To buy this when I don’t know if baby is a girl or boy?

[strawberryjeans]

Lighthearted.

I’ve seen an absolutely gorgeous fleece jacket. It is definitely more suited for a girl.

I don’t know the sex of the baby yet, so it could be a total waste of a purchase if it’s a boy. Though I’m sure new with tags it would sell very well on Vinted or make a nice gift for my friend expecting at the same time. I am just worried that if I leave it, it will go out of stock!

AIBU to buy it?

@strawberryjeans Thank you :) He's a wild three year old now 😂

Sorry are we all looking at the same picture?
It is very obviously a girls cardigan/jacket not unisex so why would you dress a baby boy in it? We're talking about something that's clearly been made for.... a baby/little GIRL

Looking again - If it was lavender/light blue as the main colour and in the hood then I think it would be fine for either but it's mostly pink....

Because it makes precisely no difference to the baby. The only sexed item they may need is nappies. So if the OP likes it enough there's really no reason not to use it just because it's got some pink on it.

It is a lovely jacket, but perhaps don't play gender politics with your son. He is not a social experiment for you to prove you have no prejudices. He needs his mother to protect him.

I wouldn't put it on a boy either. Just my opinion.

Buy it, it is gorgeous 😍

Where is it from?

DS is five favourite colour pink, his penis hasn't fallen off yet

What difference does the colour of clothes make to a baby?
Maybe a few people will tell him he's pretty or talk a bit more softly or be less inclined to throw him in the air ... does he really need 'protecting' from that?

To protect him? From what?!

It's lovely but not for a girl.
Next 😊

The evils of pink and.....rainbows. 🙃

The jacket might just be the start. If, as it has been explained to me today, a name is very important to one's identity then I suggest that sex is too.

Mners seem to fight for their daughters but not always their sons. With apologies to all the wonderful mother of sons.

Even if you went down the pink/blue argument, there are 11 stripes on the body of that jacket. 4 of them are pink. The other 7 are different colours, 5 of which don't have any gender associations.

Well my son is gay, so clearly it must have been all the pink I made him wear when he was a baby.

Oh lordy that's gorgeous. I admittedly wouldn't have put my son in it, even though he wears a lot of his female cousins hand me downs.
Although I'm off to check out whether it's available in 3-4 for my daughter 🫣

I'm sorry, but I'm really that wearing a piece of clothing is 'not fighting for' one's son.

Stupid and risible.

I think it's cute. If it's for your own baby and you're happy for him (if the baby turns out to be a boy) to wear it then buy it. I personally wouldn't buy it as a present for someone as I wouldn't know if they would use it. But I had a girl and she has had a few dungaree sets and t shirts from the 'boys' section, bought by me, over the years. Her going home outfit was blue as it was the only thing small enough to fit her as she was early, and it was handed down from a friend's baby son. Even now at 6 I quite often get her colourful jogging trousers from the 'boys' section. I do also like dresses on her and she has plenty of pink clothes as well.

It's your baby. As long as it's dressed appropriately for the weather and its age (no swear words on tops for example) then dress it how you like.

Risky op! What if your baby doesn’t like bees?
I love it. Makes a difference from all of the beige baby stuff.

Just a warning though- You will obviously have the police and social services turn up at the hospital if you have a boy because boys combust if they don’t wear ‘baby blue’.

Fine, as long as the mum is happy to constantly correct people who refer to him as a girl

All this boy and girl colour stuff is ridiculous. My first son looked lovely in pink - he had a pink babygro and it really suited him. I made him a pink shirt when he was 2 or so, using the fabric from an old shirt of my brother's - brother now in his 80s - wears pinks and purples. Son has a teenage daughter - and pink has never been her favourite colour. A friend has a 4 year old and he wears all sorts of colours.
So go for it, OP. Break the silly sterotype of what boys and girls 'should/shouldn't' wear.

Come on. Have you not noticed those parents who make a point of dressing their children in the clothes of the opposite sex? I know a few, and it's soo contrived it's just embarrassing. I'm not talking about those just trying to make use of hand-me-downs or who genuinely don't care. It's a specific type of parent who loves to use their child to stealth-boast about how enlightened they are. (The OP obviously isn't one of these, but I'm surprised if you've not noticed this trend at all)

It’s a gorgeous cardigan.
It wouldn’t be the end of the world if a baby boy wore it, BUT would it bother you when strangers start saying how gorgeous your little girl is. Some parents do get annoyed by people calling their little boys a girl.

I wouldn't even bother constantly correcting people anyway. Family/friends will know baby is a boy, random people on the street saying how cute she is? I'd just smile and say thanks.

My little girl was regularly mistaken for a boy when she was a baby. I didn't correct anyone because it made precisely no difference.