AIBU to dress a baby girl in 'baby boy' clothes?

[CoffeeMum]

I already have a toddler DS, and am pregnant with my second, who is most likely a girl - though they can't be sure until it's born. I was intending to dress the new baby almost entirely in DS's old clothes, even if it's a girl, but now i'm having second thoughts. On the plus side, we'd save alot of money and we're quite hard up at the moment. However, i'm wondering if we're genuinely going to get away with dressing a girl in alot of blue. People really do assume the gender of a baby based on the colour it's wearing don't they?

I had presumed we'd buy a few choice pink or girly items for special outings, and people are very generous with presents etc. Also, I'm not too worried about what baby wears to sleep in, be at home in, see friends who know full well if it's a girl. But am I going to get really bored of saying 'actually, she's a girl' to the inevitable questions in the street?

Anyone been in a similar boat? What's the etiquette here?

Thanks!

Go ahead - I actually bought "boy" sleepsuits for DD3 as I am fed up with pink - I have 3 girls, and I couldn't have cared whether she was a boy or a girl (so am not making up for not haveing a boy - I actually love having girls) but I thought she looked really cute in blue/orange/green sleepsuits with spiders and bugs on!

Sounds fine to me, you could always buy a few pink cardies to put over the sleep suits.

YANBU. I deliberately avoid a lot of pink for DD. She always gets called a boy even when she's in a skirt. it's a strangely English thing to dress little girls in pink from head to toe..

YANBU

More often than not, I actually choose to buy baby boy clothes for my dd, as I'm actively boycotting pink for her (bar gifts), and boys stuff is lovely, fun, bright colours (reds, greens, blues, etc).

Babies shouldn't be split by gender - there's time enough in our lives to be treated differently because of your sex.

Also, I'm not bothered if people can't tell her gender just by looking at her. I don't think you could tell most babies gender if they were just naked with a nappy on. It's not important when they're so young!