pink, blue, gender neutral?

When I found out I was having b/g twins, I didn't want to tell anyone b/c I was sure I'd get a ton of pink and blue. We couldn't keep the secret, so we decided just to tell people we wanted more gender neutral colors (still got all pink and blue, BTW). Fast forward a few months and I can't help but notice how cute I think the babies look in pink and blue. I still get them other colors, too, but I do like it when you can easily tell which is the girl and which is the boy...what happened to me? I guess I didn't want them to be limited to gender-based colors, but now that they are here, they just look so cute that way! Our nursery is all yellow and brown, with some bright animals and bright colored decorations that go with the animals so that's totally neutral, but I do find myself dressing them in a lot of pink and blue! How about you? Do you often dress your babies in the traditional b/g colors? Did you plan on it? No judgement, just a silly question!

 

I was adament about not dressing my girls in pink before they were born. Of course everyone just rolled their eyes at me and got us lots of pink and purple (and some yellow to pacify me). My girls look great in pink and purple though and wear it almost every day. Oh well, like you their room is gender-neutral (yellow).

 

I hate pink. Hate it. And my second least favorite color is purple. My friends told me I should be happy I'm had boys!!

But what I hate just as much as pink for little girls is the overabundance of pastels and the princess and diva themes. I love it when I find non-pastel baby clothes.

Plus, my favorite colors are green, yellow, orange, and red--in that order. I don't mind putting my guys in blue, but I'd prefer navy blue or bold blues opposed to baby blue.

I wrote an interesting piece about gender and baby clothes for my blog--maybe there's some food for thought in that piece. (ETA:I'm a sociologist so I get paid to think and teach about these things )

 

i dress them in whatever is in the top of the pile lol. sometimes shes in pink, purple, white. sometimes hes in green, yellow, blue. i wont put him in girly colors though. everyone thinks dd is a boy so i try to put her in something girly when we go out.

 

I like pink for her mostly because i'm tired of people asking me if it's two boys (although they still do...). I've been trying to get more clothes in other colors for her, but it's really hard, and often the cutest clothes are pink or purple (I love purple though). When I can I pick blue or purple. For him, anything goes really. Now if they could get rid of the sports and trucks stuff on all the boys stuff...

 

i dress them in what ever color clothes were donated to me. We don't have much money so the majority of our baby clothes re hand me downs from friends or gifts from family. I avoid pink and obvious girly clothes for Lucas, but other than that its pretty much a free for all. And I would make an exception for the pink rule with Lucas if it was a pink baby boy dress shirt, like a pink men's dress shirt. that would be super cute!! But no lace or frills for DS, I'm not that liberal, haha

 

Mine have been in pink and blue a lot early on as that's what seems to be the colors for the clothes for that age. Now that they are past a year, we have more variety for sure. It probably happened when they got into 12 month clothes over the summer.

 

Having id boys, I don't have to worry about the pink issue this go 'round. But I do try to avoid pastel baby blues when I get to buy clothes for the twins myself. Mostly, I use hand-me-downs and whatever people have given us so I can indulge once in awhile in cute stuff I pick out for them.

I will say that one of the coolest gifts we got was a matching set of crocheted? knitted? chevron pattern blankets for the boys. . . the colors (which I never would have thought of) are aqua blue/chocolate brown and royal blue/chocolate brown. It used to be that boy colors were so limited.

I didn't want a bunch of pink stuff for my one and only daughter, but you know what? She loves pink! So now, pink is okay by me.

 

I have B/G twins and I use a lot of yellow and green with the pink and blue accents...Carter's has a lot of clothing that isn't strictly pink/blue. I also like primary colors, so I got with red and navy too. As they get older, I notice that the clothes aren't as color oriented as style oriented. I'm with you...all pink and blue is no fun!

 

Well my little boy had such curly hair when he was born, I wanted lots of blue/boy stuff!!

Then we had a girl and I swore she wouldn't live in pink. Well, try finding girl clothes that aren't pink! :lol: It's difficult to do, so she wears a lot of pink!

Since we're expecting b/g twins I want them defined as a little girl and a little boy, not "the twins" if I can help it (I know most people will do the twins anyways...), so I'm shooting for mostly gender specific clothes and less gender neutral clothes, especially when we're going out!

 

I LOVE pink! Pink pink pink! I think it is so adorable on a little girl! The thing is, we dress our girls in pink all the time,
but they also wear tons of blue, brown, and black. They have vintage onesies, like AC/DC, and also brown puppy pajamas,
and blue striped shirts.
I don't worry too much about how pink will affect them in the future. Nor do I worry about how the color of their clothes might
gear them towards certain occupations. I dress them in pink simply because it is darling.
I wore pink as a kid, had a pink room, and played with barbies and I received my PhD in Reading and Literacy in Early and Middle Education,
so I think I turned out ok! I also wore blue and climbed trees and played with bb guns.
So, to sum it up, I like it all, but I'm certainly not going to avoid any particular color in an attempt to stick it to society (who apparently tells us
to dress girls in pink and boys in blue?? so what-I like it!)

 

Sullivanre, I loved your article! Gender is so interesting.

