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Boy coloured nursing cover.

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feministefatale · 01/02/2013 02:21

Anyone looking to get rid of a boy-coloured nursing cover? I have a purple one, but I think he'd appreciate something more neutral. ;)

Saw this for sale locally. What the fuck, surely even if you worry about this this sort of thing you can see that a nursing cover is an accessory for you? you wear it And that a baby doesn't care about what color you are wearing anyway?

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rosabud · 01/02/2013 20:31

I've never heard of a nursing cover before! It sounds awful! One of reasons why our breasts are about 20cm from our faces is because that s how far new born babies can see - so I don't thnk, evolutionarily, so to speak, babies are meant to be focussing on what colour the blanket over their head is somehow.

MortifiedAdams · 01/02/2013 19:51

Id have took a pen and wrote "if the purple one is used, he might catch The Gay" underneath.

Stuff like this really grips my shit.

crazycanuck · 01/02/2013 19:50

This reminds me of when I sold ds's last 2 bikes (he's 7 so they weren't big bikes). I listed them on a local online site with photos and described them as 'child's bike'. Both were red. Every single reply I received referred to them as 'the boys bike you advertised'. Good grief it made me stabby! Angry

LineRunner · 01/02/2013 19:43

I don't even understand 'nursing cover.' Is it some sort of cape?

Kveta · 01/02/2013 17:19

:o tethers - a CDC (crudely drawn cock) would definitely macho it up!

piprabbit · 01/02/2013 17:11

My boy is mostly pink-coloured, with crusty brown bits round his fingers (chocolate biscuit) and crusty green bits round his nose (recovering from a cold). I guess you could use that as the basis for some sort of camouflage cover Confused

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feministefatale · 01/02/2013 17:07

I see it as the mother trying to give herself some privacy, if you never used a cover you may not have needed privacy so see a cover as giving the baby in quiet?

I saw the pram as my accessory, I am pushing the bloody thing (dh's too but he works so more mine) and I really wanted a hot pink bugaboo (so sue me)... IN the end I got a sand coloured one because it was on Ebay.. but I never saw it as needing to "match" the dc. Same with car seats, they match our car... not the kids.

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SaraBellumHertz · 01/02/2013 16:54
SaraBellumHertz · 01/02/2013 16:53

It's interesting though the point that it is the mothers accessory and not the baby's. I wear a lot of black and grey and navy but somehow that just feels wrong for a nursing cover (not that I ever used one).

WilsonFrickett · 01/02/2013 16:47

YY tethers what in my school was called an (ahem) 'cock an' baws set'.

WilsonFrickett · 01/02/2013 16:47

But what colour is boy coloured? Doesn't it depend on the colour of your boy?

SolomanDaisy · 01/02/2013 16:23

I didn't realise purple was a girl's colour until I dressed DS in it. Mind you, people still mistake him for a girl even when he is wearing navy blue. There must be a specific shade of boy blue that alerts everyone.

5madthings · 01/02/2013 16:18

Oh god its madness.

I have a ring sling that was given to me, I used it lots for my five, eldest four are boys. The amount if comments I got asthge sling was....purple... So a 'girl' colour. Ds4 looked particularly fetching in the sling in his purple the dyed baby grows! I dyed loads myself, red, green, blue, orange, purple all bright cheerful col ours but I did get comments on how they shouldn't wear the purple or the red ones as they are girls colours?!!

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feministefatale · 01/02/2013 16:14

she'd have to first erase all the vulvas already drawn on it though. It could ruin the effect

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tethersend · 01/02/2013 15:46

How silly.

She could just make it a boy cover by simply getting a marker pen and drawing massive willies all over it. Hey presto! Problem solved.

duchesse · 01/02/2013 15:43

"What colour is a boy?" was my immediate thought.

BinarySolo · 01/02/2013 15:38

At the risk of sounding thick, what's a nursing cover?

My ds has a bright pink my little pony and a piglet cuddly toy that he loves. Wouldn't dream of making him play with just boy coloured stuff.

Booyhoo · 01/02/2013 15:18

are boys different colours than girls then? Confused

i dont understand people like that.

Kveta · 01/02/2013 15:15

at the 'pink' playgroup we go to, I often see mums using nursing covers - each to their own, I guess. but needing a 'boy-coloured' one is absurd, and should be judged, and judged hard!

C4ro · 01/02/2013 15:13

Pfft!
My DD hated being tucked under anything, it never occurred to me she might just have been raising an objection to the colour/ lack of sparkly pink glitter.

badguider · 01/02/2013 15:10

The only time i've seen one in real life was in a bit of rain/sleet in yellowstone NP while waiting for a geyser to go off so it seemed like a good idea to me... wouldn't wear one indoors though.

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feministefatale · 01/02/2013 14:55

I don't really see the point of them, and I hate that women feel they need them, but can't judge any one for using one if they feel more comfortable for having one.

Absolutely judge needing a boy coloured one though Grin

poor little things penis could fall off in a purple one, don't you know

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Startail · 01/02/2013 13:00

As for nursing covers, I've never even seen one.

I just fed in a loose Tshirt.
Out doors you just wear a zip fronted fleece.
On country walks you just snuggle baby in the pram blanket and your fleece round the edges,

Startail · 01/02/2013 12:56

DD had blue summer dungarees.

She was called a boy every time she wore them.

They were covered in batik flowers.

Honestly, does blue really equal boy that strongly.

badguider · 01/02/2013 12:55

'boy coloured' is ridiculous - in fact made me wonder if the person's DH was going to be nursing Shock

but nursing covers in general are surely great for feeding outdoors - do your boobs not get cold otherwise?