To put my baby in a red coat when...

[missknows]

She has a purple pram?

Because a random old lady who wanted to look in the pram and see the baby (as they do) told me off for exactly that! Are the fashion police going to arrest me? Will my daughter be scarred for life?

P.s obviously this is a light-hearted thread but the lady was genuinely disgusted in me and made a point of telling me so. Thought she was going to phone childline on my baby's behalf.

[HavannaSlife]

Just for you ploppy it does also have a more normal black hood and seat and red liner too

[YouHaveBeenOutbid]

I've got a theory there's a band of older ladies going round asking mothers of boys if 'she' is a good sleeper and vice versa . I'm not sure why they're doing it but it used to happen to my boy dressed head to toe in blue all the time. Seems like it's not uncommon!

[RonSwansonsLushMoustache]

Maybe she thinks red with purple is a combination reserved exclusively for women of a certain age, in accordance with the poem.

[MadameLeBean]

I love red with purple. My favourite jumper is purple and I always wear red nail polish

[spatchcock]

I also thought this was going to be about Don't Look Now, the thread title gave me the shivers.

[ZingWatermelon]

ron

I love that poem, thanks for reminding me!

[CrystalQueen]

Ha. My mother told me that DD often looks like she has been "sicked on by a parrot". Cheers mum.

[thatwouldbeanecumenicalmatter]

Spatch I was just about to post just that

I love read coats but because I'm petite short arse I don't as I'm paranoid about looking like the crazy woman in Don't Look Now

[ZingWatermelon]

you must buy a red coat. it will be great.
sod what people think and enjoy looking awesome!

[Summerbreezing]

I actually bought my nephew a t-shirt with ''I'm a Boy' written on it because my SIL was fed up of people saying 'how old is she'? etc.
I bet some people still said 'oh she's lovely'.

[HelenHen]

Aw jaysus... I just bought a red and purple Bangor for ds

[HelenHen]

Babygro lol

[thatwouldbeanecumenicalmatter]

Thank you zing I've got long black wavy hair too and I know I'd really suit one but that witchy little character in the film just haunts me! Totally idiotic I know!

[ZingWatermelon]

what film? I don't know any film about red coats.

silence negative thoughts and be brave & bold instead!

[KatieKaye]

The film is Don't look now. Very upsetting but briiliant

[ZingWatermelon]

Miaow

I adore red hair.
dark copper is lovely.
I love love love flame red and strawberry blonde and all shades really
your DD is a lucky girl

[GwenStacy]

Havana - where is that pushchair from? I need it in my life!

[GwenStacy]

Also, today I had my daughter in her sling, and an old lady asked if she was a boy.

"No, a little girl"
"Ahh, he's a bonny lad!"

:-/

[ebwy]

I have been told off several times by random strangers for "putting that poor baby at risk!" by putting him in a bright lime green buggy.

Apparently green will encourage the fairies to abduct him, and if I can't do as I should and get rid of it I should at least dress him in red to put them off....

people are weird.

[RedToothBrush]

You should have asked her to buy a new pram or coat for her if she thought it was that bad.

[ZingWatermelon]

ebwy

those people are on absinthe

[Scaredycat3000]

But, but, if you don't dress them all in white how are you going to bleach everything?!! ponders on quite how OP ended up allergic to bleach

[ebwy]

Zing

that would explain it!

[Passmethecrisps]

Today! Today my 18 m dd was being dragged walking out of the supermarket today and we were greeted by the dad of a neighbour.

"What's the matter son?"
"Why's he greetin?"
"Poor wee man!"

SHE was wearing a pink and orange (so shoot me) jumper with a big cat face on with skinny jeans and red Mary Janes.

But she has almost no hair.