To think putting a baby boy in pink is a little odd?

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Hi, this post isn't to point fingers, I just genuinely want to know if I'm the only one who thinks like this.

A friend of mine is putting her newborn baby boy in his sisters old sleepsuites etc and says it's just newborn clothing, why does it matter.
I'm sorry but I wouldn't even think of putting a boy in girls things, and I don't just mean 'pink', I mean properly girly.

AIBU? I can't see why you'd do it, and she isn't strapped for cash by any stretch of the imagination. It just doesn't sit right with me.

Totally fine. I do this with my DS, especially with sleep suits and babygros. Just makes more sense than buying all new. A lot of my DD's clothes were unisex but she does have some girly outfits I will still put my DS in (although usually just for sleep or lazing around the house).

As others have said, baby doesn't care and so what's the harm? If my DS had been born first I would dress my DD in his hand-me-downs just as happily. It just seems crazy to have all those perfectly wearable clothes and not use them due to colour/style.

YABU. DD has no idea if she wears one of her brother's sleepsuits. She had lots of lovely gifts of her own but I'm happy to re use some of the lovely baby boy stuff too.

I get asked all the time if she's a girl even if she wears pink anyway!

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I'm weary of this as well op. I remember as a child dressing up our male dog in my doll's clothes, ribbons and such. One day, I came home and his testicles had disappeared! I'm not taking that risk with my son when he's born in a couple of months.

Oh My Days - he's going to catch gay!

Seriously OP, my 5 year old could explain it to you - "there's not boy colours and girl colours, colours are for everyone!" my DH has a couple of pink shirts, the only problem with that is as he is ginger, sometimes it can look a bit clashing. I am currently sat here in a blue dress.

My DC1 was a boy, we bought mainly white but were given some blue sleep suits, I saw nothing wrong with putting DC2 who was a girl in them. They are just newborn sleep suits, why does it not "sit right with you"? It's just clothes. At that age, they have no idea.

Over the summer, when it was very hot, my two year old son looked very fetching in his sister's old thin grobag - pale pink with white spots. Damned if I'm going to buy another one for a few weeks. We got given a lot of boy appropriate babygros when he was little, but when they were all dirty he looked quite sweet in pink flowery ones!

That, of course, should be wary, not weary.

She is BU, doesnt she know he will catch The Gay?!

yes it's a well known medical fact

For sleeping in at home fine. Can't see the point of pushing a pram and getting "oh what a lovely little girl what's her name." And having to reply "it's a boy....." Easier to dress in neutral than a statement colour.

YANBU

It's going to scar him horribly. He'll be a gay, transvestite, psychopathic, kitten torturing, drug dealing, serial killer.

Your friend must run to the shops and buy blue clothes immediately. If she doesn't it's clear she does not love her child.

I don't understand why you care? It's got nowt to do with you how someone else dresses their baby.

What "doesn't sit right", aesthetics or some worry about gender confusion? Latter ridiculous, former not your concern!

YABVU

No, you're a little odd. It "doesn't sit right with you"? Why the fuck not? ITs a piece of cloth to cover a baby, that gets covered in puke and poo. Who could give a shiny shite what colour it is? What possible difference could it make to anyone, least of all you?

The things people think are their business, or are even worth noticing, never cease to amaze me. Read a fucking book or something, fill you mind with something less inane.

Is this a case of light the 'pink' touch paper and retire to a safe distance OP?

Bit bored this morning were you, OP?

Op, think about it for a minute. Put your hands on your knees to stop them jerking and think. With your brain.

I put my son in my cousin's hand-me-down pink stuff and he is gay. Ohmigod what have I done.......

And having to reply "it's a boy....."

Why do you have to reply? Does it matter whether a stranger thinks a baby is a boy to a girl? Is a boy a point of pride that all must acknowledge and a girl a bit shameful?

Yabu. Very. My 5 week old ds is also sleeping in his sisters old sleep suits. Some are neutral some are girly. Strapped for cash or not it is a waste of money for something the child is wearing to sleep and has no idea about any way. Why do you care? He won't turn into a girl...

My husband went to work this morning in a pink shirt. Is he gay? Should I LTB?

Does he even have a penis left now dirty? Definitely LTB.

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This is a reverse right? This is what some idiot friend has said to you?

If not then please be reassured - you are not the only one who thinks like this.

More's the pity.

"Odd" in the sense it doesn't follow the very made-up convention that there are specific colours we should and shouldn't use for clothes, toys, bedding, decor etc for small children.

But there's a heck of a lot more I'd worry about first in terms of the child's wellbeing ....,