How do you avoid a pink world if you have a little girl?
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I will dress my future female children in whatever colors I want. If it has a dump truck or airplane on it, so be it.0
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I'm not a great fan of pink either, well baby pink more specifically, or pastels. I prefer really bright colours for baby clothes..if ours is a girl and I prefer the baby 'boy clothes' then that's what I'll buy. Baby won't care either way.0
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Thanks for the advice everyone so happy to know that we can have a rainbow in our lives, LOL! However, if the cancer of pink and dead eyed Disney princesses takes over our home because our Daughter loves it then I'll happily accept the slow chalky death of pink.
If she takes after her mother her favorite color will be black, but there will be sparkles and glitter.
See soulless eyes...creepy
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Thanks for the advice everyone so happy to know that we can have a rainbow in our lives, LOL! However, if the cancer of pink and dead eyed Disney princesses takes over our home because our Daughter loves it then I'll happily accept the slow chalky death of pink.
If she takes after her mother her favorite color will be black, but there will be sparkles and glitter.
See soulless eyes...creepy
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I'm kinda sure you don't HAVE to buy pink at all. It's not a law that just cause you have a baby girl you HAVE to have pink any more than blue for a boy.
Hell I had most of my son's clothing in red, black, green, orange. I'd buy whatever I liked regardless of color.0 -
I am going to recommend the book Cinderella Ate My Daughter for an interesting analysis of trying to raise girls in the middle of a princess culture.0
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My sweet girl likes blues and greens and pinks. She is 2, I can hold a blue or green outfit next to a pink one, she will usually pick the blue or green and say "this!" I do agree that most stores have a ton of pink, but the haven't had trouble finding other colors in abundance also.0
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I have always seen tons of different options for baby girl clothes, purple, yellow, white, multi-colored, and yes lots of pink. I believe it is the same way for baby boys, though, but with blue. I never minded because I thought all of her outfits were pretty adorable. But don't worry before you know it she will start telling you what she likes... and you may or may not agree
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Pink Stinks!0
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Black is the new pink.
Orange is the new black.0 -
You know, if you don't tell people what you're having, they'll get you gender-neutral stuff. This works especially well if you have a second child and it's the opposite sex -- you won't have to buy all new everything.0
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Congratulations. I think its a lot easier when they are babies as there a lot of gender neutral clothes and toys. Its when they get a bit older and then all the toys turn pink that it gets horrific - pink kitchen set anyone?
My friend's 4 year old hates pink so much she refuses to go to birthday parties if there is any pink on the invitation. She once arrived at a party and turned right back out when she saw pink balloons. Her best friend had to have a pirate party just so that she would come. That kid will grow up to run the world I swear.0 -
It isn't so much about being against pink, as it is about fighting conventionality. My son's 3 month pictures, Nov '96, weren't being taken in some blue, white, yellow romper thing. I just didn't want it. I got a lot of grief from everyone except my wife. I went to Baby Gap (was new at the time) and bought khaki pants, denim shirt and topsiders. Still love that pic. Found the clothes in a box a few years later, and thought it was clothes for their build a bear.
My wife never wears pick, but she likes me in it. Children of the 80's, The Preppy Handbook has a longer effect than any of us imagined. Lol0 -
Hahaha, my daughter was the only girl in her ballet class to be sporting a black tutu. The rest of her outfit was white. She was so adorable.
I was watching a show once where these girls bought a black tutu and little black biker boots for a baby girl. It was pretty cool!0 -
you're doomed to a world of princess, glitter and pink.
^^^^ No matter what! Besides, once she's here, you won't care!0 -
I just went to Target to buy a gift for a baby shower for a little girl, and I was shocked by the number of clothing options they had that weren't pink! It was great! So maybe it is a sign that other stores may have other options??0
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Pick a theme of neutral colors for the room, bed set. You will get pink clothes, it's inevitable. We have a girl and we've bought boys clothes when we find something she likes or picks out.0
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Thankfully now there are a few more options....purple has become kinda big, sears has purple pack play and high chairs. Also babiesrus had some different colored clothes, some had pink with other colors but some was just different colors. Good luck, hooray for you and your baby!0
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My wife and I tried to avoid the pink monster, neither one of us really like the color. Our daughter is nearly five and just loves wearing it, along with lots of purple.
In fact my wife now has some pink in her wardrobe!0 -
I'm not girly, so of course, my daughter is about as girly as you can get. But they evolve, become their own person and its fun to watch.
She's still girly, but she also hunts and competes in judo...her instructor says she is a John Deere tractor painted in pink glitter...tough, but pretty!0 -
So found out it looks like for sure we are having a girl. I'm excited..Yay! However, I'm not excited about the future prospect of a sickly pink Pepto-Bismol world. I went shopping and every thing I looked at was pink,pink,pink. The only clothes I found exciting were the brightly colored little boy jammies with the happy zoo animals.
If you have a little girl were you able to avoid the monotone princess world or did you have to succumb to it's gender sick clutches?
Nothing against pink really it's a fine color on it's own.
