To dress my child in this way?

[desperatehousewife101]

This is a dress from my early childhood , my mum passed away recently and I came across it in her belongings.
AIBU to dress my baby in this regardless of gender ?

i think a dress is fine at 5 months - in a girl, as long as there is no crawling

If you are any good with a sewing machine you could easily adapt the dress into a romper for your little one.

I think you mean sex not gender.

Dress your baby in what you like - it's a baby. However I avoided dresses full stop for babies - totally silly design - babygros are where it's at. Equal coverage, loose and comfy.

Hate seeing babies in flouncy dresses and tights with elasticated middles. Urgh. They look so uncomfortable.

When he's in the buggy, no one will be able to tell, and they'll assume he's a boy because he's wearing blue. I speak from experience with DD. Although I still think a dress will be uncomfortable.

I'm sorry you've lost your mum Op. Finding the dress in her belongings must have brought back memories for you.

What do people think will happen "in 2018" if a five month old wears a dress?

This thread really shows how entrenched we are in gender roles- why can't the OP put her child in this cute dress? Will it injure a male child in some way??? I've never heard such a load of genderist rubbish in my life!
OP - it's a lovely outfit and your baby looks gorgeous in it - but may well dribble/poo/puke something toxic on it...

Are you bringing your child up gender neutral? If you are from birth then fair enough, if you put him in a dress people won't question it...but if not be prepared to get asked a million times why you put your son in a dress!

@thefuckiswrongwithyou it sounds like something awful might happen- no idea what though

My eldest DD often got mistaken for a boy - she does look like her dad. I think it’s often difficult for the observer if they wish to compliment a parent on their child and the gender isn’t immediately apparent - you don’t want to offend by saying ‘isn’t he lovely’ and it’s a girl etc. I remember being a little bit upset when my daughter was regularly mistaken for a boy - I think it might’ve been the denim dresses and jeans...xx

Yanbu, dress him however you like. He’s a baby, he won’t know or care. It’s a piece of clothing, not very practical but I’m guessing he doesn’t do much abseiling at this age.
Sorry about your mum op

Do what you want, who gives a shit. Primark didn't have any white vests so I bought hot pink ones for my twin boys.

But if it's something special to you, you could get it framed. I got my daughter's first babygro framed. No idea why. I must have been hormonal since it was a plain white thing like every other. But for something special to you it would be a nice idea.

DD was mistaken for a boy until she was about 3, even if she was dressed from head to toe in pink: "It's the way you've got her hair." It was her hair! I hadn't cut it! It just wouldn't fucking grow!

I don't think it's a particularly nice dress, sorry, I know it's a family heirloom and all that. I like a babygrow.

Depends if you want his penis to fall off or not. Are you okay with him being confused for the rest of his life? Do you care about the fact his young mind will be so messed up from this, he will likely turn to drugs as a coping method?

Kidding on who cares? Seems like you wanted to start a discussion about neutral gender things, which is okay, but you’ve already dressed him in it so why do you need other people’s opinions?

Elfride Agreed. The backwards ideas on this thread are astounding

My two year old wore my vest top knotted at the back as a layer over his swim nappy yesterday. He’s still alive weirdly!

It's a lovely outfit. I used dresses in very warm weather for dtds, but as pps have mentioned they become a pain when crawling etc starts. By that time it was autumn anyway though and I moved them into longsleeved tops and trousers. Even then it was noticeable how much more practical the 'boy' design ones were compared with the 'girl'.

I would worry about dribbles of something truly unshiftable though, ruining it.

Is that an old photo of you or a new one of your son wearing it? If it's a new one, you've got the photo as a keepsake if you decide not to use the dress for him regularly.

People will assume he is a boy but does that matter? I dressed DS in very gender neutral clothes as a baby and due to being a 'pretty' baby strangers would always refer to him as she. I didn't bother correcting as it seemed pointless when someone just wanted a quick coo in the pram.

Sorry will assume he is a girl!

Do what you like, I can't see any big issues either way.

DS frequently gets mistaken for a girl because he has curly hair (despite wearing quite boyish clothing). He's 3 and couldn't give a hoot.

@jellycat1

Are flowers only for girls? Do you have to look at them and enjoy them with your genitals?

@icantcopeanymore so two questions there. Yes. I believe flowery dresses are for just girls. No. I do not believe people enjoy flowers with their genitals. As a general rule.

I can barely walk through my local park without rubbing my fanny on the forgetmeknots

They've got a sign now.
@thefuckiswrongwithyou Am laughing my flower enjoying fanny off.

Why jelly?

I wouldn't put this on a boy or a girl, tbh, as it seems quite old fashioned. I understand it's a family heirloom, why not just keep it somewhere safe?