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To buy 3 year old DD dinosaurs for Christmas?

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dinosaurgirll · 28/09/2024 09:39

My little girl (3) loves dinosaurs at the moment, every time I pick her up from nursery they say she's loved playing with the little toy dinosaur set and doing all the noises etc.

We are making a start on buying her Christmas presents this month and I mentioned to a friend I was thinking about getting her some toy dinosaurs as she doesn't have any at home. Friend commented that it was "funny" and "a bit odd" to buy them for a girl. And "bet it's like having a boy". I mean, she also has some Elsa dolls in her Christmas present pile, so it's a mixture of girly and less girly type presents!

Is my DD "odd" for liking dinosaurs at 3 years old?! 🤔

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Alarae · 28/09/2024 09:50

My DD is 4, loves dinosaurs, loves Paw Patrol, loves Luisa from Encanto, loves unicorns, loves pink, loves Mario, loves Pokemon... the list goes on. Toys have universal appeal, regardless of what the pink and blue brigade might like to make us think.

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dinosaurgirll · 28/09/2024 09:50

Just had a look on amazon and interesting that many of the options that come up say "for boys". Which is odd, why is amazon deciding that? 😬

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BlueRidgeMountain · 28/09/2024 09:50

Send your friend this, then ignore her.

To buy 3 year old DD dinosaurs for Christmas?
rainbowsparkle28 · 28/09/2024 09:49

I don't know why you've even given it a second thought - of course it is okay for a girl to like / have dinasours! 🤯 Your friend is ridiculous.

LadyKenya · 28/09/2024 09:49

StolenChanel · 28/09/2024 09:46

This can’t be a real post…

Why would it not be? Do you honestly think that people do not have very rigid ideas about such things? How many Dads for instance would be happy to walk with their sons pushing a dolly in a pink pram for instance.

LastNight1Dreamt1WentToManderleyAgain · 28/09/2024 09:49

CouldSheBeAnyCuter · 28/09/2024 09:46

I don’t think it’s odd at all. I loved dinosaurs as a little girl and I still love them now as an adult. My favourite mug has dinosaur patterns on it 🤷🏼‍♀️

I think Lakeland does dinosaur cookie cutters and maybe dino pasta shapes? It's a fun interest.

MissFancyDay · 28/09/2024 09:49

I was born in the 50's and even MY Mum gave me dinosaur stuff for Christmas. In some ways it's worse now!

LatteLady · 28/09/2024 09:49

I just bought a dino duvet cover set as a surprise gift for a friend, she was delighted, she is 36... so no, go buy dinosaurs... Dunelm in case you are interested.

MinervaMcGonagallsCat · 28/09/2024 09:48



VickyEadieofThigh · 28/09/2024 09:48

dinosaurgirll · 28/09/2024 09:45

Haha this made me laugh 😆
She's a relatively new friend so I guess she has views that I'm only just discovering. This one threw me a bit though.

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I do hope you intend to have a conversation with her in which you ask her to explain herself about this. And then you challenge the hell out of her.

LastNight1Dreamt1WentToManderleyAgain · 28/09/2024 09:47

I'd be worried for any children your friend is parenting or can influence. Maybe tell her about Mary Anning? The Horniman Museum also has a great resource on current women palæontologists.

What else are girls not supposed to like? Maths? Sports?

I still like dinosaurs.

NoEscapingMe · 28/09/2024 09:47

NoEscapingMe · 28/09/2024 09:47

One of my daughters was almost obsessed with dinosaurs as a child. She had lots of different types. The plastic one, soft toys etc. Even dinosaur bedding. She's turned out just fine. Your daughter will be thrilled with her own toy dinosaurs.

Plastic one's. There was many. Not just one lol

MinervaMcGonagallsCat · 28/09/2024 09:47

Your friend is weird and odd.

NoEscapingMe · 28/09/2024 09:47

One of my daughters was almost obsessed with dinosaurs as a child. She had lots of different types. The plastic one, soft toys etc. Even dinosaur bedding. She's turned out just fine. Your daughter will be thrilled with her own toy dinosaurs.

CouldSheBeAnyCuter · 28/09/2024 09:46

I don’t think it’s odd at all. I loved dinosaurs as a little girl and I still love them now as an adult. My favourite mug has dinosaur patterns on it 🤷🏼‍♀️

VickyEadieofThigh · 28/09/2024 09:46

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 28/09/2024 09:44

Has your friend time travelled here from the 1950s?

That is almost word for word what I was going to post.

Seriously - this kind of awful, regressive thinking is why we have parents taking their kids to doctors when they don't conform to sexist stereotypes.

LadyKenya · 28/09/2024 09:46

When I used to work in a school nursery, I obviously observed the children. There were no girls, or boy toys to them, just toys. I know that changes as they get older, as they begin to absorb messages within Society.

StolenChanel · 28/09/2024 09:46

This can’t be a real post…

snoopyfanaccountant · 28/09/2024 09:46

One of the supermarkets had gorgeous toddler dresses with dinosaurs on them last winter. Would your friend have the same attitude if your DD liked a different animal?

Edingril · 28/09/2024 09:46

What is it about dinosaurs that make them for a boy only?

If she was into elephants, monkeys, dolphins, giraffes, lions is this OK? Why are dinosaurs different?

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dinosaurgirll · 28/09/2024 09:45

MissScarletInTheBallroom · 28/09/2024 09:44

Has your friend time travelled here from the 1950s?

Haha this made me laugh 😆
She's a relatively new friend so I guess she has views that I'm only just discovering. This one threw me a bit though.

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MissScarletInTheBallroom · 28/09/2024 09:45

Gelasring · 28/09/2024 09:45

Did your friend time travel here from the 50s?

Jinx!

Gelasring · 28/09/2024 09:45

Did your friend time travel here from the 50s?

ButtSurgery · 28/09/2024 09:45

I'm 44 and female and I wear dinosaur tshirts and jumpers. I play Jurassic World on Xbox and I adore the Jurassic Park franchise, watch them through most months.

Your mate is a knob.

Encourage girls in all things STEM!

ForeveraBluebird · 28/09/2024 09:44

Dinosaurs are great fun, look out for the old ELC volcano world on eBay. My children loved it,