I don't have very many gender neutral clothes. Almost all of LO's clothes are pink or girly and frilly.
Would it be terrible if I made baby #2 wear some LO's non-super-girly clothes?
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You can do whatever you want! He won't know until he sees the pictures 10 years later and by that point, it'll be too late for him to do anything about! (That is, if you do end up having a boy).
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charlie had sooooo many clothes and i saved them all for #2. when olive turned out to be a girl and i put her in some of charlie's gender neutral clothes, my mom told me to only dress her in pink because all babies look like boys. my mom bought pretty much all of olive's clothes anyway. so i gave almost all of charlie's boy clothes to a friend!
we have a friend that had a girl first, boy second, and they dress their boy in girl clothes. as long as one part of the outfit is boyish, they look like a boy anyway!
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Yes, but it's easier for since we had a boy first, and I'm really not into too much pink anyway.
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@Rubies: LOL!
@Mrs. Bee: yeah, i think all babies do look like boys, so having pink frilly stuff is a helpful. -
Did you know that gender-specific clothing for children wasn't even really a thing until after WWII?
Check out this photo of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt as a child with long hair and wearing a dress:
http://www.themarysue.com/gender-specific-clothing-for-children/
And check this out: "From a 1918 issue of Ladies Home Journal:
“The generally accepted rule is pink for the boys, and blue for the girls. The reason is that pink, being a more decided and stronger color, is more suitable for the boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl.”"
It strikes me as odd how many women seem passionate about how De Beers created the myth of the diamond engagement ring in the early 20th century as a marketing strategy, but people seem much less aware that gender-specific children's clothing is also a recent construct, and some would argue a harmful one!
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My mom dressed my brother in pink. They were my aunt's hand me downs, she had a girl then two boys. So all the boys wore pink.
Personally I wont be doing that. Dh would kill me.
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not really into pink (although I do think it's cute on little baby girls) so I will probably try to reuse as much boy clothes on a girl as possible. But she has to have some sort of bow or girly item to let people know she is a girl !
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I was just going through LO's clothes the other night. He has a lot of sleepers that his baby sister can wear, like sleepers with vegetables on them, etc. So she'll be wearing those. There was a bit of gender neutral stuff, but as he got older, I dressed him more boyish, so she'll need more clothes when she's older.
I have bought clothes for her though, some NB sizes of her very own and stuff that was on sale. I will dress her in pink when I take her out, but her brother's stuff will be okay for inside the house.
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I got baby clothes and both babies wear blue, pink, yellow,etc! I won't make my boy wear the dressses though hehe.
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We are going to have DD wear some of DS's camo stuff and Packer stuff
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For the gender neutral ones, I would! I wouldn't make a boy wear pink and purple or girly stuff though. I'd let my daughter wear blues and green.
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Only the gender neutral ones ;D Although DH thinks it's perfectly fine to dress a boy up in pink!
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@PawPrints: thank you for sharing!
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I don't have many gender neutral clothes either so I would have to go shopping!
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@Andrea: If you have a boy next and decide to stop.. I wanna buy L's clothes off of you!
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We're having a girl first and consciously tried to buy gender neutral stuff for infants so that we can reuse some.
Hopefully #2 is a boy and we will be all set because my SIL is in labor -as we speak!- with my nephew!!! And I have 2 other nephews on top of that. Yay for hand me downs! -
@chopsuey119: deal!
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Why not? It's only an issue if people act like it is. Wearing certain types of clothing doesn't change your sex or how you perceive yourself. That's all a mind game. I'm with you, @PawPrints!
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I'm guessing we will buy new clothes, DH would not allow his son to be in "girl" clothes and I think I wouldn't want my girl to be in boy clothes! ha
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I went through all of Wagon Jr.'s clothes and ended up with a single bin of clothes, mostly newborn and 0-3 month sizes, that a girl could wear. I tried to save things that were navy or chocolate brown, but most of them were just TOO boyish. It's one thing for a boy to be mistaken for a girl (people used to do that with Wagon Jr. all the time, even if he was dressed head to toe in blue!) but I wouldn't want my little girl to be mistaken for a boy!!
On that note, I JUST bought my first piece of girl clothing-- a long sleeved onesie (because they seem so rare) in size 0-3 months from Baby Gap, cream colored, that says "love" on the chest in a soft floral print. I got it because it was $2.99
Annnddd.... let the floodgates open.
I CAN'T WAIT TO BUY HEADBANDS!!!
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I dont think I could. Almost every single thing I own for her is pink and frilly and flowery. We have one or two yellow ducky onesie pajamas, but thats it. If we decide to have another one and its a boy, we have to start all over lol
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You can do it. I'm sure there are some gender neutral pieces that would work for a boy.
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I could, because I had a boy first, and we were team green. We didn't go nuts buying stuff and most of it is pretty plain.
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I think gender specific clothing is pretty ridiculous. If/when I have a girl, I will be avoiding pink, because I don't really like pink. I would have no problem dressing a boy in "girls" clothes or vice versa. Actually, I do check the girls rack at the second hand store in town for pants and onesies in 24 month size, since it seems to be the size they get in the least. I bought DS a pair of "girls" pants and a onesie with a pattern on it last month. I'm not really into style, and think that simple function is much more worthwhile than things that are stylish. I stick to essential pieces of clothing in neutral, mix-and-match colors, both for my son and myself.
I also don't care if people think my child is the opposite sex. I've only gotten one comment with a woman in the library commenting on my cute "daughter" in passing and I simply said thank you. I don't quite understand what there is to be worked up about thinking a boy is a girl or a girl is a boy. They are babies and it really doesn't matter.
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not terrible. we had a girl first and saved almost everything for #2. but then I went Team Green for #2 and was faced with this dilemma sorta. I came up with several outfits a boy could wear but also just bought new gender neutral things anyway... just in case. Even if #2 was a girl... which she turned out to be, I liked the gender neutral stuff anyway because I was sort of sick of pink at that point. And even if i have two girls, i still occasionally buy new things for #2 though. They were born in opposite seasons... We were also gifted a bunch of clothes again.
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I gave all of DD's really girly clothes to a friend to use, so all we have in the house is gender neutral and basics that could go either way. I totally dress DS in these clothes! He has some super boyish clothes, too, but he's wearing DD's hand-me-downs most of the time.
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