to be a little miffed at my local Primark

[Boudica1990]

So popped in today to just get some newborn bodysuits, I have loads of 0-3 but no newborn, but as baby is predicted to be big didn't want to spend a lot on bodysuits that might not get worn, but better to have some just incase he isn't that big iyswim.

So I get my white bodysuits 3 pack for £2.50 I pick up a few, then think oh let's have a look at their newborn baby boy clothes....ONE flipping rail, about 7 outfits :( I then look around and there are about 60 rails of dresses and girls outfits!!!

Why so little baby boy clothes??

I left with my bodysuits slightly miffed that they had half a shop for baby girls but fuck all really for baby boys :( maybe I should just let him roam naked?!

I have a DS and an older (tomboy) DD.

We always shopped in Sainsburys, H&M and Next in the boys department for both of them!

There's not quite much for boys, but try finding plain stuff for a girl who hates pink! Nightmare.

I have boys and love dressing them. With my first whilst I was on maternity leave I would put together an outfit with coordinating vest, socks etc and lay in carefully on the bed to assess it before putting it on him. It was just what I did with my Barbies as a child. My current baby does get dressed in whatever is to hand (and then pukes all over it anyway) as I don't have quite so much time on my hands now, but since he wears all his big brother's hand-me-downs, I remember the combinations anyway... :)

John Lewis and Sainsburys do gorgeous, gorgeous boys'/unisex clothes. Boots can be good too. I've never had a problem!

i was talking to the owner of a small childrens clothes shop, she said "when i started i had an even split, but i just got left with loads of boys clothes"
so we buy less clothes for our little boys, is this because they aren't so nice, quite likely.

i know i do make many more impulse "ooohhh this dress is so cute" purchases for my daughter.

This is one of the reasons I'm glad I had a boy! My friends with girls always have such big wardrobes for them, and not just dresses and skirts but coordinating tights and headbands with bows on, etc. I know one 18 month old girl who actually has more clothes than I do.

Recently someone linked to a catalogue from the 70s/80s. On some pages girls and boys were modelling the exact same tops and trousers. Girls wearing blue, can you imagine? I think we have way too much choice today, it's got a bit silly.

Boudicca I have a little sailor costume (well, a modern take) for DS. He hasn't been in it yet (5 days old) it was from mamas and papas.

Tbh I've found some really cute clothes for him. I've known he was a boy since 20 week scan so I've never even looked at the girls sections so can't comment.

But matalan are my favourite by far for boys stuff. Loads of mega cute sleepsuits, outfits and rompers.

When you say half the shop was for baby girls do yiu mean half the shop was dresses or half the shop had was pink baby clothes with bows on? I assume it was the latter, I have bought ds clothes from primark before I mostly choose things from the "girls" department as the colours are more fun and the designs are more child friendly ( hearts or flowers instead of skulls) I just ignore the girls/boys departments and buy clothes that I think look comfy and nice.

baby gap has some lovely boy clothes.

H&m and TK Maxx have nice boys stuff. I'm sure shops which carry a lot of European stuff do better boys clothes. GAP are also quite good at veering away from plain blue stuff.

My absolute hatred is "I'm trouble" and slogans like that on boys clothes and supermarkets are dreadful for this.

I think next are fab for boys clothes. There is stuff to suit all tastes whether it be character or slogan t shirts if that's your bag or occasion wear. I like dressing my ds's in lots of brightly coloured clothes and most of these are from next.

Ikea - a large majority were tights, skirts, big frilly dresses with multiple layers of chiffon and netting or pretty cotton summer dresses. Whilst I don't mind if DS t-shirt was pale blue with a bunny on it from the girls section I couldn't even find anything like it. Everything was various shades of pink with obvious girl logos :(

Those who have mentioned the sailor costumes I envy you, I want to laugh at my baby

When the " boys clothes" are all Boring blue n brown I turn round and buy ds items from the " girls side" that work for him. Over the years he has had purple jeans, joggers and t-shirts from the "wrong" side of the shop and no one has noticed.

'Gentleman' romper suit

'Baby Classics' (apparently!) Make sure to scroll down the page on this one for some truly marvellous 'Little Country Manor Gent' clothing!

If you have a second hand baby / children's shop nearby have a rummage - there'll be TONS of really lovely newborn baby clothes that are hardly worn. I used to pick babygrows up for 2 for £1, which I long for now that my baby is at that clothes-wrecking eating and crawling stage. Save your money for 6m+!!

Sorry - that post was a bit irrelevant! I hate the current trend for putting cars on boy's clothes. Cars aren't cute!

Hate cars, sainsburys is especially bad for this. Their little boy range is reasonable but under 2 is pants.

Asda is brill as is h&m and tk Maxx online. Next is hit and miss, best when the sales on too.

Primark is fab for basics but as you say not great for outfits

Peacocks does some great boys stuff but again small range

I must wander round in a daze because I've never noticed this! I have a girl and a boy. I suppose now I actually make the effort to think about it, my local H&M has a lot more clothes for little girls than boys. I'm going to look more carefully at the other shops next time I'm in town and see what they're like. My local Primark has a pretty even amount of both I'd say, but my local Sainsburys has got loads of boys clothes, plenty of school uniform and dressing up costumes but not much in the way of girls clothes.

I'm going to look more carefully at shops in future.

Have a look at the Little Bird stuff in Mothercare. Its gorgeous! Even if it is Mothercare =

I must have a weird primark cos ours has loads of boys stuff and bugger all girls stuff. But indo feel your pain. I have two godsons and trying to buy stuff for them as babies was a nightmare. Adams was brilliant but the went bust :-(

My son lives in stuff from TK Maxx, h&M, vertbaudet, la redoute and French stuff from either my mum or when I go there. I get some great stuff from TK Maxx.

Try buying stuff for a non girly girl who doesn't want to wear boys clothes and hates pink, purple or anything with hearts or girly things on them... I struggle with this one more than my boy tbh.

Thinking about this a bit more, I think my son and daughter have similar amounts of clothes (loads) but for different reasons. DS has loads because we've been given dozens of hand me downs, so he has much more than we would ever choose to buy him if we were paying for it. But his clothes are all quite similar - trousers and jeans and long sleeved tops and hoodies for winter, short sleeved t shirts and shorts for warm weather.

Whereas DD (who is older and gets more say in her clothing) has dresses and leggings, because she finds them most comfortable, but also jeans and t-shirts, because she needs more practical stuff for riding bikes, playing in playgrounds etc. And tights for cold weather, leggings for warmer weather, sports gear for sports. So she has loads of stuff for different needs.

I only have a daughter so can't say i've noticed too much but I desperately need more sleepsuits for her, have looked in dozens of shops for multipacks and have only found one so far that doesn't have 'little princess' or 'cutie pie' all over it. I was never a girly girl so maybe that's why I'm trying to avoid things like that but I don't want my dd growing up thinking that she needs to be pretty for people to value her.

Sorry, off topic slightly. As you were!

I wouldn't dress DD in any of that shit either so there is actually no more choice for girls if you don't want them to look like tiny Barbara Cartlands.

Try Matalan, Dunnes and surprisingly Poundstretcher. I got my nephew a smart casual suit from Poundstretcher to wear to a warmish spring wedding and his mum was asked twice where it was from. When she rang me to ask she was clearly too embarrassed to tell them where I bought it. :o didn't stop her going in for a nosy each time she passed though.

Zara, H&M, nutmeg and gap are really good for DS but again their girls ranges are much bigger. I only buy the sort of stuff that his dad would wear (in a bigger size obviously).

Forgot about nutmeg, their quality is great