does anyone else feel a real aversion to baby pink?

[soppypreggyloon]

been looking at girly clothes - just in case dc2 is a girl and we have to start a new wardrobe for her rather than recycling ds' stuff.

i really hate baby pink - is it just me being weird?

i feel really put off by it and i don't have a reasonable explanation why.

I think my desire not to dress a little girl in girly pale pink is one of the reasons i've not had a scan. that way no one can go and buy me baby pink clothes. Although not so keen on baby blue either.

I'm going for greens reds yellows bold blue ect. ( when i get around to buy some stuff)

It's really difficult not to dress a baby girl in pink as it's quite difficult to get anything else on the high street. Unfortunately once they are older, most shops assume that they only want to wear barbie pink or lilac which means that when you look at a group of 3-8yr old girls, they are all wearing these colours. A bit of variety would be nice.

my sister used to call some shades of pink "cheap pink", and I do think quite a lot of girls clothes fall in that category!

If I ever have a DD I will avoid too much pink for sure. There ARE some lovely girls clothes and some of them are pink; but in general I agree with you.

There are lots of options for baby girls which are not baby pink. Baby K at Mothercare has some lovely girly stuff in funky colours especially suitable for winter.

Baby pink can be lovely though as it looks really nice with grey which tones it a bit and makes it a bit more up to date.

Even though we know we're having a girl we still went for jungle friends in the nursery yellows, oranges and greens as we didn't want the room to be too twee.

We have had some beautiful stuff bought for baby in white's, creams and baby pink and to be fair the things are so pretty i don't care.

I think i had the opposite worry though, not sure what i would have done if they'd said it was a boy because i have a strong aversion to anything blue!

see i'm ok with pastel colours in general, and even baby blue on ds although not ideal was ok if someone else had bought us the clothes. BUT baby pink makes my skin crawl!

i've seen a few funky baby girl sleepsuits that have less twee patterns and colours but it is mostly baby pink out there. this

having said all that i don't mind a wee bit of it if it's mixed with other colours like this stripey cardi

i am being weird i know!

I have 3 boys, then had DD so was not bothered by baby pink, was a bit excited, but must admit, I certainly didn't want everything that colour.

I put her in stuff more like [http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prod_10001_10001_221010369894_-1?breadcrumb=Home%7EDesigners this] or [http://www.mothercare.com/Girls-Stripe-Tafetta-Dress-Baby/dp/B003XUB6CA/sr=1-271/qid=1291974446/ref=sr_1_271/279-2387617-2248564?_encoding=UTF8&m=A2LBKNDJ2KZUGQ&n=76095031&mcb=core this] :)

I have more of an aversion to disney/humphries corner etc stuff.

That didn't work then.

Twas a knitted multicoloured dress with a hood and a baby k taffetta number in black/navy blue and cream stripes.

I agree, and I've also been thinking about not finding out the sex/only telling people if DC2 is a boy. I think it's not so much the colour but the unrelentingness and unoriginality of it. The non-pink is there, certainly, but it tends to be harder to find and more expensive.

IMHO the 20 week scan is to blame. When we were newborns, back when nobody knew the sex in advance, we and our brothers all wore white and cream and yellow and green too...

OMG, i thought it was only me like that! I HATE pink, i was/am a bit of a tomboy and have never liked pink! I am having a girl an the grandparents and my sister have went nuts buying every available pink clothing So looks like i have to grin and bear it!

Totally agree, and I have two girls. I also hate baby boy blue - looked dreadful on ds.

I much prefer plain white, navy, green and purple. And silver grey.

Definitely not you, I hate baby pink too. Not keen on baby blue either, although it's not too bad on girls :o

I dress DS in a lot of green, brown and red stuff which is nice and I think I could make a lot of them work for a girl too :) Teal is also a fab unisex colour :o

I am totally with you. I hate pink. I do not own a sinlge peace of clothing in this colour myself as would not dress my baby in pink.

You are not odd, it's grim - particularly the really cheap clothes as someone else said, and I love some pink things but 'that shade' you get on generic 'girl/boy' baby clothes is hideous. Same with the blue.

I refused to buy anything made in that colour.

brown, beige (but again, not 'baby beige') and random other colours, fine.

I don't mind pink for a girl but not that insipid powder pink that everywhere seems to stock. I've gone for rich colours and bold prints mostly although have got a couple of paler pink sleep suits in multipacks that I've bought or been bought so I won't be wasting them

Make the most of choosing non pink clothes if thats how you feel about it, in my experience they soon reach an age of loving anything pink or purple & fluffy!
This lasts a few years, then they turn into pre teen's...shopping with my 10 year old is an absolute nightmare, have you dared look at girls clothes for that age and upwards?! She wants anything that makes her look like a teenager/pop star ( preferabley like Cher from Xfactor) And there's plenty of that sort of hideous stuff out there...Oh the battles we have! I'm loving the thought of putting my new DD in anything sweet, pretty and if it takes my fancy pink!!!

I am also tending toward bolder colours. Baby pink and baby blue are not my cup of tea. I don't think you are weird OP.

You are not alone, I hate that shade of pink. Unfortunately it seems to be the default colour for gifts once people know you have a girl. When I buy stuff I always check the boys section, as they seem to get the bright colours/robots /animals/aliens. DD(11weeks) has had most of her sleep suits from the boys sections, she looks much cuter in bright orange and green stripes then in baby pink. :)

Soppy I feel exactly the same way about that pale lilac colour that seems to be the 'alternative' colour for baby girls. It makes me feel physically nauseous.

As for gingham, particularly pastel shades, it makes my skin crawl in a way that seeing a grubby man in a raincoat with no trousers hanging around the playpark would. I have no rational reason for hating it, I just do.

And why can't you recycle DS's old stuff if you have a girl? A feminine t-shirt with a pair of boys combat trousers, or a little skirt with a robot jumper, for example, would look fab on a girl.

We only had neutral baby stuff (good thing really, because I got one of each!)- I hate the pnk/blue culture thing.
I never put dd in pink, even now she's almost 5- I don't wear pink myself- she still manages to have a bulging wardrobe with plenty of feminine pretty items.

Baby pink - urgh!

The tone of my DD's skin and hair just make baby pink look a bit vomity on her

Although I think the whole pink for a girl and blue for a boy thing is nuts, I can deal with a deep tasteful pink sometimes.

Always hated it - even when I was a little girl! Pink = ick!

ha! ha!

The pink invasion is hard to hold off. I dressed my little girl in yellow when she was little. I did recycle my son's clothes. It gets worse with girls toys coming in pink, or buggies.

I don't mind a bit of pink, but wouldn't dress my dd head to toe in pink.

sainsburys do nice bold colours - usually says they are for boys but I think they are for girls too and it's 3 babygros for about £7

You are not alone - baby pink is RANCID!

I am expecting my first next month (it's a girl) but I'm telling all friends and relatives that we don't know the sex. Partly it's superstition about the birth etc, but mainly it's to avoid the inevitable flood of twee baby-pink items that I know will be coming my way if I tell people it's a girl

The stuff I've bought for myself is mostly from the boys' sections, or very strictly-monitored girls' stuff which is red, purple, green, brown etc.

Can't somebody tell retailers that most people want normal coloured clothes for their children?!