To just buy DD boys clothes?

[Shannny]

DD is 2.5
Whenever I take her shopping I ask her what clothes she wants and she always chooses boys clothes, boys pyjamas, boys hoodies and jumpers etc - I’ve been trying to encourage her with the girls stuff (not sure why, just naturally wanted to buy her girls clothes) but it’s becoming an “argument” so to speak everytime. At weekend I bought her a load of boys clothes she chose and we had so many comments from friends and family saying how lovely she looked and how much they suited her! So now I’m thinking I might as well just buy her boys clothes as default.

I know it’s not unreasonable as such but it still feels a bit odd to me

Has anyone else been through this?

lighthearted btw! I know there are bigger things to worry about etc etc

or course! They’re just clothes. I put my son in girl’s stuff all the time. She won’t be young forever. Let her have this.

My six year old loves pink. I buy from the "girls section" sometimes.

Just buy her what she'll wear without fuss. It will be something different in 6 months & so get the next size up then. Life's too short to give this much thought

I'd say clothes are clothes but actually 'boys' clothes are harder wearing better cut and with pockets so I'd recommend boys whatever the sex of your child. Colours can be boring though. Apparently having a penis means you don't like colour.

Why not? Lots of girls wear their big brothers' clothes etc. Boys clothes are often made more comfortable unfortunately (eg longer sleeve t shirts/longer shorts). The only things we didn't pass down from my son to a younger girl we knew were t shirts which actually said 'cheeky little man' or similar.

My son asks for girl stuff sometimes and Il get it him. Same with toys etc, if they like it/will play with it or whatever then why not.

Yes! I found this, normally when I buy her an age 2-3 hoody it’s a weird fit, small fitting and thin and flimsy. The boys paw patrol hoody I got her last week is thick, big and roomy, she looks so cosy in it! It’s brightly coloured too and looks like it will wash well.
Sounds daft but she looked “happier” in the boys stuff - I couldn’t believe all the comments we got saying how lovely she looked.

When my girl was little I found the girls clothes far too frilly and impractical for my liking. I still Mix and match now.

Clothes are clothes. I occasionally buy my son “girls” socks or shirts, just because I like him to wear a decent amount of colour (though some shops are getting better at letting boys out of the blue-green-black corner). Go for it.

I'd suggest buying a mixture of boys and girls clothes - maybe the less pink things! I wouldn't want to send the message that boys stuff is better than girls stuff.

Boys shoes are definitely better than girls though!

Strongly recommend boys trousers for toddlers they are much harder wearing than girls ones. I got so fed up of my DD ripping the knees of her leggings on the first wear then realised the boys ones were much thicker and often have knee pads too. Both my DD's have loved Thomas and friends, paw patrol, spiderman etc and all the best themed clothes of these are in the boys section. Now the eldest is nearing her teens and it's star wars boys/men's clothes, they just don't have the same range for girls. I think nothing of it. It's the item you're looking for in a particular colour/theme/style who cares what the marketing department think will prefer it?

My dd11 lives in a black hoodie and black boys skinnys.

she is most comfortable that way, she’s never been a girly girl really.

We pretty much ignored the boy and girl labelling, dd chose what she wanted. 'Let clothes be clothes', just like 'let toys be toys'.

'Boys' clothes definitely are better quality and more hardy at that age.

Get her what she likes.

My DDs have a mix of 'boys' and 'girls' clothing. I've always bought what I like and not cared who it's supposed to be 'for'. It actually annoys me that shops and websites are split into gendered sections as it makes it harder to browse.

It means they've often been mistaken for boys, but so what?

When they start having strong opinions on what they wear I'll go with those but a part of me hopes they choose variety!

I wouldn't ask a toddler what they want to wear, my two couldn't have cared less at that age and still don't really. Nothing about a jumper or pyjamas makes it a "boys" item, other than ridiculous stereotypes. Seeing as you've got into the habit of asking her what she'd like, then buy her what she chooses. It's not a problem unless you make it one, and don't refer to items or colours as "for boys" or "for girls" as it perpetuates damaging stereotypes.

Ive been wearing mens’ jumpers since I was a girl, much thicker and better quality though rather long in the arms.

im seventy and still definitely a woman

They're just clothes. I prefer men's tees because they're don't have that irritating cling in the torso.

Clothes don't have a gender.

My DD refused to wear skirts and dresses from age 3, she then chose exclusively from the boys section including wearing boxer shorts for about 9 years.
She’s now 16 and wears mostly trousers and polo neck jumpers or hoodies.

We were reminiscing recently about the Lego Indiana jones t shirt she had, and the Scooby Doo one. She also had an awesome fleece hoody with a dinosaur on the front and spikes on the hood as well as some Polliwalk T rex shoes that made a dinosaur footprint.
She talked about loving all of those items of clothing.

I tended to buy DD boys' clothes, more from force of habit as I have one older DS and a big age gap, so I was generally much more used to buying boys' clothes.

DH moaned that I made her look like a boy , but even he's started to notice the rubbish they put on girls' clothes (the "be kind" t-shirt from a supermarket that someone bought her etc.) and the impractical pale colours and how her brother doesn't have to upt up with this rubbish.

Dress her to be her, and ignore what other people think.

I'm a woman, and wear mens jumpers and t-shirts by choice. Clothes are clothes 🤷🏻‍♀️

They're usually better designed for actually playing.

Dd wore ‘boys’ clothes until she was about 13 when the boys cut didn’t work for her any more. She liked shorts that didn’t show off her arse, trousers/jeans that had pockets, and T-shirts that had superheroes on like her big brother.

Yes when my DD was little in the late 1990's they had lovely thick boys Disney jumpers in m&s. I tended to mix and match, girls jeans and boys jumpers. Girls stuff tended to be thinner and more fussy and DD preferred some of the boys stuff. Funnily enough at 27 she is now a he but I really don't think that had anything to do with it!