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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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MassiveOvaryaction · 28/09/2024 18:50

dinosaurgirll · 28/09/2024 18:17

Just thought I'd share a pic of DD's new bedding! She's absolutely delighted and can't wait to go to bed now - bonus 😂

That's fab!

LBA40 · 28/09/2024 18:48

Your friend is sexist and annoying.

CowboyJoanna · 28/09/2024 18:46

Allergictoironing · 28/09/2024 18:22

Fabulous bedding! Bet they don't do it in King size though 🙄

What, your kids have a king size bed??

Allergictoironing · 28/09/2024 18:22

Fabulous bedding! Bet they don't do it in King size though 🙄

NameChange30 · 28/09/2024 18:18

That's gorgeous!

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dinosaurgirll · 28/09/2024 18:17

Just thought I'd share a pic of DD's new bedding! She's absolutely delighted and can't wait to go to bed now - bonus 😂

To buy 3 year old DD dinosaurs for Christmas?
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RubaiyatOfAnyone · 28/09/2024 17:16

Seems like the right place for this tweet

To buy 3 year old DD dinosaurs for Christmas?
LastNight1Dreamt1WentToManderleyAgain · 28/09/2024 16:52

I wonder how many people here are going to get Dino Inspo for their own Christmas lists now 😆 Dinos are forever not just for little girls...

CowboyJoanna · 28/09/2024 16:46

YANBU!!! Who says dinosaurs are for girls!? If the girl likes dinosaurs let her have dinosaurs!

My youngest DD is what people used to call a tomboy. Hates anything and everything "girly", loves Star wars and football and dressing in boys clothes. She wouldnt be a happy bunny if I got her any dolls or soft toys, even more unhappy if I dared wrap any of her presents up in any pink paperGrin

Wildywondrous · 28/09/2024 16:33

My dd was into cars at that age and had a load of Toot Toot things for Christmas including the track and garage.

I think dinosaurs appeal to both sexes.

Curlygirl06 · 28/09/2024 16:31

dinosaurgirll · 28/09/2024 09:54

Oh really? I'll tell my friend this 😂

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gannett · 28/09/2024 16:16

I wouldn't be able to resist interrogating her on exactly why you need a penis to be interested in dinosaurs (such a bizarre thing to even think) and then to ask her what she'd think about a boy wanting a doll (the homophobia would immediately leap out) and then I'd drop her like a hot potato for being a cretin.

TheKeatingFive · 28/09/2024 15:57

Of course it's fine, why is this even a question?

As parents, we need to stand up for what we know is right for our children, not be thrown by the opinions of loons.

Acommonreader · 28/09/2024 15:43

Maybe just buy her female dinosaurs?

StolenChanel · 28/09/2024 15:04

HotSource · 28/09/2024 11:18

Thank goodness DH was happy to accompany Ds and his doll on many walks, trips to the park etc.

Not all men are sexist knobs.

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No, but “not all” doesn’t mean “none”. Unfortunately, “not all” doesn’t even mean “few”.

Irridescantshimmmer · 28/09/2024 14:23

Your friend's opinion is ridiculous and narrow minded, but your daughter dinosaurs for Xmas as that is what makes her happy.

Your DDs happiness is what is important here, not the limited attitude of someone who doesn't care.

WarriorN · 28/09/2024 14:18

Thelnebriati · 28/09/2024 11:20

Please keep an eye on the situation and don't let your friend shame your DD for her interests. Kids pick up on that sort of thing. I'll never forget having my fossil collection chucked into the garden because 'thats where stones belong'.

Oh that's awful 😞

WarriorN · 28/09/2024 14:16

My earliest "reading a book" memory is of a giant adults book about dinosaurs and evolution which I asked for over and over again.

It was a 1960s thing so dated quickly!

I had the full collection of those plastic dinosaurs you could buy from the NHM.

Bought ds1 a spinosaurus tooth for Xmas once (obvs for me too Grin)

wishIwasonholiday10 · 28/09/2024 14:16

Of course your friend is being ridiculous! I was obsessed with dinosaurs for a period when I was 4 or 5 and would have loved to have had more dinosaur toys. There shouldn’t be an toys restricted to one gender.

WarriorN · 28/09/2024 14:11

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?! 🤔

Bloody hell, what a sexist friend!

WiddlinDiddlin · 28/09/2024 13:54

44, Female, love dinosaurs.

Have done since as long as I can remember, used to go to the National Showcaves in wales a lot as a small child (parents friends with the owners so it made for a very cheap day out) and my favourite bit was (and tbh... still is!) the dinosaur park.

Dinosaurs are brilliant, and not at all gender specific.

We bought Dinosaur Guess Who recently (there are no children here, its just for me and himself), it is our most played game next to the Royal Game of Ur (that gets a bit fighty at times so we do Dino Guess Who to chill out a bit!).

Itwasntme101 · 28/09/2024 13:41

Your friend wouldn't be impressed with me, my daughter when she was about 3 didn't like pink and loved dinosaurs. Most of the girls dinosaur clothes were pink so I bought her boys dinosaur t-shirts instead.

BreatheAndFocus · 28/09/2024 13:30

WTF???! Has your friend been transported here from the 1950s?? Why on earth would dinosaurs be a ‘boy thing’? I had lots of dinosaurs as a child plus loads of books about them (I was obsessed 😀) Nobody thought it the slightest bit strange.

We really are going backwards.

YellowphantGrey · 28/09/2024 13:18

dinosaurgirll · 28/09/2024 13:04

I have found the perfect book for her, encompassing both of her current interests - dinosaurs and poo 😂

Although she prefers "sparkly poo" to regular - however I think a sparkly pooping dinosaur might be a bit too niche? 😬

Thanks to the PP who shared a link to a sparkly poo cushion - you've saved Christmas 😂

There's a Dinosaur that pooped Christmas too

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dinosaurgirll · 28/09/2024 13:18

Stewandsocks · 28/09/2024 12:50

You might make her trans, so no.

😂

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