Boys, Girls or Unisex?

[caseytaco]

We were recently gifted these baby grows and me and my partner couldn't decide whether they were meant for boys, girls or both... would like to hear everyone's thoughts

gender stereotypes are NOT damaging what's damaging is forcing all this shit on them. Just let them be kids, they will soon let you know if they want otherwise

That is so incredibly contradictory that I don't know where to start.

"Forcing this shit on them"?! What shit would that be? The shit that says they don't have to be lumbered with gender stereotyping from birth?!

"Just let them be kids"? Whilst forcing them to conform to one stereotype or another?

Cutie unicorns, owls and cats mean they're def from the girl section.
My 12 year old DS has an owl t-shirt, from the boys section.

Is it a cutie owl though Cach? And do they do it in a size 4 yo haha. My comment was said with a sigh because we like owls and uniforms but I don't necessarily want frilly and pink which seems to be the only option for a unicorn loving boy

It's size 2-12 but out of stock now.

That's awesome, but def not a cutsie owl

@SleepingStandingUp have you discovered Scandi brands? Duns have had some awesome cat prints suitable for even their who avoid pink for boys.

DS looks cute in pink, although he finally has a BOY haircut (ish) so who knows if now he'll only suit blue and trucks. He was playing nice with his dolls house earlier at least!!

Will take a look altho I'm poor working class so they might be out of my George at Asda price range lol

The world has run out of actual problems which is why we are all debating this stupid "problem"... can't we just be thankful that we all have pretty good human rights and people are free to be themselves.

I think that there should be a boys and girls section ( or like it was in Asda today just the girly looking things together, the neutral and the very boyish all in there own sections ) but still together. I'm not going to change your minds and you sure as hell won't change mine. As for "forcing" my son into dressing him boys clothes, I don't see how just buying him things I like the look of on him which is primarily blue neutral things is forcing it down his throat. He's still so young he would happily just be walking around naked, so the way I see it it's just pieces of cloth I'm using to cover his modesty and keep him warm. They just so happen to be mostly from the boys section. So surely what you're doing isn't any different, unless you are trying to make a statement with how you are dressing your child? When he gets to that age when he wants to choose his clothes I'm not going to be like "right we must go to the boys" I'll just let him go wild in the shop and pick out the things he likes, or is that wrong? Do I need to him him a big lecture about how he can wear boys or girls clothes, surely by doing that it's making it seem like it needs to be justified and putting more emphasis on it "not being the done thing". Me putting him in these clothes now which obviously I'm still choosing as he can't talk, or really form opinions on what his clothes look like only on there comfort is the same as you guys putting your children in what you choose for them to wear. It just so happens that my colour of choice in general is blue, maybe if I liked pink like I do blue I would dress him in pink but who knows aye? If you really care that much about what I dress my son in then that's sad because I sure as hell don't give a shit what you dress yours in.

Sadly you guys don't realise that you're the ones putting more of the emphasis on boys being for boys and girls or girls by making it a problem. If its really as okay as you seem to think it is then you shouldn't have to explain it to them/ me. It should just be unspoken...

(Drops mike) "peeeeace"!

“The world has run out of actual problems” brilliant! You just don’t have a clue do you?

I actually think the OP is spot on

So what, you count a world problem as what I dress my child in? Brilliant. The world is just to involved in other poeples shit. You keep just picking shit out of everything I say out of context and quoting it, to be honest I think you've just ran out of points to back yourself up and you're so self absorbed and opinionated that you can't take in anyone else's opinions other than your own. Now find something in this to tear apart, because me and my partner are having quite a lot of fun laughing at your desperate grasps of bullshit you seem to call right. I promise you more people agree with what I'm saying than what you're saying, it's just idiots are louder. People are laughing at you.

Do you ever get the feeling that people are rolling there eyes at you everytime you open your mouth..? Because trust me they are.

That was hard to make sense of. ^

No, it wasn’t.

HTH