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saladfingers · 14/12/2009 15:53

We visited santa yesterday and my 2 year old DD told 'her' - yes a female santa!- quite clearly that she wanted a pink bike.

We have 2 younger DSs and so opted for the red and yellow trike from the well known toy store as it would be a 'more sensible' hand me down sort of colour!(DP has very old fashioned ideas on gender stereotyping of colours and wouldn't like to see DSs with anything pink, quite funny actually as 18 month old DS1's favourite toy of the moment is older sister's talking mirror that says 'don't you just love being a princess!)

Now i'm feeling quilty, should we return it and get the colour she asked for?

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almay292 · 17/12/2009 00:27

differentnameforthis - you're right. Give the child what she wants. You'll have plenty of time to make her question her right to make her own decisions when she's older.

The bike will probably need a lick of paint by the time she's ready to hand it down. Alternatively, if it's in perfect nick, you could try selling it.

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