Do you dress your baby girls in blue & green?

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DC1 was a boy, I dressed him in gorgeous funky prints, reds, greens, orange yellow and of course the boy staple blue. I generally only avoided black and wasn't so keen on grey, but I did have it.

DC2 is a girl and I finding so many multipacks have what I would consider as dull boy colours in them. So M&S or next a pack of bodysuits has one blue one or green leggings in a set. Am I being U to not want to dress choose these for my DD? Obviously when she's older (like DS ) she can pick, but I want her to look like a girl as a baby. I don't do hair bands and ott dresses, I want normal everyday clothes but in like pink, dusky pinks, white, peach, yellow, Liliac. Am I totally on my own here ?

Yes I did, why wouldn't I?

I had a green eyed baby, so lots of green as it suited her. She has never suited blue , but had some things in softer blues . I think it depends on your baby, some colours suit some babies better than others, that gorgeous Viking colouring of blue eyes and corn blonde hair looks beautiful in blue.

Ffs . Dressing your girl in blue doesn't automatically make her look like a boy.

Yes, even black heaven forbid!

Why will she not look like a girl in blue or green? Why does it even matter?

I dressed my DD in all the colours you mentioned for your DS plus those you would like for your DD.... she didn't look like a girl in some and a boy in others, she just looked like herself.

I have a seven year old and it was all pink when she was little. Look at other shops. There's lots of choice to be had.

My younger DD is 2 and she wears blue and green.

Blue no (only because people already confused her as a boy lol)
I love mint/pastel green on babies

Yes I did. I would say that even if you are bothered about 'traditional colours' for boys/girls then green is considered unisex. But my daughter has always looked great in blue, a few people assumed she was a boy when she was very little but I just rolled my eyes (internally) and corrected them.

She is a girl, therefore she can't not look like a girl even if dressed in green or blue.

I’m afraid I don’t really get that POV.

I just dress my kids in things that I like and that I know are comfortable to wear. That means Monsters Inc pjs for DD and hand me down pink wellies for DS.

I don’t understand what’s so terrible about strangers who’ll you’ll never meet again assuming that your baby has the opposite genitalia?

what I would consider as dull boy colours

Root of issue. Head needs a wobble. Colours are colours FFS.

I want her to look like a girl as a baby

Which implies that you think girl babies need to be differentiated from boy babies so that they can be treated differently and hear words like “pretty”. Later on she can be less valued and underpaid compared with her male counterparts.

This stuff is toxic and setting babies up this way from day one is harmful to both sexes.

Quite a lot of blue for DD, she suits blue. Not navy or anything, bright blues, so still quite girly if you will, she chooses her own clothes now so it's a mixture of nice bright colours and the dreaded LOL character stuff.

I don't like sickly pink personally, but everything has it's place and I try not to project my preferences on to DD. My mother did that with me it was hell.

You sound like a snob. You don't do hair bands and dresses. You don't do blues or greens or "boyish" prints.

Shop around if the shops you've mentioned don't do what you want but don't expect everyone to.share your tastes, some of us like dresses and hairbands, some of us like blue on a girl, some of us don't care as long as they are comfy. Why should.all shops cater to all our tastes, just find one that does what you like.

It's not about strangers really. I suppose I don't want people to think she's a baby boy when she isn't. Or to think I wanted a boy, not a girl.

Maybe it's something from my childhood, my mums best friend has a boy 6 months older, so all my baby photos I'm dressed in very boy like clothes when I'm a girl.

I suppose I'm surprised people want to buy blue for young baby girls in multipacks. I tend to buy multipacks as it's better value. Interesting !

Do you think baby boys and baby girls should be treated differently by strangers? If not (and I can't see why not) then you know shes a girl and so does anyone who knows you. I can't imagine giving a shit what sex anyone else thought my baby was because there's no need for them to know / have an opinion on it / treat them differently depending on it.

Maybe it's something from my childhood, my mums best friend has a boy 6 months older, so all my baby photos I'm dressed in very boy like clothes when I'm a girl.

As a child of the 70s I was dressed mainly in orange and brown corduroy, plus whatever clothes my Nan made from curtains she found at the market. My first babygro was an orange and white towelling thing which DD (10) also wore. Since she could point she’s chosen herself green and purple and yellow and blue clothes, mainly.

Break the mould, OP! Do your daughter a favour.

My DD wore loads of blue, she looked lovely in it. People were often mistaking her for a boy but really, who gives a shit? Babies all look unisex anyway.

I had a boy, then a girl
DD has always worn her brother’s hand me downs. Not exclusively, she has always her some of her own clothes.
Both children wore a lot of primary/bright/rainbow colour/pattern clothes as babies , toddlers, preschoolers, including greens and blues.

No, you aren't totally on your own. There are plenty more idiots out there.

My LG is 7 nearly 8 weeks and she has been in blue,green,yellow,navy,mint,white,pink,purple,orange every colour imaginable tbh it’s what ever the weather is like and what she is going to be most comfortable in especially in the recent weather we’ve had it’s not because of the colour. If your looking for more pinks though leggings and things wise try next they have a fair few in but just because it’s a “ boyish “ colour doesn’t mean I won’t dress her in it. If she’s comfy and looks tidy then it’s all good

I'm not a snob, I don't do hair bands as I think they are a strangulation risk and my baby is crawling so dresses aren't practical. However I was trying to describe my style. I want comfortable every day stuff.

I can't believe any one bits a baby boy in a pink bodysuit to flip this. My DS wears pink occasionally now but he's not a baby he's school.

I don't think wearing pink as a baby affects your earning potential. Or maybe all that blue my mum put me has made me earn more than DH. I should thank my mum

DS also has a few pink T shirts as a baby-toddler. He has blonde hair and blue eyes and they really suited him.

Have you looked at H & M you might find multipacks on there with the colors you like

Oh or try George at ASDA they have a few bits in too

Of course I put my dds in blue and green. Why wouldn't I ?

I also put my ds in pastels. Again, why wouldn't I ?