I wasn't sure where to post this, but I know many people in this section feel the same as I do about pink toys for girls, so hope this is the right place.
DD is 21 months old. I have long been interested in the pink stinks campaign and since having DD, have always made a concerted effort to choose gender neutral toys and baby accessories. I also usually opt for other colours in clothing.
Anyway. The "problem" is with my MIL. When getting anything for DD, she always opts for the pink version. We asked for some mega blocks for DD at Xmas, and she chose the pink ones. There was also a pink car. When DD opens the presents, MIL proudly says things like "Pink for a girl!", "Look, it's your favourite colour - pink!" (DD doesn't have a favourite colour, so this is indoctrination as its finest) or "I chose that pink one especially!"
As it's coming up to DD's second birthday, I feel I want to nip this in the bud, or it's going to be a childhood of pink plastic crap presents I would have preferred she hadn't bought. DH knows exactly where I'm coming from, but how do we broach this with her? We don't want to sound ungrateful, and she's not doing anything differently to the majority of people in this country. I fear that she's not going to understand our reasons behind it at all.