To get annoyed with people thinking my DD is a boy?!

[JessieEssex]

My DD is 10 months old and is IMHO a gorgeous little girl. She is however always getting called 'he' by well meaning strangers. She is quite round with not much hair... I don't dress her in particularly 'girly' clothes, but they are still girls' clothes IYSWIM.
I often correct people and never get cross (why would I?) but it really winds me up, and i'm not sure why. I've always been of the mindset that all children should be treated equally and given the same opportunities regardless of their gender, so why am I now so desperate for people to say 'what a lovely little girl'?!

I actually had the problem both ways! People called my DS a girl as he was "a dainty little thing" - he still is, but he's unmistakably a boy, with scuffed green knees to prove it. My DD was always mistaken for a boy, as she had little hair, but was usually dressed mostly in pink.

When DD was a baby and only until just recently; aged 2 when her hair grew a bit more; I constantly had people asking me how old my son was!! and the one that used to make me smile "What a lovely little boy" despite the fact she was wearing a sodding dress I would just answer; trying my best not to laugh.

In the grand scheme of things; it's not a big deal, is it!!!