Do you dress your baby girls in blue & green?

[hireaskipandclearout]

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 ?

God what a depressing thread. Poor kid.

Actually OP I can see your point on the colours. They are neither pastel or bright and very much washed out dull colours.

Green and pink aren’t a pleasant mix.

If you’d posted those earlier I think you would have a different response.

It's because people like variety op instead of just pink, red, fuscia, etc.

The grey leggings would look great with a really bright pink top. The green is fine too, maybe with yellow or a deeper green. The dark green in the set is lovely, and actually most vests are hidden. I don't overly like the green and green leggings, bit I wouldn't put them in my boys either. The last set, it's a colour set. Yellow and white blue and green. Nature, it's unisex. I'd have swapped the stripped for green

Dress her however you want, if it makes you happy. And if you want pink and bows etc, just go for it. Who cares what anyone else thinks. But i avoided pink with my 2dd as it didnt suit their colouring at all. Navy was my favourite on them. Plus no stains. But do what makes you happy.

Christ you’re one of those blue for boys, pink for girls nutjobs then OP?

The colours you dress your child in does not define whether they “look” like either gender

I’ve dressed my DC in all sorts and for the first 6 months DD was frequently referred to as “he” regardless of what I dressed her in, I was concerned if I didn’t dress her in pink, peach, yellow 24/7 how could anyone possible know she was female!?? .... then one day I cracked and picked up the blue long sleeves top and shock horror - she was still a girl (who knew aye!?)

@BluebellsGreenbells

Actually OP I can see your point on the colours. They are neither pastel or bright and very much washed out dull colours.

Green and pink aren’t a pleasant mix.

If you’d posted those earlier I think you would have a different response.

But that's about those particular sets, not the concept and horror over green in a girl. I wouldn't buy pack 3 cos of the green leggings bit then I'd discard it if it was in a boys pack too

To me next & M&S are everyday places to get baby clothes. I was wondering if these appeal, as they are all doing the blue or green mixes with pinks. I'll check out H&M instead.

I'm am probably a bit nuts but I didn't only dress DS in blue AS I SAID IN MY ORIGINAL POST.

And so are flowers Unisex now too?

Can I also check that all children on MN have unisex names and certainly not boys or girls names? Come on ..

To be honest OP, black is an extremely practical colour for babies. Many's the time I reached for the black leggings, safe in the knowledge they didn't show the stains [boak]

And so are flowers Unisex now too? I wouldn't not buy flowers on boys if they sold them. DTwins have worn pink babygros because I wasn't binning perfectly good gros we'd been given

Can I also check that all children on MN have unisex names and certainly not boys or girls names? I know you said it jokingly but there's a huge gap between insisting you raise your child unisex, and your confusion over GREEN being in a girls set. It's green, it's like the definition of neural in clothing. Yellow and green and widely accepted as being what you get when you don't know what you're getting.

I have a boy and 3 girls and 2 of my girls have dark features so look stunning in dark, brilliant colours so greens, blues, reds, and purples where as one of my girls suit more pastel colours like pink, peach, mint or lilac.

Dress them In what they suit, not whats classed as girly

The colours in the pictures you've posted are lovely and I would definitely dress my DD in them. HTH.

I know it's colours, I probably need more sleep .. but how is my DD going to be harmed more by a pink baby grow than her having a girls name. She is a girl after all.

I'm very proud of my DS and proud of my DD. And I love pink. I wear lots of blue, teal, navy and jeans, because it's actually hard to get vibrant colour basics or the funky colours are more expensive, like buying Funky Scandi baby colours is more than buying Asda. I'm on budget.

@texasmom48

Why would you even consider dressing your girl in such a masculine colour??? Pink and purple and maybe blue but green!?!?! I feel bad for your child you should consider teaching her the word of god.

Two questions, 1) was this directed at me? 2) was this a joke? I'm really hoping it was...

YABU obviously.

@hireaskipandclearout

I know it's colours, I probably need more sleep .. but how is my DD going to be harmed more by a pink baby grow than her having a girls name. She is a girl after all.

I'm very proud of my DS and proud of my DD. And I love pink. I wear lots of blue, teal, navy and jeans, because it's actually hard to get vibrant colour basics or the funky colours are more expensive, like buying Funky Scandi baby colours is more than buying Asda. I'm on budget.

But she isn't going to be harmed by wearing green either or god forbid, BLUE. And no one is saying she'll be harmed by a link baby grow, bit by the idea that's she's a girl, girls like pink, girls have to have everything translated into pink for them to like it cos they're such silly girls. Want them to use a hammer? Needs to be pink. A globe? Pink. Boys can handle just learning bit girls need it to be translated into a pretty colour that matches their outfit and bedroom. And the idea that blue and green isn't for girl ties in with bold colours are for girls and sorry to mess up the pretty pink isn't for girls and science Jobs where the calculator isn't pink isn't for girls.

@MsSquiz I'm
Conflicted on those rompers. I'm not keen on Navy on babies of either sex, because it's so dark. The prints are all lovely, even though it's blue Ok I might be converted to a patterned blue and rompers are a good call for crawlers, less hot than a body and leggings.

My favourite baby outfit for DD was a stripey. blue vest and soft blue dungarees with a bear on them, they were adorable. She wore all colours

I really don't get where you're coming from

Personally I love dressing DC2 (a girl) in blues & greens, these colours go beautifully with her colouring hairs & eyes

Also, I just do not like those insipid, pale pink colours, nothing to do with being concerned she won't look like a girl/gets mistaken for a boy.

She wears what suits her & what I like (too young to choose for herself right now!) so no pinks or pale pastels for her!

Oh FGS! There are NO 'boy' or 'girl' colours!!!

Your poor kids getting old fashioned nonsense forced on them so young. Let your daughter wear ALL the colours and one day you'll find out what SHE likes.

Honestly OP you're post was really quite upsetting from a feminist perspective

@Grobagsforever we should all be proud to be who we are. Being a feminist isn't about denying you are female it's about being treated fairly and equally.

but how is my DD going to be harmed more by a pink baby grow than her having a girls name. She is a girl after all.

Because not everyone who bases how they treat your daughter on her outward appearance will know her name.........?!

The sales assistant that tried to persuade my toddler daughter to swap the grey toy laptop (which was, to her, like her dad’s) for the pink one didn’t know her name.

The football coach who let the boys deliberately leave out my daughter at football sessions “because she’s a girl and girls can’t play football” didn’t know her name.

These little interactions set and reinforce the expectations that our daughters see the world having for them. It’s really not helpful to encourage that so young.

[quote hireaskipandclearout]@Grobagsforever we should all be proud to be who we are. Being a feminist isn't about denying you are female it's about being treated fairly and equally. [/quote]
Have you been googling?!

Yes! I often dress my DD in neutral colours as I think too much pink can look a bit silly but dusky pinks and lilacs are nice.
I also put her in grey, black, mustard colours as well!

No one is harmed by the colours of the clothes they wear. If you like pink and have a DS, dress him in pink. If you prefer a red babygro with engines on, buy it for your DD.

I don't think you are looking very hard. This is the first option for Baby girl leggings that comes up on the next site

www.next.co.uk/g61304s2/249305#249305?i=1218months