My DS wants his toes painted

I don't think so. His twin is the most girly girl I have ever seen more so then DD#1. When the two girls want their toes painted I paint them, I use the peel off polish or the kind that washes off with soap and water. It comes off at bath time. My son wants his done too. So I do them. LOL. My DH comes home from work and he is like what the heck is this. He LOVES his trucks, cars, dinos just as much as any other boy but to compete with two overzealous sisters he has to play barbie or house sometimes. What am I supposed to do tell him no your a boy, when everyone in his world is getting polished up?

 

Your husband is overreacting. I have some great pictures of Sean in a dress and James in a girly swimsuit. They are still all boy. Besides, if you make it a big deal it becomes a big deal.

 

Our older son always wanted to wear clear finger nail polish and he is now 16 and all boy!

 

No offense, but painting your son's toenails will not make him gay or a girly boy which is probably why your dh reacted that way. He probably just wants to be like his sisters and I would paint them and tell dh take a chill pill

 

DS1 tried toenail polish, he tried on all my jewelry, and I have a picture of him (film camera, sorry) at around age 2 wearing my pink high heels. Here is what he looks like now. He does karate, MMA, weight training (crossfit) and gymnastics, plus takes advanced PE. He loves war-based videogames and action movies. He could not be more of a "boy" if he tried.

 

QUOTE(angie7 @ Sep 10 2008, 06:54 PM) [snapback]973334[/snapback]
No offense, but painting your son's toenails will not make him gay or a girly boy which is probably why your dh reacted that way. He probably just wants to be like his sisters and I would paint them and tell dh take a chill pill

I agree. If I were you I'd continue to paint them when he wants and tell your husband to be glad it's not his fingernails you're painting

 

It seems utterly harmless to me.

 

When I paint the girls nails Ds always wants his painted so I paint them clear and it makes him really happy.

 

Oh I think it is fine, I get a kick out of it. I tell my family that I am going to have the first cross-dressing NFL player or handy-man. My husband is way way masculine and I tease him about it all the time. DH is not a homo-phobe by any means, family, friends, etc. I think it strikes him as odd that my son wants to be part of the group. I mean I don't expect him to carry this on till adult hood but jeeze the kid has to go with the flow and if that means that the girls are all princesses for the day you can bet your sweet bippy he is going to be a princess too. I think its cute and it makes me smile and laugh. He wears the girls dress up shoes and his feet are already bigger then the four year olds and seeing him toddle around on them, well its funny. The household is sssssoooo much more different when daddy is home and we have not figured out if it is good or bad. LOL.

Oh I think it is fine, I get a kick out of it. I tell my family that I am going to have the first cross-dressing NFL player or handy-man. My husband is way way masculine and I tease him about it all the time. DH is not a homo-phobe by any means, family, friends, etc. I think it strikes him as odd that my son wants to be part of the group. I mean I don't expect him to carry this on till adult hood but jeeze the kid has to go with the flow and if that means that the girls are all princesses for the day you can bet your sweet bippy he is going to be a princess too. I think its cute and it makes me smile and laugh. He wears the girls dress up shoes and his feet are already bigger then the four year olds and seeing him toddle around on them, well its funny. The household is sssssoooo much more different when daddy is home and we have not figured out if it is good or bad. LOL.

 

My DS has seen me paint mine and wants his done too. I haven't yet. My DH is the same and thinks it is unnecessary. Well I tell him that he had 2 sisters too and they ALL dressed up in tutu's and he turned out just fine. BTW I enlarged a pic of him in his tutu for his 30th b-day party!

 

I've done my DS's nails. He wanted green and the girls were getting theirs' done, so I said "What the heck?". I see no issue withit.

 

My DS is the same way. Only at our house he loves to carry my purse. He calls it his purse and he has to have it if we leave the house. DH gets SO upset about it. LOL!! I just laugh at him, I think it is cute that DS likes to carry my purse and it is one less thing I have to carry!!

 

We don't paint Ben's nails. Doesn't bother me really, but DH has asked me not to and I have tried to respect his wishes. He doesn't ask anymore, but when he did, I just told him that it was for girls. Then I put some gel in his hair and told him it was just for boys.

 

QUOTE(twoin2005 @ Sep 11 2008, 04:29 AM) [snapback]974505[/snapback]
We don't paint Ben's nails. Doesn't bother me really, but DH has asked me not to and I have tried to respect his wishes. He doesn't ask anymore, but when he did, I just told him that it was for girls. Then I put some gel in his hair and told him it was just for boys.

I'm surprised this is the first reply to say they don't. I've got your back, Kate! LOL I'm the same way. Things like nail polish and make up are for girls. Honestly, my younger two boys haven't even asked! Scott did when he was two or three but it wasn't a big deal when I told him no. He accepted it and forgot about it.

 

Alex wanted his toes painted one day while I was doing Sarah's. Initially I told him no and he was crushed. He obviously couldn't understand why he was being excluded from all the fun! I felt terrible and did his toes for him, fortunately it was winter so he was wearing socks and shoes to school. No one knew except me and DH (who was less than pleased of course, but understood!) and it made Alex happy!

 

This has been a huge debate in our house! I have a very girly girl, too & the other day they were at auntie's house & dd and cousin (same age) were painting their toes, Auntie called to tell me ds was crying b/c he wanted to do it, too. I said go ahead! To me, at this age he just doesn't understand the difference between boys and girls....he doesn't understand that (for the most part) boys don't paint their toenails pink. But he does understand that Auntie, sister & cousin are all doing something fun together & he's being excluded.

Dh saw the pink toenails, though & started calling him names! I about hit the roof......you do not call your 2 yr old names.....I mean, come on, who's the parent here??? And what's that teaching him?? I did promise to take it off, but I keep forgetting. So that brings me to: where do you find the wash off in the tub kind??? That sounds perfect! I need some!

 

I really lucked out last time we went to target. It was the end of July and they were getting ready, I could only guess, for Christmas, and they had disney princess set and I got it for $1.17, usually the Barbie stuff or disney princess ones are either a peel off kind or wash off. I have to admit thought, watch out because some sets contain body glitter and if any DH is like mine he will let them rub body glitter all over them. LOL. It reminded me of prom some 15 years ago!