https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 23:44:48 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opposite-sex-clothing#post-1846273 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 03:03:11 +0000 anonysquire 1846273@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Even when she wears pink, people call her a boy. So we try to stay pretty girly. I do have some boys shirts that she gardens in. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opposite-sex-clothing#post-1845692 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 15:18:42 +0000 looch 1845692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I draw the line at costumes. I wouldn't let my son go to school in a firefighter outfit any more than he could go in a princess dress. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opposite-sex-clothing#post-1845686 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 15:15:07 +0000 lilyofthewest 1845686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I want to avoid gender-programming my kiddo as much as I can. So, unless it is something s/he especially wants, I don't intend on buying them any particularly gendered clothing to start with. Also, then I can recycle more for the next kiddo if they aren't the same sex. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opposite-sex-clothing#post-1845672 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 15:09:01 +0000 MrsMccarthy 1845672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@plantains: yeah I'll bet! I used to live out there and had no trouble finding my own skinny jeans! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opposite-sex-clothing#post-1845659 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 14:57:55 +0000 MrsKoala 1845659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've bought girls stuff for my son. So far just a onesie and a sleeper that I thought was more gender neutral than girlie though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opposite-sex-clothing#post-1845651 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 14:50:32 +0000 mamimami 1845651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter is a total cross-dresser hahaha -- but it's more a question of hand-me-downs. If I had an older girl and a younger boy, I'd probably be able to salvage some items but unfortunately truly unisex clothing is harder to come by. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opposite-sex-clothing#post-1845636 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 14:40:58 +0000 plantains 1845636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsMccarthy: you need to go shopping in Brooklyn! The skinniest jeans ever seen made for little boys hahaha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opposite-sex-clothing#post-1845627 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 14:35:42 +0000 rattles 1845627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs.shinerbock: I bought DD the glasses sweater :wink: A friend and I wrote to Carter's to complain about a similar disparity, and they made a girls version the next year, so say something to companies if it bothers you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opposite-sex-clothing#post-1845626 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 14:34:23 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 1845626@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rattles: yes! That drives me nuts, so I bought LO one of the boys onesies that says "smartie pants."</p> <p>We have some boys stuff that LO wears - especially when it is high quality hand-me-downs from her cousins like Hanna Anderson pjs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opposite-sex-clothing#post-1845616 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 14:28:26 +0000 Kimberlybee 1845616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was obsessed with giraffe prints for a while, specifically yellow giraffes not pink giraffes, so I would get the onesies and PJs from the boys sections. Whatever works! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opposite-sex-clothing#post-1845614 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 14:26:05 +0000 MrsMccarthy 1845614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@plantains: theirs are the closest I've seen but they aren't the jegging types. I like them Mick Jagger style! Haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opposite-sex-clothing#post-1845613 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 14:25:01 +0000 plantains 1845613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsMccarthy: H&amp;M makes boy skinny jeans and they are cheap and cheerful:) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opposite-sex-clothing#post-1845579 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 14:05:19 +0000 fairy 1845579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter has some "boy" clothes she wears, either because I bought them or they were gifted because they didn't look like boy clothes. I really like things with frogs for her and a lot of them were in the boy section! Haha, and she has some baseball team onesies that I consider neutral but were also in the boys section. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opposite-sex-clothing#post-1845575 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 14:04:24 +0000 artsyfartsy 1845575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>T is still a baby and has no preference, so at the moment I'm not going out of my way to buy girls clothes for him. If he gets older and expresses interest in something I probably would buy it for him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opposite-sex-clothing#post-1845569 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:58:18 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 1845569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son's favorite shirt is a pink, light blue, and yellow tie dyed shirt with glittery stars and a glittery alligator. My SIL gave it to him for Christmas and my husband actually loves it so much that he wants to make an adult replica for himself!<br /> I don't have a line as of now, but he does dress in mostly items made for boys. