To buy 3 year old DD dinosaurs for Christmas?

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My little girl (3) loves dinosaurs at the moment, every time I pick her up from nursery they say she's loved playing with the little toy dinosaur set and doing all the noises etc.

We are making a start on buying her Christmas presents this month and I mentioned to a friend I was thinking about getting her some toy dinosaurs as she doesn't have any at home. Friend commented that it was "funny" and "a bit odd" to buy them for a girl. And "bet it's like having a boy". I mean, she also has some Elsa dolls in her Christmas present pile, so it's a mixture of girly and less girly type presents!

Is my DD "odd" for liking dinosaurs at 3 years old?! 🤔

It would only be unreasonable NOT to buy a 3 year old dinosaurs for Christmas.

Dinosaurs are the best.

Ffs, of course not. Dd wanted Brio train tracks and dinosaurs for her 3rd birthday!

It’s this sort of shit that starts the path of girls only doing certain subjects or girls having to be one sort of type etc. my youngest loved dinosaurs at 3 - really enjoyed books about them, toys etc. she also loves a doll. Oldest was never particularly interested- she was more drawn to space. It’s so important to feed and cultivate the things they like and have a natural interest in.

Exactly what sprung to mind.

OP, when she's a bit bigger she might like to hear about Mary Anning.

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/mary-anning-unsung-hero.html

😂😂😂😂😂

I'm incredibly childish a girl who's pushing 50, I would be thrilled to get anything dinosaur related for Christmas. Your friend is bonkers.

I think you might be me, from two years in the future! (I am 42, but everything else you said absolutely applies to me.)

I forget how old DD1 was when she got a box of dinosaurs to play with, but she's almost 5 and DD2 is 2.5 and they both regularly play with their dinosaurs, sometimes making up stories with bluey, peppa or paw patrol figures too! DD2 also has dinosaur pjs and I'm considering redecorating her bedroom soon to dinosaurs

I have a knitted dinosaur jumper and a cardigan with dinosaur buttons.

One of the greatest ones was Mary Anning, who was responsible for a large number of "firsts" in finding previously unknown dinosaurs

Pedant alert for pub trivia quizzes - Mary Anning did not discover any dinosaurs at all, @Allergictoironing .

Dinosaurs are land reptiles with an upright stance (like birds have) rather than the sprawling stance of lizards and crocodilians.
Anning discovered marine reptiles - her discoveries of ichthyosaurs are famous. If it’s a pterosaur or a marine reptile, it’s not a dinosaur.

Palaeontology is for everyone , OP. Why not pick her up a fossil as part of her Christmas presents? I loved having one as a small child (I used to bury it a lot and “dig it up” to wild applause from my toys)

This post is nuts. Who cares if they're being "judged" by some idiot with a clearly nonsense position?

Being judged is nothing to give two hoots about unless it's by a judge, and they have the power to send you down. Being judged by the dinosaur police... not so much.

You are paying attention to and cultivating her interests, which she will only appreciate and thank you for when she’s older. Dinosaurs are educational too!

Sounds like your friend either has some very outdated gendered views on what little girls or little boys “should” play with - or if she has her own dc then perhaps this reflects some insecurity / inadequacy she feels (maybe she feels she is not encouraging a wide range of interests, hasn’t started her Christmas shopping yet, has been less thoughtful about her gift buying etc).

Either way, ultimately her opinion is irrelevant - it’s DD that counts. When you see her little face on Christmas Day all thoughts of snidey remarks will be forgotten.

My did had the most beautiful dinosaur swimsuit when she was little. We all mourned it when she grew out if it because it was just so fucking cool!

I have an adult sized nighty with dinosaurs on, I thought it looked like a good fun design. Boys or girls can enjoy them.

The question the thread asks is:

Am I being unreasonable to buy my 3 year old daughter dinosaurs for Christmas?

The answer is so obvious as to make the question ridiculous.

Oh God, its sex not gender. If it was truly gender,there would be 892 choices to cover each gender and more added each day.

And do the girls gravitate to pink and dolls or are they subtly pushed towards pink and dolls?
Do boys really all want to play football and dinosaur or are they told that pink is girly?

When I grew up I was a tomboy, I wore coded boy clothes and played with coded boys toys and boy games. And no one cared. Not a single person told my mum I should wear dresses and play with dolls. And if they had she would have ignored them. Which is as it should be.
Let children be children, let them play with any toy that they like. As long as its age appropriate.

Respond to her with 'Had no idea you were such a sexist lol' and a laughing emoji.

Your comments are really making me smile! Going to see what other dino themed stuff I can get for DD... Might draw the line at the life size one from the National History museum though - DH might have something to say about that 😂

Thank goodness DH was happy to accompany Ds and his doll on many walks, trips to the park etc.

Not all men are sexist knobs.

Please keep an eye on the situation and don't let your friend shame your DD for her interests. Kids pick up on that sort of thing. I'll never forget having my fossil collection chucked into the garden because 'thats where stones belong'.

The vast majority of 3 year old girls who like dinosaurs grow up to be perfectly normal adults, but it's important to be aware of the risks.

I liked dinosaurs when I was that age, and I grew up.to be a biologist and a feminist. (TBF, the second one is more likely to be from the toy cars than the dinosaurs.)

Seriously, your friend is a sexist idiot, your daughter is fine, dinosaurs are awesome, and it's an interest that encourages confidence in reading and spelling long words which is an excellent transferable skill.

My daughter is having a dinosaur themed birthday party tomorrow (will be 3) so she much also be “odd” 😂
There are some lovely girl dino books, clothes, toys so no they are definitely not just for boys 🙄
Your friend is very strange!

It doesn't have to be this way...

Is she quite thick? Sorry that's rhetorical she obviously is and as such I'd be evaluating my friendship to be honest.

See, I wouldn’t have bought that for my Dd.

It starts from the premise that girls might not like Dinos . Why should a girl have to even consider that dinos might not be for girls?
Why does the Dino have to have a pink bow on its tail to denote its suitability for girls to play with?
Why does the girl in the picture have to have a pink bow?

Same old shit.