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 ?

Not green as not keen on it (at the time, love it now).

Lots of blue and black denim though, red, blue, grey and even black as well as more stereotypically girly colours.

I loved blues and greens on DD when she was a baby. Pink is lovely too, but there are some really pretty clothes outside of pinks and purples.

And so are flowers Unisex now too?

When have flowers not been? Is there some law that only girls can like flowers. Somebody should tell Alan Titchmarsh quick.

Do people really have no idea of the message they are giving their kids if they split the world into things that are suitable for boys and things that are suitable for girls?

I don’t know if anyone else does this but even in adverts like ‘wardrobe suitable for a boy’ makes me angry.

Why boys and why feel the need to tell me it isn’t by definition suitable for girls or the garage or spare room? I scroll past now! Won’t be getting a sale from me.

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And so are flowers Unisex now too?

When have flowers not been? Is there some law that only girls can like flowers. Somebody should tell Alan Titchmarsh quick.

Do people really have no idea of the message they are giving their kids if they split the world into things that are suitable for boys and things that are suitable for girls?

Maybe this is why people call their vagina their flower, to make it clear flowers are for girls

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I hope you work for M&S as you’ve inspired me to purchase those bodysuits for DD I love the colours in them and it’s a good mix.

I guess the world would be boring if we were all the same.

Ironic, given how many Mumsnetters are boycotting M+S because of their absolute ideology of gender over sex.

FFS as long as it's clean and fits (and sometimes neither of these really matter) then it can be whatever fricking colour exists. Really, there are bigger problems. Be thankful you can clothe your child at all.

I'm not massively fond of pink. I had a thing about rainbows when it came to my son so lots of bright colours and brands like Little Bird and when it came to single colours I preferred yellow for fun and navy blue for smart. Now I have a baby girl I also dress her in various colours, some pink because it's hard not to, but I adore her in mint green and baby blue, there's some gorgeous clothes out there in these colours and she looks just as beautiful and individual as her brother did

I was the opposite. Found everything a sicky shade of pink peach lilac but wanted cheerful multicoloured for my girl.

Do people not hand down clothes any more from one child to the next? Do people buy new for each baby?

Only colour I didn't dress DD in was white, because I'd already discovered how easily white baby grows stained with DS.

My favourite outfit to put on DD was a bright blue dragon fleece baby grow my mum had made her, other than that she mostly lived in pinafore dresses before she started crawling and then dungarees once she was crawling.

Do people not hand down clothes any more from one child to the next? Do people buy new for each baby?

Bit difficult if you have a girl and everyone buys Barbie pink baby dresses because there’s NO choice. I didn’t put DD in any Barbie pink outfits in protest at the sheer volume of sickly pink clothes she was given.

Happy to see her in blues, greens yellows, etc.

The best coat I brought was the boys range in blue corduroy as it was warmer than the girls thin winter coats, but that’s ok because girls get a matching hat or cute gloves to co- ordinate.

DS didn’t suit pink either and had a fair few of DDs baby grows I brought in Nuru rap colours.

When push come to shove (literally) baby suppliers know this and intentionally take away the choice of passing on clothes to the next sibling, unless they are the same sex or unisex clothes

@Parker231

Do people not hand down clothes any more from one child to the next? Do people buy new for each baby?

I think this is probably quite common. I grew up in the 70s when clothes were relatively more expensive than they are now. Either hand made at the expenses of time and effort, or really quite pricey. Clothes we’re mostly handed down, new clothes were a rare treat. I’m the guest girl after 2 boys- I grew in in jeans and checked shirts!!

New school uniform in particular was a massive deal.

The ascent of very cheap supermarket clothing, and places like Primark and Peacocks In the late 80s changed that, and made new clothes almost an everyday event, it became economically feasible for many to buy a new wardrobe for a new baby.

DT’s (now 21) worn hand downs from their cousins, brought over when family flew over to see us. We then handed them onto my niece. Mixture of boys and girls but all wore the same clothes. Good quality and lasted through several families. The colour of the clothes was irrelevant.

A lot of the stuff we were given for DD wouldn't be suitable for a DS (over the top flouncy, frilly, dresses) but the unisex stuff we bought will definitely get used again if we have another and it's a boy. Would be a lot easier to have a DS then a DD!!

@Heyha - I wouldn’t have dressed either DT - DD or DS in flouncy or frilly clothes. They lived totally in babygros until they were about nine months so shared clothes.

Blue and green are my 2 favourite colours and I wear them often. My 4 children all do too (3 are girls). They all have blue or green eyes so it also suits them 😊. I also dressed my girls in a lot of pink as babies/toddlers..

The White Company usually do pale pink clothing...

I don't really care what colour ds wears except baby pink and baby blue. I just hate those colours and they are bloody everywhere! Love him in electric pink though. I love putting him in black though so will always buy those multi packs if I see them, regardless of the other colours.

The thing that pisses me off is they never have leggings with dinosaurs on. It's always really flowery stuff (clearly aimed at girls) I had to fully search to find a pair of just plain coloured leggings. Why are these seen as girl only clothing items?

If you search 'toddler dinosaur leggings' there are loads without flowers- next, jojo, Bebe, Sainsbury's...

I like Blade & Rose leggings. DS has clouds, pirate and fox patterns at the moment!

I made some clothes for my dc when they were littler, using the boring shop bought clothes as a guide, in all manner of weird and wonderful fabrics, patterns and colours. I don't so much now because they're bigger: fabric is expensive and they're more fussy with what they will wear as they're beginning to want to follow their friends!

Try next and George OP. (Oh and get yourself a hard hat for posting this on here!)
FWIW I dress DD in a variety of colours - lockdown has made it harder to find some sizings and she's had a lot of hand me downs from both sexes, but she has been mistaken for a boy already.

I hate green so I didn't dress any of my babies in green. But I dressed my daughter in blue.

I love my daughter in blue, it really suits her.

Inspiried by this thread I searched on M&S and these are super cute and I think I’m going to get them for her! I have been browsing at M&S and found this: www.marksandspencer.com/2pk-pure-cotton-rompers-0-3-yrs-/p/clp60489435?intid=mobile_app_pdp_share