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To dress my newborn daughter in blue

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Reallytired · 21/04/2009 15:43

I have recently given birth to a gorgeous little girl. I have a seven year old son and I still have some of his old baby clothes.

My little girl is currently wearing a lovely blue babygro with embrodery of farm animals on. I have not yet bought any new clothes for her and I don't intend to until she is three months old.

I am holding out against the revolting pink invasion. Do I stand any chance.

OP posts:
GracieGrace · 21/04/2009 15:43

i dont know
i dont think i care.

YouKnowNothingoftheCrunch · 21/04/2009 15:45

That's my plan (2DSs and a dd about to appear) - although I have bought one pink cardigan as a concession to make everything confusing.

She won't care and as long as you don't give a damn about strangers assuming the sex of your child (which I don't) then who cares?

EyeballsintheSky · 21/04/2009 15:46

No, dress her in what you like. TBH every little old lady will presume she's a boy even if she's dressed head to foot in neon pink so it won't make any difference Congratulations btw

mumof2andabit · 21/04/2009 15:46

For what its worth I think little girls look gorgeous in blue, I buy dd a lot of blue clothes but dont tend to put her in ds's because it just feels wrong! she is 1 btw

geordieminx · 21/04/2009 15:46

Thats kind of your Grace, if you obviously cared enough to post your spite.

I dont think dressing your dd in blue will have any lasting effect, and anyone who thinks there is anything wring with it clearly has too much time on their hands.

Congrats btw

mumof2andabit · 21/04/2009 15:48

Oh and I wholeheartedly agree with eyeballs - we took 1 day old dd and 2yo ds out in double buggy, dd head to toe in pink, pink blanket and got a what a handsome boy grrrrrrrrr

Hangingbellyofbabylon · 21/04/2009 15:49

but girly clothes are so much prettier than stinky boys stuff. They do look so lovely in pink. I think wanting to re-use a few old babygros is fine but describing it as a 'pink invasion' is a bit strange, if people buy you pretty little pink clothes are you going to refuse to put your babes in them?

But given as you have just given birth, you get to win any discussions hands down so my conclusion is that YANBU.

purpleflower · 21/04/2009 15:50

I did it. We were bought quite a bit of pink stuff though. She is 7 months and most of her clothes are still her brothers.

Gateau · 21/04/2009 15:51

Yes, not very kind of Gracie. Why bother posting if you REALLY don't care?
Of course it doesn't matter what you dress dd in. Just don't be offended when people think she is a boy. My friend did just this with her DD and was VERY offended when people assumed she was a boy ; silly, really.

GetOrfMoiLand · 21/04/2009 15:56

GracieGrace is posting incendiary comments on another thread as well, bless her I think she wants a bit of attention.

FWIW my daughter was dressed in blue a lot as a baby because i can't bear pink. There is plenty of time for pink when little girls turn 7 and discover Claires Accessories

astragirl · 21/04/2009 15:58

Reallytired, just dress them in whatever you feel like. I'm so pissed off with this pink for girls and blue for boys shit, it's so bloody outdated. I've been trying to find a pink tee shirt for my 14 month old ds and I managed to find one today in H&M so am really chuffed at that, but heard a stupid woman in boots today asking an assistant if they did any babys bottles in "boys colours"...dumbass. Dress em in whatever, colours are for all

Sunshinemummy · 21/04/2009 15:58

I have a DD after having a boy and I do dress her in some of his things, for e.g jeans, dungarees, pjs, coats etc, but I also have some stripey tights, pretty dresses and cute tops for her to wear. I agree the pink thing can get too much but you can find some nice things in other colours when you're ready.

HolidaysQueen · 21/04/2009 15:59

Apparently blue was traditionally a girls colour (as it was considered to be a soft, restful colour) whereas pink was a boys colour (considered a stronger colour so more masculine).

LOL at eyeballs - she is so right about old women always getting it wrong. Some batty old lady who thought DS was a girl had one of those faintly passive-aggressive conversations with me through the baby where she said "oh why is your mummy dressing you as a girl?" I wouldn't have minded if he was in pink, but he was wearing a cream babygro with beige and orange stripes and a brown cardigan

So basically I wouldn't worry. You'll not irreparably harm your DD, you'll be being eco-friendly by reusing a babygro, and you may be able to avoid that nasty bubblegum pink colour that seems to be most pink clothes for a while longer!

I speak as the mother of a 12mo DS who is always mistaken as a girl (because he is blonde and pretty!), yet i still dress him in lots of red, and even one top that has a bit of pink on it because he looks good in those colours.

slug · 21/04/2009 15:59

My sister gave us loads of pink babyclothes. I promptly dyed them black. DD looked fabulous in the.

Gateau · 21/04/2009 16:01

Each to their own, but if I had a dd I would not be able to wait to get her into some of the really cute girls' stuff around. Not necessarily always pink, but just distinctive girls' clothes. I think they're gorgeous. I'm a fan of baby girls and little girls in dresses whereas most people put them in trousers nowadays.

VinegarTitsThePorker · 21/04/2009 16:02

YANBU gawd i hate pink

norktasticninja · 21/04/2009 16:03

Nothing wrong with it at all IMO. As PPs have said people will assume she's a boy whatever she wears!

My DD is 17 months and she's got girly stuff but I don't put her in pink (well she's got a couple of pairs of socks, one tshirt and one cardie). People assume she's a boy whatever I put her in, probably because she doesn't have much hair. The pink invasion will happen soon enough and I'm certainly not going to encourage it

YANBU

MorningTownRide · 21/04/2009 16:05

DS was born after dd and has been dressed on hot pink baby gros and pink socks and he looks great.

The pink invasion is unavoidable. We tried not to dress dd in pink and for a while her favourite colours were yellow and black but now it's fricking pink....

Dd was always mistaken for a boy and like HolidaysQueen ds, my ds is blonde and pretty and is mistaken for a girl!

Surely Gracie if you don't think you care you may care a little??

LissyGlitter · 21/04/2009 16:07

We started off avoiding pink, but now we have just given in. Also, somehow my 2.1yo dd has found out about princesses, and gets really happy whenever she sees a fairy or a princess on anything! We are trying to avoid the stereotypically girly stuff but she just seems naturally drawn to it-eg she loves brushing peoples hair, playing with dolls and making pretend cups of tea!

Gateau · 21/04/2009 16:07

of course she bloody cares. She wouldn't have bothered even opening the thread if she didn't.

anniemac · 21/04/2009 16:08

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frisbyrat · 21/04/2009 16:09

Gracie is perhaps just despertae for people to Know Who She Is.

norktasticninja · 21/04/2009 16:10

Well she's certainly manage to get herself a lot of attention for very little effort...

CaptainKarvol · 21/04/2009 16:13

I have sympathy, but you're on to a looser you know...

DD (7 weeks old) was deluged with (lovely!) pink things after photos of her dressed in blue handmedowns from DS, and lying on a thomas the tank engine blanket, made their way into the wider world. Our poor, mistreated little girly baby

fufflebum · 21/04/2009 16:33

It sounds like you are being very practical there will be plenty of time to dress her in more 'girly colours' (whatever that means!!!)

My DD was the first born and I avoided pink like the plague. I trawled the boys clothes for red and navy...ironic now as I have a DS and I look at the girls clothes and pine.....

Seriously though, it makes sense to use the clothes that you have. I often think baby girls look at bit odd in dresses at this age and tights (forget it I had enough to do without that!!!) I am prepared to be flayed for that by all those mums who 'pretty up' their DDs.