To hate the blue-dinosaurs-cars-trucks-navy-grey thing for baby boys?

[pandarific]

I hate it! My son is a tiny baby - he doesn't know wtf a dinosaur or a car is and couldn't give a shit.

Why do so many tiny baby clothes have to be so depressingly gendered? Even the more modern style supposedly tasteful ones for baby boys are all navy and dark grey, way too adult - why does a month old baby need to be trussed up like that?

I've got some lovely bits from m and s and Debenhams which are very cute without being HEY I'M A BOY I LIKE CARS - stripy ones in light green, yellow, white etc with little shapes and animals all over, so it's perfectly possible. Am I alone in my hatred?

Wonder about the chicken and egg here. Clothes retailers sell what we buy; but then we only buy what they sell.

On a practical note, there are a range of choices out there, just shop around.

Does it really matter? Clothes are clothes. They’re tiny babies. Buy the cheapest with the least amount of faffing about to get on and off. Then 6-10 weeks later replace in the next size.

I have a mix of boys and girls and they’ve all worn black/white/navy/grey/green/red/mustard, I’ve never had any problem finding stuff I like.

Grey is just an in colour this year, all the girls stuff is grey and depressing too. I like asda clothes for DD they usually have funky things in a range of colours. DD has lots of clothes with dinosaurs and monsters on that are still "girls" clothes so I'm sure the same can be found for boys although I obviously never look at boys stuff.

Little Bird at Mothercare is lovely for boys - bright colours and retro designs, my DSs loved wearing their clothes. I’m gutted they only go up to 4-5yrs now so we can’t have them anymore

I don't find it that difficult to find nice boy's or neutral things. My best shops are Boots, then M&S, John Lewis (but pricey) and Next. H&M is a bit crap these days. Gap good when they have a 40% off code (sign up for emails and you get them all the time).

By neutral though I like brights and rainbows, I can't be doing with insipid greens and yellows. And grey, everything is grey at the moment.

That said DS2 is in blue today because I'm running low on clothes :o petrol blue, and baby blue with cats.

Other recent outfits:
White with rainbow bugs
Deep green stripes with multicoloured animals
Grey with elephants and pink birds
Bright red-orange with mustard, navy and rockets
Rainbow stripes
Blue and petrol with whales
Bright green stripes with dinosaurs
Navy blue with multicoloured stars, blue with car
Fake Hogwarts uniform (grey, red, gold)

Just like the pink overload for girls you can mix and match with less overly gendered things and it comes out fine.

I agree in the supermarkets etc the choice is limited, but there's lots of lovely clothes in places like Zara, Next, Gap, John Lewis, JoJo. It's annoying as they tend to be more expensive, but equally you can't get much more neutral than a tiny baby in white, and you can get those outfits very cheap in ASDA.

Have to say I've never struggled getting DS (almost 3) pink clothes. He's had pink t shirts and long sleeve tops from ASDA, Primark. I love pink on him as he has dark hair, eyes and olivey skin (I'm so jealous of his skin) so really suits him.

Oh yes and Boots is great too.

My main gripe is everything Peppa Pig for boys features George Pig. DS likes Peppa, not George. I wouldn't buy Peppa knickers as there won't be room for his willy so his pants have George Pig on them. This is a massive first world problem I know!

I get a lot of stuff second hand as well. I like finding baby clothes. It's like a treasure hunt!

If you don’t like them, don’t buy them. Not a problem. I don’t even remember what I wore as a child, so all this seems massively overthinking things to me.

I buy pink clothes for my daughters because they like them and I like them. You do what you want, and I’ll do what I want.

Not helpful but Adams used to be amazing for babywear. I really missed it when number 3 was born and it had closed down.

I think nowadays the supermarkets are best. I've seen gorgeous stuff in Asda.

In fact UK supermarkets are excellent for clothes, too.

There's plenty of unisex stuff? You just need to look for it a bit sometimes. I'm sure I've found lovely stuff in nearly every major shop/supermarket, along with stuff I personally wouldn't choose but others would. There are also great bits to be had second hand at baby sales/online.

We have lots of lovely unisex baby stuff... mostly animal designs and bright colours. It gets worse as they get older and more and more of it seems to be blue, grey, sludge colours.

Yabu about dinosaurs though ... both my sons love dinosaurs and so do I. I'm a bit meh about cars though so I take your point.

Frugi and JoJo.

Me and my husband love dinosaurs. I happen to be expecting a boy. Before we even knew the gender, one of the things we both couldn't wait to do is to take the child fossil hunting when they are about seven. As a result, had I been expecting a girl, I would've probably bought the same sort of stuff.

It's the girly pink princess tutu stuff I can't stand. It isn't practical!

I had a girl first - she wore a lot of hand-me-downs from her male cousin but was bought some new stuff. I then had a boy and he wore the same clothes = the boy and girl stuff.
Colour is just fashion. I'm sure you wear whatever is fashionable OP, (I doubt you are dressed head to toe in pale yellow today for instance)

Most people actually like these clothes for boys, otherwise they wouldn't be being sold. I wouldn't want to take my baby out and have people confuse him for being a girl. He can play with and choose what he wants but for now he will wear little boy clothes

I have some sympathy OP but I’m afraid it gets far worse once they turn about 3. For babies Mothercare, boots, H&M, JoJo and the Scandi brands all have bright baby boys stuff but once they are into children’s it’s a sea of blue and grey. My DS does love trains, trucks and dinosaurs but he also loves animals and bright colours and we are starting to struggle at age 2-3, above that looks very difficult.

Really? I found the most bright stuff is in the toddler ranges, baby is more pastelly and age 6+ it becomes camo and skulls.

I have a 10yo too who chooses his own clothes now.

DrWhy exactly! From 3 onwards is a nightmare!!
Everything is just blues, greys and greens for boys. And girls is pink and sparkly!

it's not true, girls have all the colours of the rainbow and you can chose pink and sparkly as much as navy blue. The choice is a lot more limited for boys.

At 3 years old though, why does it matter? Buy a green jumper in whichever section you find, who cares if it has been put in the other gender one.

I have bought some men tops before, when I can find them small enough. Some of the sport shops have the best outdoor gear in the men section, I just go there. No one cares!

It does matter, like I said previously my son is three and takes absolutely everything in. What about the shop assistants making comments in front of him?

POP is great for clothes, loads of funky patterns and bright colours but sadly they are pricey.

www.polarnopyret.co.uk

Not this one again.
Every month or so a new mum posts on here about how fabulously modern they are because they don't want to dress their baby in blue or pink.
This is, always followed by posts from people who eagerly tell that their son is fond of pink clothes but they cannot find any suitable for him.
Usually someone trumps the whole thread by pretending to be surprised that their son got strange looks when he went to school dressed as a fairy/Princess/ballet dancer.

@cathf well that was helpful