Baby boys clothes - Is this a thing?

My scouse colleagues when I worked in Liverpool did this with their baby boys. I found it really odd/never heard of it but they spoke about it as if it was 100% normal and everyone knew what they were on about. “When are you putting them in navy” was said the same way you might say “when are you going to start weaning/potty training”

When it comes to baby / toddler clothes I always thought bald babes with a big bow around their heads are as weird as it gets. But this almost tops it. How very very strange. Is it the norm in your city or have you just joint the navy blue appreciation society by accident? You put your little one in whatever floats your boat. There are ao many lovely colours.

I think this is a micro-trend in the area you live in.

Considered lower class? By whom?

Where is this horribly judgemental place?

How odd! Here it's all bright colours and rainbows and scandi prints for boys. It's considered lower class here to put boys in blue/navy/traditional boy styles when toddlers, just as people look down on girls in pink frills, ruffles, princess socks, giant bows.

(Says the mum whose daughter insists on wearing pink, frills, ruffles, twirly dresses and sparkly trainers! 😆)

I love Spanish/traditional clothes but they’re harder to find for boys once they’re no longer in baby sizes, sadly.

My guess is that this is a very regional and a very class based thing specific to that area and demographic.

For example, I have a friend who is a bit faux old money (she is not remotely old money or even close to it), but she dresses her boys in those smocked shorts with the knee high white socks like the royals, even at 3 and in cold weather. She thinks it’s ‘traditional’ but it just looks silly and like she’s trying very hard.

Mother of two boys (ok they aren’t children) but I’ve never come across this, must be a new thing. Are the mums very young (teens/early 20s?).

I have a baby boy and haven't heard of this personally. I dress him in what I want and that's all colours, I will continue to do so when he's a toddler also. I don't personally like tracksuits and much prefer dungarees, tee-shirt and shorts/pants, a skatery style. Obviously he can wear what he wants when he's old enough to decide!

I have never heard of this and I have a soon to be one year old boy! He is in all kinds of colours and outfits. He wears joggers sometimes as they are quite practical for crawling around nursery and toddler group but they aren't exclusively navy

Definitely not something I've heard of although I do tend towards darker colored Clothes for my boys (not just navy) once they're (messy) toddlers because they don't stain haha

Not the norm at all. Never heard of this weird rule in my life.

I’ve never even heard of mintini, or come across a baby boutique. Most the baby and toddler groups I’ve been to if they are in the morning young babies are in sleepsuits/babygrows. Most popular are supermarket or next outfits. Lots of toddlers are in joggers here as they’re practical for babygroup but any colour and rarely a full tracksuit.

I have a 17 month old boy and go to toddler groups and and went to baby classes on mat leave. I’ve never seen this, have no idea what baby blue boutique clothes are and have never heard of mintini. People round here (south east affluent area) dress their boys in clothes of all colours and age doesn’t come into it. I actually don’t see toddlers in tracksuits that often, it’s usually dungarees or leggings/trousers and a nice t shirt with jumper if it’s colder.

2 sons and I’ve never heard this.

I've never heard of this. My son (now 7) has lived in joggers since he was a toddler. Usually navy, dark grey, black. Colour choice is purely to hide the dirt.

How ridiculous

Ive never heard of this and two of my kids are boys. I've seen baby blue coloured stuff in baby boutiques but I don't know anyone that wears them regularly. I've never bought that type of clothing for my kids as babies because they are usually expensive and not very practical.

Is this the UK? When DS was little he wore baby grows mostly in various colours. Then went into nice stretchy blue dungarees that mothercare used to sell. I usually had him in comfortable stretchy clothing so he could move freely. Babies in jeans and adult style clothing always looks so uncomfortable.

I have 2 boys and this is not a thing where I live. Agree that in the shops these are probably common colours for boys, and there is less baby blue as they get older but most small boys where I live seem to wear a range of colours and clothes. No one has ever commented that they should be wearing one colour or the other, or a tracksuit in particular.

Wow that is batshit, although I can think of some of the school mums I know whom I imagine would think like this, as they do the whole baby blue from boutiques type stuff. I think since you don’t think like this you’d benefit from trying out some new places as you need some new mum pals.