Can someone please point me in the direction of the rule that says only boys can wear blue clothes? We were down the supermarket today and spotted a pair of blue Gruffalo pyjamas. Kaylee loves the Gruffalo and you know what kids are like for going through clothes, so I bought them for her.
We got home and Lisa spotted the label on them. "Boys" it had printed on it. This urked me in my tired and crabbit state. I mean, why can't a girl wear blue?
It's not the first time this has happened. Kaylee likes Tigger as well. But when you look at the Winnie the Pooh clothing ranges, it's Pooh and Piglet on the girls clothes and Tigger is on the boys.
Now I know I could just ignore the label and for the most part I do. It's not just clothing brands, people can be just as ignorant.
A long, long time ago (OK about a year) we were out with Kaylee in Glenrothes. We had her dressed in a blue top and skirt (remember the skirt, that parts important). Kaylee was about 4/5 months old and still had random people coming over and commenting on her. This woman came over, looked at her and said "Awww, how old is he?" The ability to make me scream "Moron" in your face is strong in this one.
Don't get me wrong, Kaylee has her fair share of pink clothes. Today, for example, she has a blue top on with some pink trousers and shoes (it sounds like it wouldn't work, but it actually does). She also has pink toys, pink bedding, etc. It's safe to say that these days, we don't worry about the labels too much. Fair enough, if we had a boy I don't think we would be buying him pink clothes, but do you see adult women just wearing pink? No? Then why should we do the same with babies and girls?
I didn't think so.
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