To buy DS a princess dress?

[dameagatha]

DS1 (2.4yrs) loves dressing up, as most toddlers do. He also loves Frozen (especially Elsa) & has sometimes said he wants to 'be a princess'. If we were a mixed-child household, we'd probably end up with a mixture of dressing-up clothes & he'd wear pirate/princess/doctor combos quite naturally. He's the eldest of 2 boys (DS2 9mths), so I'd have to buy him a dress specially. I have no problem doing this, but DH thinks it's a bit odd.
Do I just buy the dress? Am I overthinking this?
Thoughts appreciated

I would gently steer him away because pink princessy shite just makes my eyes hurt. The gender of the wearer is irrelevant .

I've never encountered the boys-in-dresses thing in real life though, and a lot of my parent friends are very right on about gender.

There are a number of valid reasons for saying no. All of them are based on the fact that the dress will, in the cold light of day, turn out to be overpriced tat.

Apart from that, if he wants it; go for it.

The only reason that some people think it "doesn't happen in RL" is because it's generally in someone's home. I can't remember seeing a boy in a dress at a party where I live (and yes, class & geography probably has something to do with it) but I don't think all these MNers are lying. Nor do I think they're forcing their boys to wear dresses against their will! My DS doesn't really enjoy dressing up and there's NO WAY I could make him. But he does enjoy playing with dolls etc. All kids are different.

YABU, I would never buy a boy something for a girl. It's a awful thing. Buy him a nice super-hero thing instead!.

I think kids like dressing up and girls costumes quite often appeal to boys and that's fine it's all imaginative play. the only time I have seen this is in ,preschool age in my experience they grow out of it very quickly

what I do find weird is on threads like this people seem to try out do each other well my ds wore dresses till he was 23 etc and that's all forward thinking and progressive but if I said my dd loves pink and only wears dresses it's said she is brainwashed and its looked down on. it seems on mn being a girly girl is only ever a good thing if you are a boy

it seems on mn being a girly girl is only ever a good thing if you are a boy

This ^^ x1000

Hickupgirl, I live in an affluent area, my kids had attended private schools, I've been to hundreds of Birthday parties yet I had never seen a boy in a dress. I won't mind it, just never seen it happen.

Sorry, it was in response to Sleepywombat.

@Dixie, because I just woudn't, it's common logic, a dress is for a girl-end of. It's mentally healthy for everyone to have a gender identity and part of a boy's is NOT a dress!.

wouldn't

MyBaby There must have been lots of mentally unhealthy Victorians then! Fashion norms constantly change, it's really no big deal.

On a serious note, I think that screeching Let It Go in a big silly dress is miles away from an actual gender identity issue (neither of which is a mental health problem).

Just get the dress. DD's male friends love wearing her dress-up dresses. They're playing. It's not a big deal.

OP why don't you just let DS dress up in something of yours? Old dress or tunic or something? DD uses old scarves/bags/jewelry/hats and parades around the place quite happily. And Dsis and I used to use my DGran's old net curtains as princess/wedding dresses, saris, etc.

My son is 5 and although he loves his big sister and her lovely friends he generally thinks that girls are " yucky" and pink is for girls etc etcetera ( no idea where he gets it from )
However, I have some very incriminating photos of him aged 2 in a purple sparkly tutu with matching headband and aged about 3 in a nice pink bikini!!
Younger boys just want to dress up and don't much care what as, this might change as they get older but not in all cases.
I too have never met a boy wearing a dress older than about 4 and it's not something I personally would encourage ( more to protect the child than anything) but it wouldn't bother me at all either.

Everlong, I was referring to Sleepywombat's comment regarding working class area...