To think baby boy clothes designers are lazy?

[PhoebeGeebee]

Pregnant with first baby (a boy) started to look at some items to start buying and am struck by clothes designers obsession with baby boys and items of transport. Trucks, cars, buses, planes, boats - you name it, it's on a t shirt or a babygrow.

I don't mind the odd item, and I get that boys do like trucks and cars etc... the older they get, but why surely there could be some variation for babies!

Girls clothes tend to be quite pattern heavy, and I don't see why this can't be the case for boys too. There's something about the whole gender assumption thing that bothers me - and I know I sound like a bit of a twat. AIBU?

[eggyface]

Also boy's clothes for babies seem to be inappropriate designs like jeans with heavy buckles or tight waists and braces with metal bits on... who'd put a little soft baby in those? And bloody rugby shirt type things with high collars. Babies don't have necks! My son looked like Harry Hill for the first 4 months.

[SirKillalot]

I have two boys and get bored of the same blue, grey and brown clothes. Zara is pretty good though.

[crayfish]

My DS is 13 months and still totally bald so still looks like Harry Hill with a collar on.

What's worse is those outfits that make little baby boys look like a chimney sweep, all braces and waistcoats and flat-caps. They are ridiculous. I also agree that jeans are usually far too stiff to be comfortable.

[pinocchiosnose]

John Lewis do quite a lot of nice boys clothes

[CowGull]

The best things I have for DS are some hand-me-downs from SIL, bought for her DS 15 years ago but subsequently worn by his younger sisters without any problems because they are just cute, colourful clothes for a baby, not a 'little prince(ss)'. I can't find anything like them in the shops now, when did it change so much? And don't get me started on the bloody slogans on everything, terrible stereotypes or the bloody obvious eg 'Mummy loves me'.

[ohidoliketobe]

It's funny. When I had DS 2 years ago I hated all the boys clothes and would look at the girls clothes thinking there was so much more variety in stypes and colour. DC2 (girl) due in 2 weeks and all the girls stuff I come across just seems to be a sea of pale sickly pink and frills , I'm looking at the boys stuff and thinking it's so much better this time around!
FWIW I do find Sainsburys great for boy's stuff. My DS has an array of chinos in various colours from there, bright reds and blues to more muted khaki and burgundy.