https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 09 May 2026 11:25:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hand-me-downs-girl-then-boy#post-2209527 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 06:56:25 +0000 cat620 2209527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would keep anything that is gender neutral, but I would definitely want to buy some new clothes and accessories! I think for me, a lot of it is that I think baby clothes are so cute, so I would want an excuse to buy more of them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hand-me-downs-girl-then-boy#post-2209490 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 05:53:29 +0000 anonysquire 2209490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p> [attach=1857/15/nq1a96.337x600.20150416_144032.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hand-me-downs-girl-then-boy#post-2209487 Tue, 16 Jun 2015 05:48:27 +0000 anonysquire 2209487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I thought I would have Pi wear some of Zumas less girly or GN pieces but really I havent. Idk, it's been too fun to shop. Also when I found out I was having a boy, I bought like 20 A&amp;A swaddles in boy colors and fabrics and bough boy binkys. Ya sometimes they switch buy we try and keep separate. Zuma does sometimes wear Pis clothes now though. So we will see if it ever makes it to Pi. Here's a pic of Zuma wearing Pi's 3-6 shirt. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hand-me-downs-girl-then-boy#post-2209184 Mon, 15 Jun 2015 17:16:49 +0000 shopaholic 2209184@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lamariniere: Oh, she is still going to be in 2T for awhile - she's pretty petite. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hand-me-downs-girl-then-boy#post-2207854 Sun, 14 Jun 2015 08:49:23 +0000 lamariniere 2207854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: 2T and 3T, especially fall and winter. :happy:</p> <p>Eta: you should totally do an IG or FB shop if you feel up to it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hand-me-downs-girl-then-boy#post-2207745 Sun, 14 Jun 2015 01:21:22 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 2207745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS always wore his sisters old pink/girly bibs, sleepers, and sleepsacks! I didn't care and they were so functional. He even used her old girly crib sheets. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hand-me-downs-girl-then-boy#post-2207564 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 17:40:35 +0000 shopaholic 2207564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: Oh, I am not getting rid of pink toys, there's too much as it is! lol </p> <p>@lamariniere: haha - what sizes and what are you looking for? I have SO much stuff I need to go through - requests are a lot easier to look for. :)</p> <p>@travelgirl1: lol! The sleep sacks - yes, this is one thing I'm really torn about. Will anyone see them besides us? Probably not. And they're pretty pricey, but I already feel guilty about the abundance of pink and girly stuff. I've bought a couple of new sleep sacks for the boy and will probably sell most of the girl ones to try and recoup some cost.</p> <p>@WinterBee: Thank you!</p> <p>@HLK208: I would do the same thing my friend! ;)</p> <p>@blackbird: That's a great tip. Yes, boy bibs, because you know, they use those out in public quite a bit (or at least we do).</p> <p>@Corduroy: Thanks for the tip! I will have to do some post like that. I did try and post a swap idea on HB here, but not much response. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hand-me-downs-girl-then-boy#post-2207526 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 16:13:49 +0000 plantains 2207526@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: I am dealing with this right now and it is harder than I thought. The bug stuff is fine because we bought a lot of blue and green for bathtub, toys etc. Clothes are much harder. It isn't so much the pink as the dresses, skirts and frills. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hand-me-downs-girl-then-boy#post-2207525 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 16:10:13 +0000 plantains 2207525@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: we have the reverse of your situation. DD is almost 3 and DS is in the way. I have girl stuff for days so if you ever want to do some kind swap of pink for blue just give me a shout as I am sorting through things now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hand-me-downs-girl-then-boy#post-2207516 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 15:18:36 +0000 tysonja 2207516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>keep some of DD's leggings! they make the best sleep pants for boys, because they don't ride up to their thighs, like the wider leg sleep pants do. my boys have a few pairs each :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hand-me-downs-girl-then-boy#post-2207504 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 14:46:26 +0000 Corduroy 2207504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I see a lot of moms in your situation looking to trade boy/girl stuff. If you're considering starting over anyway it might be worth it to post on a local Facebook group or mom's club site looking for a swap partner. </p> <p>I'm in the same situation but my DD used almost exclusively boy hand me downs so DS is getting blue/boy stuff from his sister. He will use some pink though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hand-me-downs-girl-then-boy#post-2207475 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 13:12:55 +0000 blackbird 2207475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm all for practical in the beginning. If/when people ask what you need, you can always say "boy bibs" or something like that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hand-me-downs-girl-then-boy#post-2207472 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 13:00:15 +0000 anbanan15 2207472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had boy then girl, but we bought all new clothing, some girl specific blankets and one girly hooded towel. Most of the towels were GN. The blankets could have gone either way I guess, but I wanted her to have her own blankets in case she got attached to any. </p> <p>I'm not really a fan of boy in girl or girl in boy clothing or GN clothing in general, but that is just my personal preference. DD was/is also tiny and DS grew like crazy, so they wouldn't have been able to overlap clothing anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hand-me-downs-girl-then-boy#post-2207457 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 12:22:01 +0000 runnerd 2207457@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I guess I'm in the minority. I would have a hard time using mostly pink stuff for boy, and would definitely buy new stuff. (But I actually tend to go for gender neutral stuff most of the time though in first place) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hand-me-downs-girl-then-boy#post-2207453 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 12:19:07 +0000 mrsrain 2207453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like @WinterBee, I'd probably reuse most things and only replace items that are especially gender-specific (i.e. dresses, skirts). But then, we tend to avoid things for our daughter that are too "girly" and embrace all the colors equally. I plan to do the same if we have a son the next time around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hand-me-downs-girl-then-boy#post-2207443 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 11:54:30 +0000 HLK208 2207443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bought all girly things when I found out I was having a girl after having a boy because...I couldn't help myself lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hand-me-downs-girl-then-boy#post-2207431 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 11:01:53 +0000 DesertDreams88 2207431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You could try dying them with RIT dye, especially for items that are small. Though I would probably dye them red and not blue, since the blue might turn out more purpleish. