Would you put a boy in this?

[nappyaddict]

Pear tshirt

apple tshirt

stripy hoody

Oooh will have to see if I can find a free delivery code. It grieves me paying postage for some reason

Thinking of getting DS these

You're a scary mummy but go for it s once he's older you won't have no say honey. A friend used to let her DS dress up in DD's clothes he loved it but the neighbours wouldn't let their DS play with him. her DS now objects strongly to anything girly. go with the flow

Lol why am I scary?

DS has also worn tights under his trousers in the winter every year up to now. I get the feeling he won't once he is in reception though.

You're not just yourself go with it just envious of your free style

It's taken me a while to get used to more grown up looking clothes I guess cos he wore baby gros until he was 15 months. Once he starts school I will have to let go.

My son has worn tights under trousers before.

I wouldn't deliberately put him in (obviously) girls clothes when I can find perfectly lovely, brightly coloured boys clothes though.

I think it's just you making a point through your DS.

KiddingAnxiously - at what age? Can you give me hope that come reception he isn't going to come home wanting to wear combats and nylon football shirts and shun my love of leggings, tights, pink, purple, orange and yellow? Turquoise is the only colour I like that you can get lots of in the boys section. Orange and yellow is usually teamed with brown or khaki.

Lol at combats and nylon football shirts (hence the reason DH does not buy DS clothes!)

I buy lots of separates from different shops. To be honest I am always looking and buying, but for different ages.

For example from about a year ago I was buying all sorts of separates (different coloured trousers/tops) at age 3-4 and now he is wearing them.

Now When I am out and about if I see something I like in the next size up I buy it. I also have some clothes that I really like that are two sizes bigger. (from sales mostly)

He has so many brightly coloured clothes and even brightly stitched jeans with bright tops, a lot of people comment on the colours but this is all I do. I suppose it's just thinking in advance and mixing and matching shops/seasons. Now I just have to train him not to love his Peppa Pig top!

I am doing the same for my DD, but I am not so against pink/purple as I am sludge colours.

my 13 yo DS LOVES pink and would happily wear the pear! Many of his friends would too. Pink is in.

seeker took me a while to find them but yes, those 'lock up your daughters' etc tshirts are revolting. I hate that stuff too, it makes me nauseous. I wouldn't have posted the link tbh if the focus had been on that crap- but the majority of their stuff is plain, unisex and colourful.

ugh grumpy with them now

I do think there's a difference though, between a teenager happily making their own statement, through their clothing and a reception age boy unwittingly being made to wear girls clothes. IMO

Maybe it's just me, but I try to not inflict my own tastes on DS & DD to an extent that it would affect them negatively.

(otherwise they would wear my own diet of black and other depressing colours)

Kidding, I don't make my DS wear anything, he chooses what he likes and he likes pink and purples. I'm not going to stop him, or not let him wear the things he likes because other people may think hes a girl!

Sorry Disenchanted3 - that was to blinder with a 13 year old.

With my 3 year old, I figure if we get out of the door in clothes that are recognised as boyish (so no girls cuts/really girly coloured etc etc) and none of my make-up or DD's hair clips then we are doing well. People still think DS is very girlish as he's very slight.

It's really not for me at all, I love it when he's laughing putting on DD's trousers/ pink tops and hair accessories.

This is probably why I try so hard to find him such differently coloured clothes - it is kind of a compromise.

But at the end of the day, no matter how sad it is I want him to fit in with his peers at school (and they def have more narrow minded parents than me)

Oh and I meant to add that by unwittingly I mean - your DS (as mine is) is probably unaware of what society deems acceptable/unacceptable for boys/girls to wear and therefore likes pretty colours.

Whereas we as the parents understand the subtleties of the aforementioned rules (unfortunately)

I didn't mean that you like dressing your DS as a girl on purpose.

Nappy - if you like that kind of look, try nordic kids, sim price to boden and katvig partic might suit you and your ds

nordic kids

Re OP -my DS age 4 would happily wear any of those. While he likes bright colours and isn't stereotyped I'll let him wear them. I did draw the line at diamanté sparkles on a pink bobble hat he liked tho. So I bough him the hat and took the sparkles off.

he doesn't " get the p*ss riped out of him" but he does, saddly, get a few comments from other boys his age along the line of "why are you wearing pink trousers", he generally answers that one with "they are my trousers".
Asked what his favourite colour is, its " pink and purple and yellow and red"

Just been browsing the American Apparel site and they have some unisex 3/4 length tshirts like this.

nappyaddict I hate to tell you this but my 7yo DS2 wears 100% nylon (ie footie shirts and trackies and a £5 zip top from Asda) as often as he can.

All the time if I let him (sigh)

He has lots of lovely cotton T-shirts etc too.

(don't say why did I buy the polyester zip top - it's for footie training as he needs sthg without a hood. But he wants to wear it all the time!)

Clary what does sthg mean?

sorry, something.

(bad shorthand habit )

I think the hoodie would be OK on a 3/4 yr old, assuming that lilac and orange suit him. I don't really like the t-shirts but the blue one is the nicest of the three.

clary