to think that everything a girl owns doesn't HAVE to be pink?

[CharCharGaboriaInExcelsisDeo]

Obviously it's different if you/your child like pink. I am not that keen and would prefer everything in my house not to be pink. DD is still young enough for me to decide I'm sure once she hits the princess stage I'll be screwed.

The issue is my mum wants to buy DD this for Christmas. I have very politely said that I would really prefer this version of it. Same price, same bloody toy, just in nice vibrant colours, which imo babies/v young toddlers prefer anyway. My mum has said she doesn't think she could possibly buy that, as it's a toy for boys. Obviously I would accept the pink one graciously as it's not that big a deal, but AIBU to think that just because DD is a girl doesn't mean that she can only have toys in one colour, as opposed to a variety of colours including blue!

yes very scrummy i had to wait ages for that purple stripey sleepsuit to come into stock in her size. was worth it though.

I think it is lovely to have some pink stuff, but toys etc are better in bright colours. I am sure it is much better for development etc if things are in bright colours.

I LOVE That toy though and might get DD one! Was going to get her the smart trike but prefer wooden things. Although the smart trike has straps etc so can be used instead of a buggy for short trips but this can't. Oh I am all confused now!

Stop it misdee you're making my ovaries ache Sorry for confusing you chloemegjess!

YANBU

I think it is vile all this pinkness. I heard a mum say to a little girl... oh no that is for boys (thomas toy). Needless to say she was dressed head to foot in pink

I went to a really busy playpark the other day and every single girl had some pink on her.

oh and charchar - if you are expecting to have anymore kids, just tell your mum you want a gender neutral one as you want to save it incase you have a boy,

and of course you couldn't possibly have a boy using a pink bike because god knows what would happen to him

Oh I know noonki, I'm dreading having a boy as I'll have to have two separate playrooms with locks on so they can't play with the wrong toys. And I can just, you know, sleep in the yard or something

DD has a Thomas ride on toy. And do you know what the kick in the teeth is? It was mine!!! Yes, my 'pink-only' mother bought me a blue toy Thank God you mentioned Thomas, now I have ammunition for when she says DD should have the pink one.

dont you hate the pink aisle in toys R us?

grimma it makes me feel sick.

YANBU.

And what is it with pink strollers? I saw a vile pink Bugaboo yesterday.

Is it a mum-of-girl thing?

Where are all the I'm-so-proud-I've-got-a-boy-I-must-show-off-with-a-blue-stroller for parents of boys. I am just SO jealous.

I'm a dad, and I think you're dead right! I hate all this pink nonsense.

I buy our daughter toys and things in blue (to be bloody minded, I think ) and the other day I bought her a football. She likes to roll it around.

A friend sympathetically asked my wife, "did your husband really want a boy, then?"

Hey everyone whats the big deal, it's like if you were vegetarian would you force your kids to be? If you dress in leapord skin would you dress your kids init? I've discovered the bee all and end all is it's not what you like but what your kids like, i'm not pink and haven't brought my kids up to be pink! but they luv it, so hey for a few years until they discover their own self i'm happy to forgo my thoughts and be pink....i also wasn't into pigtails but i'm doing it because thats what they like so its not life or death its for a few years let them choose.....

Pink is crap. I utterly dispise the "look" of a child dressed form head to foot in shitey shite pink. Loathe the colour.

I never buy BabyDragon anything pink if I can possibly avoid it. She has lots of purple and turquoise shades and other colours instead.

YAsoNBU

I hate pink imposed on little girls. Unfortunately we were given so much pink stuff - clothes really - when dd was born, that I find I'm actually getting used to it. Yikes!

As for asking your mum to get the multi-coloured one, I don't see what's wrong with that at all. All my family know I don't like pink, so wouldn't be too put out if I said that. Mind you, they all know I don't go in for dolls either, so my dd got 3 for her 1st birthday! She loves them of course, but she also loves the bricks I bought her!

skyen i do let my dd's choose (except dd4).

dd1 likes stripes, skulls, boy-fit jeans, and character/retro t-shirts, as well as anything HSM.

dd2 goes for comfort, lives in jeans/joggers with any t-shirt she wants, but also like character clothing, especially Mr men/little miss stuff.

dd3 loves bold prints and bright colours. including pinks. but the more patterns the better in her opinion (makes for some interesting clothing choices lol)

My birth announcement for BabyDragon actually had the phrase "no pink or presents required" on it

i let dd3 choose her replacement car seat colour. she choose the pink one. when it arrived i said to dh ' i didnt knwoit would the that pink!' its that candy-floss pink colour.

SoupDragon, that's a good idea actually. I had tons of pink stuff from when DD was born up to now. She's now grown out of all of it and noone buys her clothes anymore, so I am slowly building up a less pink wardrobe. She looks gorgeous in red, I realised today. I am surprised to find that Primark does lots of baby clothes that aren't pink. Turquoise is my favourite colour, I wish I had more in that colour for DD. She does have a turquoise checked shirt which she looks cute in.

BabyDragon thinks her car seat is pink. In fact, it was DS1's and used to be bright red Result.

Everyone "complied" too. Except MIL who sent a bubblegum pink zipped hoody and matching trousers including a note which said something along the lines of "cackle"

Hey I didn't mean offence I obviously take a stand in some things, as long long as its not a football shirt I hate girls dressed in football gear.....my husband would disagree, never mind pink I will put my foot down at that, sorry if i'm offending but being honest, also my girls may like pink but don't dress in it most of the time they live in jeans & hippy tops which I love don't get all the say, but I just didn't think it was such a big deal just don't buy it..

Yes, everyone complied in my case too. I had lots of pale yellow, white or beige babywear then later lots of purple and red. Pink doesn't suit my DD's colouring anyway, so why should she go around lokking like a sugared almond just because convention says so?

Sky - as an aside vegetarian parents don't "force" vegetarianism on their children any more than carnivorous parents "force" meat on theirs, or junk food eating parents "force" Happy Meals on theirs.

Rant over.

lol sd @ mil. [giggles]

skyen, no offence taken. i dont mind what my girls chopose to wear, but get fed up of manufacterers and clothing designers thinking everything for girls must be pink. i spent ages looking for non-pink bibs for dd4 when expecting her, drove me mad. same for socks as well.

I've just realised what product will arrive next. Special girls football kits. Same vile shiny material but in shades of pink!

yanbu to prefer to other bike, you may be a but u and controlling to demand other people buy presents to your taste though...

I am interested as to why people hate the colour pink though. I suspect it is purely because it is associated with girls, and is a kind of internalised sexism - ie girls like/are offered pink and boys like/are offered blue, so clearly this means blue is a superior colour...

it's vile the pink thing, and usually such a tacky cheap shade of it too..

ds said to me the other day pink is for girls i said no its just a colour but its not, is it?
he is right...
they are marked and gender cast early
its sad really..

i dont remember it being so pink in the past