Dude, do whatever you want. I'd go with a green nursery and rock those zoo animals. When your child is old enough to choose their own favorites, then you may have to go with pink, maybe not. Also, just recognize that gender doesn't necessarily guarantee you freedom from pepto bismol. My son's favorite color is pink and he adores Hello Kitty. Gotta admit he looks pretty rad in his John Deere tractor hoodie with his pink and silver Hello Kitty backpack though. Also, the little girls dig him.0 -
First congratulations!! Second, yes majority of little girl things are some form of pink. But there's lots of purples and yellows, greens, etc as well. It doesn't have to be nothing but pink, just shop around some more, vary the shades of pink and add in other colors. I had 2 boys and 2 girls and we had lots of colors for both. Even my grand children, both boys and girls aren't just blue and pink. So have fune with it. Just be prepared if you dress her in blue before she has long enough hair to look girly, you will be complmented on your cute little boy!0
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Even worse than the color pink are the onsies with sayings like "Daddy's little princess" or "Pretty like Mommy". Terrible.
There are a few websites that cater to parents who don't want to turn their daughter into a hot pink tutu princess. Here's one I like:
http://www.amightygirl.com/clothing?age_range_filter=70 -
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After the thousandth person tells you what a cute little boy you have, you'll need to buy stock in pink baby clothes. And they'll still tell you what a cute little boy you have. *sigh*So found out it looks like for sure we are having a girl. I'm excited..Yay! However, I'm not excited about the future prospect of a sickly pink Pepto-Bismol world. I went shopping and every thing I looked at was pink,pink,pink. The only clothes I found exciting were the brightly colored little boy jammies with the happy zoo animals.
If you have a little girl were you able to avoid the monotone princess world or did you have to succumb to it's gender sick clutches?
Nothing against pink really it's a fine color on it's own.
Anyway, I don't know about now but when mine was a baby 19 years ago, there were plenty of cute girl clothes in all the colors of the rainbow. She wore some pink, but also green, yellow, blue, red, purple ...
I wonder if you're seeing more pink than there is because you hate it.0 -
I was just like that when we found out we were having a girl. Then our daughter was born and we were passed so many hand me downs, and they were FREE, so miraculously I didn't care if we were immersed in a sea of pink. I believe it is inevitable that you will have to face some pink, but if you plan on having a baby shower you can request and register for non pink items. There will still be some, but if you include in the invitation something about non pink or preferred colors, you will have better luck.
Congratulations on your little blessing!
ETA: Garanimals is an excellent brand. They have very bright, very non pink clothing for baby girls, they go all the way up to toddler sizes...Plus....they are CHEAP 0 -
Congrats! I've never wanted children myself but I have always thought it would be more fun (IMO) to have a girl if I had!
Obviously not speaking from experience as a parent...but I think you will do well to include other colors and expose your daughter to a wide variety of experiences & activities.
As a kid I had a pink room, loved pink/purple, Barbies, makeup, long fussy hair, glitter, etc. I also loved the colors red & orange, wore jeans and Superwoman and Mork & Mindy t-shirts, loved playing outside, word puzzles, reading, animals, fishing, swimming, etc.
I have seen quite a few parents (especially moms) who really just go with the pink princess junk and make zero effort to show their girls that there's more to life than that. You won't be like that, clearly.0 -
Even worse than the color pink are the onsies with sayings like "Daddy's little princess" or "Pretty like Mommy". Terrible.
There are a few websites that cater to parents who don't want to turn their daughter into a hot pink tutu princess. Here's one I like:
http://www.amightygirl.com/clothing?age_range_filter=7
I'm trying to figure out why those sayings are so terrible. :indifferent:
OP, both my girls wore turquoise, lavender, black, etc. Even with a purple dress on and pierced ears someone asked how old HE was. Dress her how you want while you can. Mine won't let me anymore 0 -
I put my daughter in a lot of neutral outfits. I remember that I had this little white onsie with primary color teddy bears on it. Someone had given me some boy stuff "just in case" and so I had some blue socks. There was blue in the onsie and, of course, my daughter had some brilliant blue eyes so I thought the socks went perfectly. We went shopping and a lady tells me I have a beautiful son. I very politely say, "why thank you, but she's a girl" and this woman had the audacity to snap at me "Well you put blue socks on her!!"
Why yes... yes I did put blue socks on my daughter because she happens to look good in BLUE!
People are so stupid with this gender-specific-baby-fashion-thing. Your little girl is going to be gorgeous in whatever she wears!!
Congrats!
<<< edited to add; self-same child can be seen all grown up in her Halloween costume in my profile pic. Obviously, she has never much cared for frilly-girly stuff anyway.0 -
little girl number 1 was all dressed in pink (well, not just pink, other colours as well, but a lot of pink)
little girl number 2 was dressed in brightly coloured unisex clothes because I was bored of pink, and also she has ginger hair and some shades of pink really don't go well with ginger hair... I tended to pick out colours that went with her hair.
Once they're old enough to have opinions about what colours and clothes they like, they'll let you know. My 3 yr old is obsessed with Hello Kitty and minions (from Despicable Me) so she alternates between being dressed all in Hello Kitty clothes (which aren't all pink there's a range of colours) and going around the house wearing dungarees with no top "being a minion".0
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