to be pi**ed off that ds' wellies and raincoat are apparently only for girls?

[nappyaddict]

ds has these and this

he wore them today when we went out. four people assumed he was girl. i just ignored it the first 3 times cos i couldn't be bothered to say actually he's a boy (dunno if this was the right thing to do or not?) but i got fed up in the end and did say it to get this in response. "oh sorry it's just that he's wearing girls clothes" i said "oh i think they can be for either" i was then told "no no they are definitely for girls cos i ordered them for my dd off the website." Well sorry for buying them on ebay from the unisex category!! Completely baffled me. I mean since when are bumblebees just for girls? Obviously mothercare aren't the only people thinking this for 4 people to assume he was a girl in one day.

The funny thing is, they are much nicer than the majority of pink pink pink outfits usually rolled out for girls!

They are lovely, really lovely. Also perfectly ok on a boy, or a girl. Really a unisex colour and pattern.

The only thing i can think is that maybe the shape of the rain coat is more of a feminine shape...

Just ignore them anyway- you, he, and all the people that matter in his life know he's a boy

they are very nice and I like them, but I wouldn't put my DS in them because I think they are a bit too girly. It's the spots that do it.

I would assume a child in that coat and wellies was a girl (not because of the red or the beese though, I think it's the spots). However I wouldn't argue the point, I'd just say 'oh, sorry!' and leave it at that.

I did once mistake a little boy for a little girl, he was wearing quite boyish clothes, but had long blonde hair AND was wearing the same shoes as DD. It was only after the encounter that I remembered that they WERE boys' shoes.

MMJ - that's just the crappy camera on my phone. it is actually red in rl.

I have those wellies for DD and I bought them because I thought they would do for a boy if we had one in the future.
I've been fed up with looking for neutral wellies/ raincoats recently

Well, so long as he wasn't in the wings and tu-tu as well, then I don't think he looks like a girl anyway, his face is all boy imo

no lol

I bet he looked adorable.

My strapping DS is forever being told he's a lovely little girl - curly hair, dungarees and stripey t-shirt are very feminine apparently. At 3.6 he doesn't really give a stuff, and neither do I.

i don't mind people saying he looks like a girl, but it does get annoying having to keep saying he's a boy - especially 4 times in less than an hour - hence why i didn't bother correcting them at first.

i don't mind people saying he looks like a girl, but it does get annoying having to keep saying he's a boy - especially 4 times in less than an hour - hence why i didn't bother correcting them at first.

Haven't had time to read the whole lot. My boy loves pink. If I can find a pink Polo shirt this summer for him I'll buy it. He also wears yellow and looks fab. long hair sometimes confuses me as some boys are soo pretty. I can't grow my lads hair as it just sticks out like my brothers and just makes him look as if I don't care.

I got ds a bright pink tshirt from H&M last week. i think they did polo shirts too.

I dressed my dd in a blue shorts set once....a albeit with pink flowers on... and a lot of people thought she was a boy. In fact, everytime they said "he" I found myself saying "she" in a louder voice . Most 15mo have short hair so I can only assume that they were judging from that . She didn't have shoes on as I refused to buy her any until she was ambulatory on two feet so she probably had white ankle socks on.

It's surprising how many people can't distinguishe between a boy or a girl baby though .

They are lovely

BUT on the mothercare links it does show girls clothes in the accessories.

not that it matters, red is a unisex colour bees are unisex and spots are spots!!

What I don't understand is this: If I saw a child and was unsure of the gender, I would make some (if I were going to make any) neutral comment not mentioning whether I thought they were male or female.....why do people think they can say what they like?

I've seen a lovely babygro with a green apple print, but DH says it's too girly and we're having a boy. Grr... I keep pointing out we're having a BABY!

xx

Oh FGS, sticking the baby in an APPLE print won't threaten his masculinity TOO much. What does your DH think it will do to the baby?

DS had hand me downs from his female cousin and used to look very fetching in his nice frilly pink bib. He suits pink, actually

I love red and brightly coloured clothes for children - its really difficult to find anything amongst all the brown things! I love the coat and wellies! DS has got curly longish hair too, and beautiful long eyelashes (which he gets from his dad ) and people have said to me on more than one occasion, what lovely eyelashes shame he's not a girl!!!

Gender stereotyping is ridiculous, esp at such a young age. Someone recently bought some Night Garden toys for DS but didn't get an Upsy Daisy because 'she is for girls'! So now I'm on the hunt for one because he keeps asking where she is!