy-and-girl#post-2441622 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 10:46:50 +0000 avivoca 2441622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Astro Bee: I keep telling myself that I'm only allowed to buy newborn diapers this time because I have SO MANY one-size diapers. I have two Bonnie diapers and I can't wait to see them on the new squish! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stick-to-gender-specific-printscolours-or-buy-both-boy-and-girl#post-2441617 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 10:42:21 +0000 Astro Bee 2441617@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PeachyKeen: I have both the fox prints, but I definitely prefer the boy one myself, as well. </p> <p>@Avivoca: I know, so many cute prints! We don't really need any more but I would love to have the Perky Perennials and Destiny prints. I'm holding off buying any new diapers for awhile, unless we get pregnant in the next few months. In which case, we'll have 2 in diapers, so we'll probably need more. I know what I'll be buying! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stick-to-gender-specific-printscolours-or-buy-both-boy-and-girl#post-2441560 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 10:10:16 +0000 avivoca 2441560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At first I stuck mainly with solid colors so they would be gender neutral, but then I got sucked in by all the cute RAR prints and now we have a bunch of prints. If #2 is a boy, he's going to be rocking some awesome pink and floral diapers in addition to the solids, plaids, and chevron diapers I have. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stick-to-gender-specific-printscolours-or-buy-both-boy-and-girl#post-2441551 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 10:06:52 +0000 peachykeen 2441551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both! I have a girl but don't like anything extremely girly. We have pink and purple solid colors, but I would put those on a boy too! When Rumparooz released the fox diapers, I picked the 'boy' version because I liked the colors better. Most of our prints aren't really cartoon-y or themed, though (we use mostly BG) so I haven't run into this decision a whole lot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stick-to-gender-specific-printscolours-or-buy-both-boy-and-girl#post-2441542 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 09:57:21 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2441542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinbaderin: Yes! I have soccer shirts and stuff for my daughter from the boys section. Ive actually made more of an effort to shop int he boys section for her now knowing I can hand those items down to her little brother. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stick-to-gender-specific-printscolours-or-buy-both-boy-and-girl#post-2441530 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 09:50:41 +0000 Astro Bee 2441530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So happy to see that so many others put their kid in cute prints no matter the intended gender. I have a few prints that are fairly "girly" that I put DS in, but I bought them because I like them. I have, but haven't opened yet, the BG Audrey print (I'm an AH fan!), but haven't done so because I worry that it's too girly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stick-to-gender-specific-printscolours-or-buy-both-boy-and-girl#post-2441524 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 09:47:47 +0000 erinbaderin 2441524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: I feel like boy clothes are a lot more gender neutral than girl clothes, don't you think? I think that most of the boy clothes I own would have been fine for a baby girl, but my friend had a boy second and it felt so strange seeing him in little cupcake sleepers. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stick-to-gender-specific-printscolours-or-buy-both-boy-and-girl#post-2441522 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 09:45:45 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2441522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For cloth I've done it all. More likely though to put my girl in "boy" prints. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stick-to-gender-specific-printscolours-or-buy-both-boy-and-girl#post-2441414 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 08:33:36 +0000 erinbaderin 2441414@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For diapers, I'd buy anything. For clothes, my son has a mix - a lot of blues/greens/greys, but those are the colours that I prefer personally, most of my wardrobe is the same. He has a few pink polos and some red stuff. Basically I buy whatever I think would look cute on him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stick-to-gender-specific-printscolours-or-buy-both-boy-and-girl#post-2441398 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 08:06:57 +0000 yin 2441398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I purchased solid gender neutral newborn diapers, knowing it would sell more easily after I was done using them. I bought a mix of gender neutral and boy solid colors. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stick-to-gender-specific-printscolours-or-buy-both-boy-and-girl#post-2441384 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 07:43:08 +0000 knittylady 2441384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have boys and bought Marie and sassy bumgenius dipes. Didn't go so far as seeking out Audrey, but would have had it not been so expensive and hard to find! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stick-to-gender-specific-printscolours-or-buy-both-boy-and-girl#post-2441375 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 07:19:52 +0000 looch 2441375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've done all combination, I am very price sensitive, so for something like diapers, if the pink option was cheaper, I'd totally go for that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-you-stick-to-gender-specific-printscolours-or-buy-both-boy-and-girl#post-2441288 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 23:54:40 +0000 Astro Bee 2441288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If you have a girl, do you buy prints with flowers or butterflies and solid pinks/fuchsias, or do you buy typical "boy" prints with robots, fire engines, and blue/greys?</p> <p>Conversely, would you buy a flower print or pastel pink diapers for your boy? </p>