I was dead set against pink and blue before I had the babies. When they were still in the NICU, we went shopping for baby clothes, and I broke down crying, because it was just a sea of cheesy pink and blue stuff! I gradually started liking SOME pink and SOME blue occasionally - but only really good pink. Especially if combined with chocolate brown or other colors. No ruffles and frills.

Fast forward - it doesn't bother me anymore now. Cheesy uber-gendered clothes do bug me (footballs and lace). But DD really does look gorgeous in pink. Good pink, that is. She has some pink stuff, some purple stuff, a few things with flowers (in addition to yellow, and green, and navy...). She also has a gray shirt with a big red fire truck on it, because she is madly in love with ANYTHING to do with fire trucks. DS has pretty plain stuff, solid colors, or cool stripes. No baseballs.

I wish there was more Zutano-type stuff out there at better prices (and with better proportions for my kids - I have tall string beans, and Zutano runs short and wide). I love their colors and gender-neutral designs.

 

QUOTE(Fran27 @ Dec 18 2008, 03:43 PM) [snapback]1115610[/snapback]
Now if they could get rid of the sports and trucks stuff on all the boys stuff...

agreed. we're not a sports family. our boys will be more likely to have microscopes than footballs. yet 75% of the stuff we've received as gifts or bought at places like BRU have sports on them. i'll admit i giggled at the phrase "baby MVP" on one of the onesies, but otherwise it's just annoying to have their clothes plastered with sporting goods.

but as far as colors go, we have a lot of green items. i don't mind if they wear blue at all, i love blue. i just try to make sure there's a good healthy mix of lots of colors in there. we have a pair of rompers that are a vibrant red and DH made some comment about how the color was "girly" so i educated him about how the color red is gender-neutral. i don't know if he agrees, but he certainly doesn't want to have to discuss it anymore.

 

We haven't been doing the pink & blue thing as much, partly because I'm using as much gender neutral stuff as I can from my older child's baby clothes! But I do put a blue and a pink blanket on them when we go out, so people can tell right away boy/girl.

Funny that you ask about dressing them how you planned....I always thought that I would only dress twins as individuals, but I really like having them in matching or coordinating outfits. It's strange that I changed my mind, but then they're so cute dressed the same/similarly! I won't force them to do it forever, I promise.

 

QUOTE(fuchsiagroan @ Dec 19 2008, 02:23 PM) [snapback]1116744[/snapback]
I wish there was more Zutano-type stuff out there at better prices (and with better proportions for my kids - I have tall string beans, and Zutano runs short and wide). I love their colors and gender-neutral designs.


Ooh I love Zutano too. We were given a couple of outfits for the girls when they were little. Bright colors, gender-neutral themes, etc. Unfortunately I would never spend that much on kids clothes.

 

Oddly enough, Luke wore a lot of green early on and Sophia was in purple a bit. We've gotten more traditional pink and blue as time went on and I do think (though I am biased) that my kids look smashing in pink and blue (or whatever color they are wearing at the time)

 

QUOTE(mamabee718 @ Dec 18 2008, 09:14 PM) [snapback]1115459[/snapback]
When I found out I was having b/g twins, I didn't want to tell anyone b/c I was sure I'd get a ton of pink and blue. We couldn't keep the secret, so we decided just to tell people we wanted more gender neutral colors (still got all pink and blue, BTW). Fast forward a few months and I can't help but notice how cute I think the babies look in pink and blue. I still get them other colors, too, but I do like it when you can easily tell which is the girl and which is the boy...what happened to me? I guess I didn't want them to be limited to gender-based colors, but now that they are here, they just look so cute that way! Our nursery is all yellow and brown, with some bright animals and bright colored decorations that go with the animals so that's totally neutral, but I do find myself dressing them in a lot of pink and blue! How about you? Do you often dress your babies in the traditional b/g colors? Did you plan on it? No judgement, just a silly question!


OMG, I said exactly the same and do the same! :lol: I didnt plan on it either, its just DS has blue eyes and dressing him in blue makes him look extra cute and pink looks so good on DD as it complements her skin tone - hark at me!!!! :lol:

 

sorry - double post!

 

b/g twins here...I enjoy dressing mine in pink and blue but I also enjoy other colors too...however, they both have beautiful blue eyes so I enjoy putting them BOTH in blue!

 

I have b/g twins and they used white Halo swaddles on them in the NICU. Well, for when they came home I bought DS a blue Halo and DD a pink Halo. They were swaddled so much at first we started to call them Pink and Blue. And at 3 months, I still like to dress her in pink and him in blue. But they do wear other colors. The only color I'm not into is yellow, when he where's it he looks like a girl but when she wears it she looks like a boy?? But in my defense, both my twins are bald.

 

I try to do pink and blue when we go out, especially for DD, because it helps *some* people to know it's a boy and a girl...and the less questions I get the better...cause it's pretty bad how often we get stopped! Since we moved, though, it's not been so bad, there are more twins around here. But otherwise, DD wears pinks/blues/greens, and DS wears greens/yellows/blues.

 

I do dress mine in pinks, but mostly because that is all I can find! I've been tempted to buy some boy clothes, but haven't yet. I wish there was a larger color range for girls!