*Is it a boy or a girl*

[Alixk]

My little girl has thin and short hair.I keep being asked is it a girl or a boy.Some will come straight out and say.He is so cute.How do i deal with it coz even if i dress her in pink i do get those questions??
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Put a little clip in her hair if you're that bothered about it.

How old is she? Does it really matter what other people think? At least she's cute!

people will do it anyway. My very boyish boy was always mistaken for a girl.
I think some people do it on purpose

Me too, dd is nearly one now and people ask me that all the time. I have given up being irritated by it, although the last woman who asked got a very odd look as dd was wearing a pink dress, tights and pink and white shoes. She asked me and I looked up at her for longer than normal to see if she was mad, tbh she did look a bit nuts so I said 'girl' and wandered off. My friend has the opposite - her boy has long hair and people coo over the sweet little girl.
Ignore them, they are crazy people or just very unobservant! Its not worth the energy

I think sometimes people do it to break the ice...

My ds could never be mistaken for a girl but I do sometimes still get asked if he is a boy or girl at 18 months......

"She was dressed top to toe in pink one day and I was asked what my little boy was called"

I would have said "Pete Burns Junior".

My dd1 was always dressed in pink, very pretty and girly looking and she was often refered to as a boy

My DD has short hair and is often called a boy. Even the nurse at the GPs asked when "he" is due for the next vaccinations, even though I dress her in frilly things covered in flowers! I think it's party the hair issue and partly because I don't have a pink pushchair. I bought a nice dark colour so that it wouldn't show the dirt, and I think that most people can't see past the "blue pushchair". BTW, I can't really understand why people do buy pink pushchairs. Surely they get grubby really easily and what do you do if the next child is a boy???

I dont think anyone means anything by it tbh.. It would probably be best to say "oh what a lovely baby, what is there name" and hope that would be a clue but its hard to think on your feet sometimes.

Not quite the same but I've got quite a big cute unusual dog and people always say stuff like "He's a big lad isnt he" "Bet he eats a lot" etc and I answer "Yes, SHE's big, no SHE doesnt eat that much"

Not comparing dog to a child btw before backlash

DD, 16 months and TISIM a very cute blondie is always being mistake for a boy, but then I do dress her very tomboy stylee, partly because blue sets off her gorgeous eyes, partly because skirts just get in the way of her climbing, well, anything really, but mostly cos I just felt pink was being forced on me and I don't like it very much.

It gets to me sometimes - because there are other ways of ascertaining gender, eg 'so who's this gorgeous babe?', or for older ones, 'what's your/ little'uns name?' and so on. Cheesy, but noncommital. DP thinks its the product of a paternalistic society, we're all programmed to default to 'male'. But then he did study feminist literature at uni...

I think it happens to all girls with short hair, and boys with long hair I think.

Same experience as others - even if you dress a girl top to toe in pink, you'lll still get someone saying "he".

The clip in hair thing does help if it bothers you. But really, it's just one of those things that happens and try not to take it personally - it is not a reflection of your dd, and will not happen as soon as her hair grows.

My little girl is nearly 2 but her hair is still short - so I get quite a lot of 'little boy' remarks. Now I know it doesn't really matter, but it is a bit galling when I try to fit with social custom and ensure she's wearing at least one girly item of clothing most of the time. Probably the answer is to give up trying, chuck out some of the unpleasantly pink garments I force her into, and then people will have a real excuse for getting it wrong .

ds has long hair and gets mistaken for a girl by old ladies Will quickly upload a few pics.. tell me what you think.

My ds who will be 5 next week and he still on occasions gets mistaken for a girl. he has long curly rd hair. people of all ages gets it wrong, not just elderly although i do find that the hard of hearing get confused when they hear his name because it is very unusual and sounds similar to a girls name IYSIM. i just ignore it or praise him in a very loud voice staing that h is a good boy, depends what sort of mood i am in!.