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 dressed her in blue, green, black, purple...lots of prints and patterns. I didn't see why anyone needed to know what sex my baby was. It upset quite a few people who cooed and then said, "I can't tell if it's a girl or a boy" and one woman who said, "I thought it was a boy but the blue outfit has got pink on it. What is it?"

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I will only dress a baby girl in blue and green, because they are my favourite colours. Pink, yellow etc are ugh. I only really wear blue, green myself actually. Navy too.

I loved putting my daughter in a range of colours, especially blue to ring out her beautiful blue eyes. You are right that young babies don't really look like a boy or girl, if you want strangers to know you have a girl it is possible to get clothing that looks girly whilst being blue or green! Does it really matter if strangers get the sex of your child wrong?

I loved my daughter in red and navy blue

I dress my baby girl in all colours, I've even bought clothes from the "boys" section in supermarkets because they're cooler than the "girls" ones 😊

My DD wears every colour and stereotypical boy things like rockets and dinosaurs. Rompers and dungarees are best for her as she’s chunky and dresses never look comfy I wouldn’t want to roll around in a dress all day! I really don’t think it matters especially as she’s 8 months so they only covered in pop and food! Since the day she was born strangers think she’s a boy but we don’t care I don’t even correct them as I won’t see them again. To me she’s perfect whatever she wears.

Yes absolutely

Those are my favourite colours!

I think with children like most people you will find certain colours suit them. My daughter really suits navy clothes but not so much a baby pink or yellow, whereas other children might look lovely in those colours.

Your list of preferred colours reads like a list of my least favourite colours!

Colours like lilac, dusty pink & pastels are just not my cup of tea- for myself or my DC of both sexes!

Well obviously you can pick whatever colours you want while she’s a baby. But I don’t think you can complain about other perfectly good colours being included in multi packs. Thankfully everyone seems to be moving away from colours “boy” or “girl.

I did buy dd quite a lot of blue as a baby as she had blue eyes. Also I had an idea it was a calming colour (which probably didn’t work). There was a lot of very sickly bright pink in the shops when she was born so I avoided that but generally went for a mix of colours. It was a cold winter and I remember finding more suitable clothes for the weather in the “boys” section.

Then she had a phase of loving pink from about 2.5 until 4 ish, but then that stopped and it’s all blacks and denims now she’s 12!

Ds got quite a lot of hand me downs from Dd, and they both had a few from friends. I liked the idea of green for him as he has green eyes, and I like dinosaurs and animals more than transport based designs so got those.

He then had a phase of liking dresses (not exclusively but sometimes), but now he’s 6 chooses blue, green and black, anything with superheroes etc.

Yeah who cares lolz - expecting w baby next month - don’t know if it’s a boy or girl - all the clothes I have are “boys” clothes really - a friend with a boy gave me all their old clothes

Have loads of white - but found “boys” clothes were easiest to buy as “girls” stuff is all pink and frilly and flowery - and tbh I wouldn’t chose stuff like that even if my baby is a girl!

My boys 32 and 35 now, dressed in the brightest colours I could find, which back then was difficult, it was all navy, brown and white. Osh kosh, benetton, Hennes, were the only ones around , so that's what got me into sewing, Wow, did some real funky outfits back then.
I still sell, well on a break atm, Handmade to order, children/ Baby organic clothing and am pleased that there are folk that still like there children in bright colours.

Meant, I am on a break right now.

Why on earth did someone reanimate this load of goady bilge?

@Yeahnahmum

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

Navy and white was my favourite combination for our two girls, loathe pink with a passion, I have never bought anything pink for them or granddaughters. Pink gifts were generally binned.

I dressed my daughter in all the colours, they're just colours.

Why does a baby need to dress only according to outdated stereotypes? It's a baby! As long as they're dressed and warm surely that's the main thing.

We dont know our babys gender yet, I've bought blue dinosaur dungarees and purple butterfly dungarees. Both will be worn by whatever baby comes out. Because they're damn cute and I dont care if strangers know what genitials my baby has based on what I've dressed them in.

I dressed my daughter in non girly colours over 30 years ago. A few times older women would assume she was a boy, due to their own bias and the fact that she was a fairly big baby with no hair to speak of. It was the biggest nonevent ever. Sometimes I explained and sometimes I just smiled nicely. It's hardly the end of the world.

@BigBadVoodooHat

Why on earth did someone reanimate this load of goady bilge?

Oh blimey, I usually check the dates. Well I've said it now.

Yes. DC 2 (girl) mainly wears DC1s (boy) hand me downs. Mainly leggings/ hareems and jumpers. She has a few clothes others have given us as well which tend to be pink. Though DS has lots of pink stuff, mainly T shirts. Its a very gender neutral wardrobe.

All colours for my dc. I'm going a bit loopy for bonnets this time round though

@Feminist10101

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.

What's wrong with the word 'pretty' surely every female should be told she is 'pretty' when young How does that make a girl more likely to have a lower paying job as an adult?

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 did. I wasn't going to spend money on new ones and leave DD's old bodysuits gathering dust.