To buy my DS a dress?

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I've one DS, he is my first & last (traumatic birth).

He's only 10 weeks so is still quite neutral I.E you can't necessarily tell he's a boy yet!

I think dresses are lovely & as I don't follow this gender society crap of girls wear dresses & pink & boys wear blue & trousers.....I don't see the issue in putting my DS in a dress.

However, everyone else thinks it's wrong!

Is it??

No, it will make you look odd. You can dress a baby gender neutral but so far, buying dresses is not that.

It's also very early days to be certain you won't have another baby. Of course it's your decision but please don't allow a difficult delivery deny you another child at some point.

🙄 he's a boy. If you want a girl, have another child.

If when he is old enough to choose for himself and he wants a dress then crack on, until then, don't be that mum.

Do you want people to think he's a girl? Because that's what will happen.

why would you?

YABU. A dress really isn't very practical and you sound like you are just doing it to spite other people

Don't be ridiculous. Everyone will think you a loon.

I'm not doing it to make a point.

I think he'd look lovely in a dress, as do most babies....I like some clothes that are made for girls & I think it's a shame it's taboo to put a baby boy in it too!

He's 10 weeks old and you're stressing about putting him in a dress .

You are a daft bugger, the daftest I've seen in a while.

Would a cotton romper suit do? Admittedly it is £63, but sort of unisex..

Do what you like. I agree with you that it doesn't matter what babies wear in terms of gender norms, although for the sake of the baby I think the clothes should be comfortable.

I found dresses a bit impractical before mine were walking - they end up all bunched up around their waist when they're immobile and then they make them face plant when they start to crawl.

Op are you Spanish?

If not then I think you're being either provocative or are dealing with gender disappointment.

It's one thing to not believe in gender norms, I agree that dresses and trousers were arbitrarily assigned to males/female, and as a pp has said if it were a 3 year old wanting to wear a dress o would say go for it. But this is a baby.

As much as we may not agree with the gender norms, one cannot ignore that they do exist, and while it is one thing to support a child who doesn't adhere to those norms, it is another thing entirely to dress a male child as a female child without them having expressed a desire to do
So.

Obviously your newborn won't remember wearing a dress or be scarred by it,
But I do think it's a bit of a
Strange thing to
Do.

I didn't put my daughter in dresses until she was walking.

I was expecting your son to of asked for a dress when I clicked on this not for you to wonder if it was oki to put your 10 week old in a dress, like PPs have said if you want unisex then put him in white or lemon, I think by putting him in a dress you are trying to prove a point

I would say the same if it was a baby girl. Dresses are impractical for all babies.

I am completely against gender stereotypes, but equally against pushing the opposite gender stereotype. For example, if a young boy was asking for a dress then yes go for it, and if they are asking for a football kit yes go for it. But don't make them wear a football kit because they are a boy, and don't make them wear a dress because you want to challenge gender stereotypes.

I don't intend to put him in dresses when he's old enough to understand solely because I understand the pressures of fitting in with society!

Regardless of the fact I've always wished I was born a man (whole other story!) I dress as feminine as possible as 1. I like the clothes of course & 2. It's what society expect!

Please please don't flame me or call me crazy for the above statement!

Why on earth are you posting? Are you really trying to find out people's even though you sound somsure of your bonkers beliefs

Does your partner were a dress? (I'm assuming a male partner )

I think it would be really weird to dress a baby boy in a dress.

Forget the girl/boy thing. Dresses on a tiny baby are a nightmare.

When DD was born, I had been too superstitious to buy anything first so as a treat bought her a lovely £40 dress from trotters. She looked like a vicar in it (not helped by DP putting it on back to front at first) and the tights fell off and took the nappy with them. Which we only realised too late.

She never wore it again. Total waste of money.

Dresses are not very practical, I wouldn't have thought. Don't they ruck up everywhere?

I would never put a baby that age in a dress tbh. Totally impractical and you can find really cute outfits that are very gender neutral.

As for cute with a dress... well if yu also think think a 3yo or a 10yo or a 25yo are all 'cute' in a dress then, I can see your point.
Otherwise, it feels like either you want to make a point or there are some much deeper seated issues going on.

So basically you're dressing your son in clothes for the opposite gender because you feel you can't yourself?

10 week olds need vests and baby grows and that's it's imo. No need for dresses for anyone!

YABU. Why would you do that?

Dresses are impractical for babies anyway. I had loads of tiny dresses for DD only to realise baby gros and leggings were much more practical until she was walking.

If DS was older and asked to wear a dress then go for it. Not at this age.

Oh Give Over

Are you joking op?

This is about you, not him. Give your head a wobble and be thankful that you have a healthy child.

Sorry if that seems harsh, but that's how I feel about this total non-issue