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Enough already with the gender specific pink fairies/blue tractor themed everything!!!! AIBU????

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Ernestina · 04/07/2008 15:25

OK, I can't take any more. My DS is only five months old and I'm getting bored of the lack of choice of non-blue stuff.

Please can someone recommend shops (real life or online) where your options are not limited to blue or pink (or occasionally yellow).

It's not just clothes - I want to get a nice weaning set - perhaps in red or green for a change from blue blue blue blue blue...

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Littlefish · 04/07/2008 15:27

H&M
Pumpkin Patch
Verbaudet
La Redoute

I know that these are good for non-pink girls' clothes, so it would be worth checking them for non-blue boys' stuff.

colditz · 04/07/2008 15:27

H&M
Pumpkin Patch
brights N Stripes (online)
Primark worth a try

Sadly, you will pay through the nose for non blue-grey-skully boys clothing - the choice is DIRE this summer. Major offenders being Woolworths and Peacocks and Next - all dire this year, and Next was good last year so I am very disappointed.

lou031205 · 04/07/2008 15:28

Tesco, asda, etc all do a range. For example Tommee Tippee sets come in blue, pink, green, purple and orange.

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EustaciaVye · 04/07/2008 15:29

Mothercare has a Fun at the zoo weaning cutler set [http://www.mothercare.com/gp/node/n/75696031/203-5566844-9447947?ie=UTF8&mcb=core see here]]

EustaciaVye · 04/07/2008 15:29

aaaargh here

Chaotica · 04/07/2008 17:31

Boots has some good boys clothes in orange, green, red, brown...

PertweeAndLemon · 04/07/2008 17:33

kidsshouldbekids.co.uk

And www.nordickids.co.uk although very expensive...

sophiewd · 04/07/2008 17:34

Gap and will be watching this thread

hunkermunker · 04/07/2008 17:35

Agree totally.

Occasionally fire off ranty emails to Next/ELC et al saying just this.

Apparently "consumers want it".

I obviously don't associate with that sort of person, because I don't know of anyone who wouldn't be happier with more choice of colours. It's toy facism, or something.

hunkermunker · 04/07/2008 17:37

It's the toys in ELC that really annoy me.

Sandpit, binoculars, etc - in pink or blue.

Why not in yellow, green, red, orange, purple - ffs!

Loads of people have children of more than one gender - surely nobody buys a second sandpit in pink for their girl/in blue for their boy? Twats if they do.

elkiedee · 04/07/2008 17:37

Mothercare is pretty guilty of this but did have some other choices when I've looked on previous occasions, including weaning sets in a range of colours.

PertweeAndLemon · 04/07/2008 17:40

Jako-o (German but ship to the UK)

Laugs · 04/07/2008 17:41

Pink shoes make me ANGRY. When you only have one pair of shoes wtf would you want them to be pink?

PertweeAndLemon · 04/07/2008 17:48

Ah, but clearly all girls must by definition have a serious shoe habit, so will have lots of pairs. Those women on Sex and The City do, so it must apply to four-year-olds as well. Boys manage to get by with one pair of shoes and possibly a pair of sandals and a pair of wellies as well, but trying to do that to a girl would be tantamount to abuse, because of the extra X-chromosome.

Or so you'd think...

LindzDelirium · 04/07/2008 18:19

I have a pink issue with my non-pink wearing DD age almost 6. She starting rejecting pink and lilac and anything fairy/princess related at approx 18 months and since then it's been a battle. H&M are a godsend, as are La Redoute and gap (but only gap sale I can't afford them otherwise!) Oh and if you have a big New Look they have a kids 4-9 yrs section and I noticed the boys stuff in there was uber-funky.

elkiedee · 04/07/2008 19:09

Lindz, I'm impressed by your dd's taste and discernment.

saggyhairyarse · 04/07/2008 19:11

I like John Lewis boys stuff, all ranges

TheDevilWearsPrimark · 04/07/2008 19:17

Green Baby

La Redoute

TheDevilWearsPrimark · 04/07/2008 19:18

p.s what is a weaning set?

PrettyCandles · 04/07/2008 19:27

YANBU YANBU YANBU
[head explodes emoticon]

naturelover · 04/07/2008 19:58

Du Pareil au Meme, a French brand - very stylish.

lizinthesticks · 04/07/2008 20:09

"p.s what is a weaning set?"

Kindling for the moses basket.

hedgehog1979 · 04/07/2008 20:27

I had this when I was pregnant as I didn't know what I was having so resorted to buying loads of white stuff - ASDA, Tesco, Mothercare etc and loads of different colour Dylon cold water dyes and now have a son dressed in Orange, Purple, Turquoise, British Racing Green (DH's request - to match the car) and am planning some multi coloured ones now I have got my confidence back - Just don't be sucked in by the Dylon salt, normal table salt works fine

minouminou · 04/07/2008 20:57

GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
while expecting DS, DP and I went out to meet some old chums, one of whom had brought his new GF, and she'd brought a gaggle of oestrogen with her
DP deposited me with them and sat back to see how long i'd last
after 10 mins, the comment "yes, i'd have a scan too, as you need to know what colour clothes to buy, don't you?" made me get up and join the boys
they were all about 10 years younger than me, too.....it's brainwashing, i tell ye

madamez · 04/07/2008 21:01

This drives me batshit too. Particularly when I go to buy DS some clothes and there are 4000 racks of pink frilly girly stuff and 2 racks of grey and green and Bob the builder.
And yes, I could buy DS some pink clothing, but most of the girls clothing is not just pink it's totally fucking impractical for a 3-year-old with all bits of net and sequings and frills to rip and catch and trip over....