Is baby blue only for a boy ?

[mrspaddy]

Hello. We are doing up the baby room and now decided on pure white walls. Wooden flooring is already there and we bought antique/distressed chest of drawers. There is a plain wardrobe fitted in same shade as the flooring/curtain poles.
Anyway I like the shabby chic look and this is what is through the house. Like distressed rose print etc. But nothing is set in stone or very matchy. A lot of the furniture I upcycled myself and am going to do up a wicker chair etc for the room.
After looking at Ikea cots etc. I checked out local places with similar prices. Then I tried ASDA and they have a compact blue one (baby blue).
Would this be seen a boyish. The look I want is Cath Kidson type (I know it is not everyone's cup of tea) as I already have polka dot baby blue changing mat, throw (polka one side/roses on other so if I have a boy will keep in upside).

Sorry for the not very important thread. Just opinions if you have any?

Thanks so much x

Is it the Kinder Valley Kai cot? If so, it comes in white, pink and unpainted as well.

White one here

I dressed my twin girls in leggings today. One in pink and white spotty leggings and one in plain blue leggings (with small bows on the bottom). Both look very girly. The poor twin in the blue leggings was called a boy three times today!

We painted the baby's room pale blue. Thought that would be fine for a boy or girl. We had a girl. The room is lovely!

I have just finished decorating a similar nursery to what you've described, all furniture is white with blue walls & one wall in this wallpaper in blue. We've gone with mismatched ditsy pink & blue prints, i.e. pink stamp print bunting. We're having a girl but I really didn't want to go all out pink, at the moment too I've found tesco have some great ditsy rose print kitchen accessories like trays & tins which I'm buying & intending to use for storing bits & bobs.

I think it's a great idea & sounds lovely but then again I'd be biased!

I'm sat here in my baby blue top writing this, I am fine and unscarred I also find it depressing that people worry about colour/gender stereotypes before baby is even born - this is why I refuse to tell anyone what sex the baby is.

Seriously I think your nursery sounds really nice and I wish I was half as organised.

Our nursery is will be when I get my arse in gear a mix of colours with lots of owls and pussycats because DP and I like them

I hate pink, so I probably will not buy much pink stuff even if it is a girl. However I'm sure people will buy clothes in the stereotypical colours for presents so my plans to crush the gender fascism will be undermined LOL!

DD's room is a pale blue and she's a total pink princess (she's 4).

As a baby, she looked like a big pink blob in anything pink, so I put her in blue or white nearly all the time.

Up until the 1920's, pink was very much a boy's colour and blue for girls.

An article in the trade publication 'Earnshaw's Infants' Department' in June 1918 said:

"The generally accepted rule is pink for the boys, and blue for the girls. The reason is that pink, being a more decided and stronger color, is more suitable for the boy, while blue, which is more delicate and dainty, is prettier for the girl."

Choose whatever you want to :) I had a navy blue PRAM with my daughter, but I must admit, it's because back then it was the only one i could find with a thermometer on it. hehe.