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hand-me-downs-girl-then-boy#post-2207428 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 10:54:05 +0000 Dandelion 2207428@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I kept S's towels and washcloths and other toiletries for M. He doesn't care if his towel is pink and we don't take a pic with every item he has. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hand-me-downs-girl-then-boy#post-2207408 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 09:46:53 +0000 WinterBee 2207408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@shopaholic: I would re-use everything except for the overly girly items (clothes mostly). Blankets, bibs, and toys it doesn't matter what colour they are. Plus, you'll probably be gifted 'boy' items.</p> <p>Also, congrats!!! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hand-me-downs-girl-then-boy#post-2207354 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 07:37:27 +0000 travelgirl1 2207354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're in the same situation and my opinion of which sleepers and onesies are gender neutral are a bit different to DH's, his face was a picture when he saw which ones I had washed for the new baby, ha.<br /> We are using pink sleepsacks but we have enough blankets to weed out the pink ones.... We would use them if we ran out though. For toys, I think it is good for both kids to play with a mixture.<br /> We did buy a few new blue things - wash cloths, that kind of thing - because we needed a few new ones so they may as well be blue, and we will probably buy new bibs because A's are old and stained, or just use muslin blankets until he starts solids. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hand-me-downs-girl-then-boy#post-2207349 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 07:23:56 +0000 Foodnerd81 2207349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were team green with our first so the big gear stuff is all neutral anyway. We also have lots of neutral or boyish newborn stuff since I have two nephews, whose moms were also team green. So if this baby is a boy we will be ok for the first couple of months probably. </p> <p>After that I think I'll have to go through everything. PJs, I imagine we will keep and just get a few extra boy ones for pictures. Blankets, towels- fair game. Then like others I think we will just fill in what we need with boy things (if it is a boy- we should find out end of July!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hand-me-downs-girl-then-boy#post-2207334 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 06:59:28 +0000 pinkb 2207334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I pulled out everything gender neutral and we are using it for DS. I got him his own blankets, mostly because DD still uses all of her A&amp;A blankets. But for other stuff he is rocking the pink! Bouncy seat, bathtub, towels are all pink and flowery :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hand-me-downs-girl-then-boy#post-2207328 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 06:43:44 +0000 NovBaby1112 2207328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was just wondering this yesterday as I was sorting through LO1s boxes and bins. Keeping anything gender neutral clothing wise, and luckily we have lots of gender neutral blankets/gear...but still lots of pink bibs, towels, toys, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hand-me-downs-girl-then-boy#post-2207324 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 06:38:58 +0000 hilsy85 2207324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are reusing a lot of stuff (boy then girl) but adding in one or two new items! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hand-me-downs-girl-then-boy#post-2207315 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 06:09:10 +0000 lamariniere 2207315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would reuse as much as possible! Let me know when you start selling your DD's dresses though. :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hand-me-downs-girl-then-boy#post-2207308 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 05:37:41 +0000 AprilFool 2207308@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would use the towels but would probably buy a few new bibs and blankets. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hand-me-downs-girl-then-boy#post-2207300 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 03:50:28 +0000 regberadaisy 2207300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If it were me I would keep everything but the stuff that screams girl like dresses, skirts etc. Even onesies can be layered under other clothing in the colder weather. </p> <p>I think it'll be silly to give away or sell toys just because they're pink to rebuy in boy colors. You won't get much back then have to turn around and pay full price for the same toy in blue?</p> <p>I would definitely add a few things just because baby 2 deserves a few new items! Don't worry, you will be buying clothes just for him to fill in here and there. And there will be toys for birthdays and holidays. I'm sure people will buy him very boy toys. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hand-me-downs-girl-then-boy#post-2207299 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 03:44:18 +0000 T.H.O.U. 2207299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I kept the pink stuff and then just added in one or two blue things. So I may have 8 link blankets but he has his own special two blue ones. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hand-me-downs-girl-then-boy#post-2207298 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 03:26:00 +0000 shopaholic 2207298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm sorting through boxes and boxes full of stuff I've saved from LO#1 and trying to decide what to keep/sell/give away. Obviously, I think most people don't care so much when LO#1 is a boy and LO#2 is a girl. I see girls in boy stuff all the time. What to do when LO#1 is a girl? </p> <p>Most clothes are not going to DS for sure. Pink toys are inevitable since most gifts we got were some shade of pink.<br /> Things like towels, blankets, bibs, etc... I'm having a hard time. I feel like it's all too much sisterly hand-me-downs, but then again, they're just practical items. DH does not care at all and would be fine using all pink stuff for DS. lol<br /> *sigh* Did anyone else feel so much conflict about using "girly stuff" for their son? Would it be crazy to get rid of stuff because their too feminine and buy them all over again in more boyish styles? #firstworldproblems </p>