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 can you please share the link, I want one!

All parents 'promote' their 'fashionable ideas' on their children until they are old enough to decide what to wear themselves.

I bought for both when I was expecting! Why not. I knew that if I didn't use them for my first, I might for my second. If I end up with 2 of the same I will sell the ones that weren't worn.

It's gorgeous, buy what you want......all three of my adult sons were taken for girls despite not wearing pink out of the house 🤷‍♀️ (although they did wear pink pyjamas and rainbow sweatshirts at home as had cast offs from a friend with two older girls) doesn't appear to have been detrimental to them😂

As an aside my friend's 3yo boy has very long hair (more than halfway down his back). She often ties his hair up in a clip or top knot. He looks great. Her dad genuinely thinks it is child abuse and gets incredibly angry about it. Apparently it will turn him gay.....😥

@toppitytop

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)

Nope.

(Posting this just so that @Dantedisciple realises that I did read all the posts on the thread.)

Still a ridiculous argument

If you don't mind him being called a girl when out and about then go for it.

Mind you my DD was sometimes referred to as a boy when she was a baby even when she wore pink!

My 2 year old son had this fleece. He also wears pink leggings. Has pink toys. Pink bedding. It's just a colour! He also has 'boy' stuff. My 9 year old son is currently very proud of his bright pink running trainers.

We need to stop with all this pink is for girls and blue is for boys gender nonsense. This is why certain men think they can wear a dress and it makes them a woman!! (Sorry not sorry for bringing up the trans debate)

I would've put my son in that as a baby and even up until 3 he would've worn similar.

The people she’d have to ‘protect’ him from are people like you who react negatively.

She wouldn’t have to protect him from any of the people who agree boys could wear it.

She’d have to protect him from you.

Maybe instead of a baby not being able to wear something warm and comfy just because it’s in a stereotypical colour, you could try to be a nicer person.

It’s from Next x

How is this cardigan detrimental to loving or protecting a child?

It is an observation not an argument. It is only ridiculous if there are no such parents.

So I'm not convinced you had read that very wise post.

Of course I read it! Hence my answer to it - 'nope'. Unless you missed that ...

Yup. For centuries boys wore dresses until 'breeching'. The age when they first wore trousers.

I saw a picture of I think it was Winston Churchill as a kid. He was in a lovely frock.

Babies can wear anywhere they’re small, as long as it’s comfy. Although, I had a lockdown baby, who nobody saw, so he wore lots of girls hand-me-downs. Made no difference to him!

Op I think it looks very girlie. So I wouldn't put a boy in it.

While he might not mind as a baby he might look at photos in years to come - Muuum what were you thinking 🤔

It's making me laugh, all this faux naïveté. The fact is that when any of you go shopping, you look at the women's section. When you are looking for clothes for your husbands, you look in the men's section. Stop pretending otherwise.

Well yes, because I'm 5'1" with breasts. Some taller women do wear 'men's' clothes.
And as a kid, into teenage, I'd wear some of my older brothers hand-me-downs;
when my DD was primary age she'd quite often pick clothes from the 'boys' aisle (oddly enough including about the only pink item she chose after the age of about 6, a nice v neck jumper).

Of course girls wearing 'boys' clothes never gets the same negative judgment as if a boy should be seen with a bit of pink or a kitten motif instead of a dinosaur.

I get all my clothes except underwear from the mens section.

I also don't buy my husbands clothes. He's a grown up, he buys his own.

’When you’re looking for clothes for your husbands’
Sorry what? 😂

Why do you think it looks very girlie?

To go against the grain, I love your kitchen! It's very country cottage.

I can understand you're bored and want a change.

I would: Light worktops if you can afford stone, dark slate effect if not (my in-laws have this and it's lovely)

No tiles, just a splash back (plain or image of your choice)

Match new handles

Paint in a colour to compliment the space

Pick a floor that will tie the whole thing in!

We've not long moved into our new home, and we have a solid wood kitchen that's very dated too (I'll add pic). I'm planning on updating, not replacing.

Years ago, in a rental, I covered the kitchen doors, worktops and tiles in transfer stuff. Looked great for about a year, but by the time I was leaving a few years later it was horrible. And a pain to clean once removed.

That's annoying, wrong post.