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opposite-sex-clothing#post-1845550 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:50:01 +0000 Chillybear 1845550@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a few pairs of "boys" pjs and a couple iron man shirts - when its on clearance at target and we need pjs in the next size i'm not going to pay more for a "girly set" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opposite-sex-clothing#post-1845502 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:27:33 +0000 Ra 1845502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I buy B leggings, jeggings, and skinnies from the girls' section. I would have zero qualms buying a shirt if I liked it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opposite-sex-clothing#post-1845462 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:11:08 +0000 aegie 1845462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bought my LO boys jeans because they run a little bigger and longer than the girls version. This way I can fold them up while they're still a little baggy but I can get her to wear them through the spring and fall and winter and possibly into the spring of the next year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opposite-sex-clothing#post-1845449 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:03:07 +0000 mrsjyw 1845449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ds is too young to have a preference but we've bought girl bottoms because of the fit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opposite-sex-clothing#post-1845442 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:01:57 +0000 Bao 1845442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rattles: it's so cute! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opposite-sex-clothing#post-1845441 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:01:24 +0000 hellobeeboston 1845441@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I put my son in leggings in the winter/spring- stripes usually - and I think they are girls, but soooo cute!!! I prob won't so it as often as he gets older, he's 22 months </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opposite-sex-clothing#post-1845437 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:00:23 +0000 ValentineMommy 1845437@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just bought DS a moto jacket that was marketed as girls. It's so cute though and, in my opinion, totally unisex. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opposite-sex-clothing#post-1845423 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 12:57:34 +0000 78h2o 1845423@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband complained the other day that all LOs clothes are "girly"... he said he would like to see her in jean shorts and a t-shirt. I pulled out a grey Mini boden shirt with a hot air balloon on it... I knew it was technically a boys shirt, but thought it was gender neutral enough. I put her in the shirt and jean shorts, per his request. When he saw her he said, "I changed my mind, she looks kind of like a boy in that...I guess you were right that she looks better in girly stuff." I did not tell him that it WAS technically a boys shirt. My guess is that something about it, like the cut, made it look boyish. The end result though is that my husband is back to deferring to me to dress her, which is fine by me, lol. I will try to buy her some more tshirts though, since I inadvertently sabotaged the t-shirt trial! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opposite-sex-clothing#post-1845408 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 12:51:42 +0000 rattles 1845408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: That new brown bear shirt caught my eye for DD too!</p> <p>She pretty much only wears/has girls clothes, but I would buy something from the boy's section if she liked it and it fit well enough. Sometimes the gender disparities bug me - like last year, Baby Gap had a line where all the girl's clothes said "so cute" and had sparkly stars and the boys line said "so smart" and had glasses, or something of the like. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opposite-sex-clothing#post-1845407 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 12:51:05 +0000 jedeve 1845407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know how much girl clothes I would let the boys wear. So much of it is impractical. Like strappy sandals or white dressed or tutus. It being pink or purple I don't really care about but I don't particularly like that stuff anyway. </p> <p>But some buy stuff I don't like either. A lot of pants are so restrictive for someone learning to crawl or walk or potty train. I don't like really stuff fabrics or skinny jeans. </p> <p>If I had a girl she would probably be dressed more boyish! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opposite-sex-clothing#post-1845400 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 12:49:25 +0000 MrsMccarthy 1845400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>T wears a lot of girl clothes especially pants. They don't make boy skinny jeans </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opposite-sex-clothing#post-1845394 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 12:47:40 +0000 cheert16 1845394@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In the same camp as @blackbird: if we like it we would buy it.</p> <p>When baby girl is born she will be wearing ALOT of her older brothers clothes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opposite-sex-clothing#post-1845386 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 12:45:29 +0000 Arden 1845386@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She has a few boys tees, cargo pants, and pajamas. I don't have a line... it's just clothes. She can wear whatever she wants. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opposite-sex-clothing#post-1845383 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 12:43:49 +0000 Adira 1845383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Xander's at the age where he doesn't have a preference yet, so he only wears boys clothing. Once he's older, if he wanted something that was considered girl's clothing and it fit him, I'd let him wear it/buy it for him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/opposite-sex-clothing#post-1845374 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 12:42:46 +0000 blackbird 1845374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, if i like it, I buy it *shrug*. She has some boy-ish t-shirts </p>