To think our baby's room could easily be used for a boy?

[MaeBla]

DH and I, have been working on the baby's room for a while, we don't know what the gender is, we have one of each, so we thought we might as well go for a surprise, so we wanted to do the room gender neutral.

We are pleased with it, but a couple of friends have gone "oh, it's a girl!?" or "I think it's a bit too pink". Be honest, do you think a boy would be fine in this room/would you put your son in this room?

Gorgeous room. Both DS agree, and they are 11 & 9. Well done. OP!

What would happen to a boy in a pink room I wonder? Would he end up gay?

Oh no, it's even worse than that. Too much exposure to pink and his penis will fall off.

I've never understood this. Does it matter? I think the room is beautiful.

I bought a flowery car seat for DS1 way back when. Cos I liked it. People thought it was utterly baffling and I honestly don't know why. Its not like the baby cares.

Gorgeous....and that's for your third child. Your children are lucky to have parents that still have sufficient energy to bother!

It's more the curtain ties I would worry about
Sorry. I'm completely not uber safely conscious but would have to take the ribbon and bows and tie backs off if baby is sleeping next to them.

Sorry - other people posted the same thing while I was writing. I personally would not worry about the curtains being in reach of the cot as long as they were no cords hanging down which it doesn't look like there would be as they are eyelet ones. I don't expect you'll be using the tiebacks once you are opening and closing the curtains every day.

I love it! Such an original idea!
If you're worried about the curtains could you not just swap the chair and cot? So the chair is by the window and the cot is at the right of the picture - still along the same wall?

I had owls and apple trees in our gender neural nursery. Apparently they were for girls too. Looking to redo DDs room next year and I am thinking blue with clouds. Clearly this will mean she will develop a penis.

People can be idiots.

I wouldn't worry about the curtains. You could always push to the opposite end when your LO starts getting active. Its a lovely room!

I'ld lose the curtain ties - choking, and maybe paint on the bows etc

But it's lovely for a child of either gender

It a gorgeous room but I must admit my first thought was choking hazards.

Fine while baby is not moving but they always catch you unawares and anything that can be touched and pulled by baby will be a magnet to them and potentially dangerous.

I've just shown ds who is 4 the picture. He said he liked it. I think it's beautiful and tbh if you and yours like it then nothing else matters

It is an absolutely beautiful room. But I would also be worried about chocking hazards from ribbon and curtain tie back. Also the risk of a child pulling the curtains on themselves would worry me.

A girl or boy would love this room. It wouldn't matter if the room was entirely pink or blue either. Boys will be fine in any colour room. As will girls. Because gender specific colours are a social/ marketing construct and will not have any bearing on a child's personality/ sexuality/ general well being.

It's a lovely room for any baby - I cannot for the life of me imagine either why people would think it was "girly" or why "girly" should matter anyway.

(If you are worried about the ribbons, then they can be easily replace with a sample pot of paint and a small paintbrush, and the kites will still look lovely! But if the ribbons are glued flush to the wall then I think they would be fine, as long as a baby couldn't pick them off.)

(I wouldn't put my son in the room because he's 14 and his feet would stick out the end of the cot, but I did dress him in pink a lot when he was tiny, as those were the hand-me-downs I'd got, and nobody cared. It's a lovely room!)

What a lovely room. I did not think 'girl' at all when I saw it. And of course boys can have pink curtains! Lovely for either sex.

I would get rid of the curtain (particularly the tie-back) and the bows, they're a hazard next to a cot.

As for the colour scheme, I can see why people think it's for a girl, there's a lot of pink and the bows are a 'girly' touch. Does it matter though? I love the colour pink. My DS has a pink toothbrush, sippy-cup, bowl, bib and various other items in fushcia and hot pink And some clothes with pink bits in the pattern (but no bows/frilly bits). I wouldn't like it if he was mistaken for a girl, but I see nothing wrong with some pink!

It's amazing, can you come round and do my 2 year old's room??? It's lovely for a boy OR a girl, I'm jealous!

I don't think you should focus too much on gender. I think your room looks neutral and I love the colour. Don't put your child in to specific box.

pink used to be boys colour. Colour is just colour, we assigned gender to it because it's easy to market things that way.

Its lovely for both sex but like others have mentioned id paint the kite rope and ribbons and ties. Lucky dc three!!!

Just nod solemnly and tell your friends you've a premonition your DS-to-be is gay.

Cos you know, all that pink, it makes men gay.

Seriously, I think it's a lovely room, and I also think your friends are probably just clutching straws because these days, so many people find out the sex but don't let on, and they may be trying to hint for a clue from you, rather than anything else.

I don't live in the 1950's so I would put a boy in a room of any colour.

What exactly is it that they think will happen to a baby boy if it comes into contact with pink curtains?

My son's room is pink.

Gorgeous Gorgeous Gorgeous ❤️
I'd put a baby boy in there most definitely.
Even my 5 year old son would love it! He loves kites. He'd probably pull his face at the pink curtains though knowing him

Honestly. That room is absolutely beautiful. Wish I was that creative!

Your room is gorgeously decorated and so imaginative; I adore it. I also think it's utterly gender neutral.