Would you dress your son as a lady bird ?

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I have a really expensive coat, wellies, brolly set in red with black spots, it's a lady bird. My girls wore it and loved it DH is now having a fitbecause i want to keep it for our son.
WWYD
Loads of girls in the family to pass it to.

No, I wouldn't to be honest.

I would, and DS would love it

yes - has he never watched that bug movie with the ladybird who's a boy

Yes, my DS would love it too

Yes I would. Whether DS wanted to be dressed as a Ladybird is another matter.

I clicked because I read thread title as 'ladyboy'

I had never considered it but now you mention it I would love to dress my ds up as a ladybird.

If ds wanted to wear it, I would. But he woudn't have wanted to. He would have categorized ladybirds with butterflies. Sorry.

Fabulous!

My 3 yr old boy would be happy to be dressed as a ladybird.

Yup. My DS has a ladybird scuttlebug. He'd love it.

yeah!

Why on earth not?! We have a ladybird raincoat that both my children (dd and ds) have worn in their time - sadly it's too small for both of them now. But it never occurred to me that ladybirds might be gender specific!

Why ever not? It's hardly going to make him gay - your dh does know that you are either gay or you aren't doesn't he?

WandersOffShakingHerHeadAndHoikingUpHerJudgeypantsTiggaxx

Of course.

The proportion of homosexual ladybirds is statistically insignificant.

I definitely would.
He asks to be dressed in a pink princess outfit from time to time, so a ladybird outfit would be a happy compromise

I'm not sure the "gay issue" had occurred to him more the association with the girls because they'd worn it I guess.
I love the whole co ordinating thing so it's a keeper

lol. I read the title as '... as a lady boy' too.

Yep. Dh too if he would let me. DD wore her brother's Paddington Bear coat.

My DS only wore his sisters tutu and fairy wings the other day and loved it. He's 19 months. LOL

So I would yes

In fact I think there's a photo on my profile of him in it.

Yes! I wouldn't if he really hated it, but that's not the same as just saying 'no, you can't dress a boy as a ladybird'. And while we're about it, what's with the 'bees = girls' thing? Down with it all.

Oh, ffs - surely there isn;t a "gay issue" here????

My ds had a very strong idea of what was appropriate for boys very early. Despite my strenuous efforts I appear to have given birth to a pair of sterotypes! And I know he wouldn't have wanted to dress as a ladybird. Neither I nor his father would have had the slighest problem with him dressing as a ladybird, abutterfly or anything, really (except a soldier. The only present I ever supressed was a commando suit) but he wouldn't have wanted to.

I'm sniggering at the idea of gender-specific insects.

DS is 3 and a half, and loves dressing as a fairy. He also often pretends to be a butterfly.

The outfit sounds lovely, for a boy or a girl.

My dh was not impressed when I painted ds's nails .