Buying pink big items

[hannamarin]

We are looking at high chairs.
I found one that I like on sale for $29.99 even the regular priced of $50 is good. However, they only havepink in stock. We have a girl, but IF we have another, it could be a boy.
What do you think? Save money and take a chance and buy pink?
Or pay more, get a slightly different brand and get a neutral colour.
I dont really want to wait. She needs a chair now

[6fsn]

Get the pink chair and if you have a boy he can sit in it too.

[zeewifeandmama]

Jul 15, 2012 5:55:02 GMT -5 6fsn said:

Get the pink chair and if you have a boy he can sit in it too.

Agreed.

[faith194]

Buy the pink one. If you have a boy, he can either sit in it or you can sell it and buy a different one.

[satama]

Jul 15, 2012 5:55:02 GMT -5 6fsn said:

Get the pink chair and if you have a boy he can sit in it too.

Yup. This.

[hannamarin]

I just feel like my hypothetical son is pulling the short straw. We already have a pink bathtub, pink sheets, pink changing table cover. I know babies dont know but in pics, he will be surrounded by pink.
I know it doesnt matter. I just wish people didnt feel the need to get so much girly stuff for Layla.
Then again, for $30, we can buy another one.

[hannamarin]

She sits on the floor. Shame face.
She really needs a tray now that she loves her finger foods.

[redheadk]

I'd just get the pink and call it a day. IF you have a son, you can decide what to do at that point. If we were talking about a pricey highchair, my answer would be different. All of our pricey babygear items are neutral but the little/cheaper stuff is all girly.

[Deleted]

Ditto barista, all of our big items are gender neutral and would get a neutral colored chair.

[heyjude]

Would you have the same issue if your child was a boy and we were talking about a blue high chair and future girl babies?

[Deleted]

I would buy neutral. I have 2 boys FWIW. You don't even need a high chair till the kid is at least 6 months old. Just wait for another chair to go on sale.

Sorry - I just saw it sounds like you already have a child, not pg?

I wouldn't want a giant pink anything in my kitchen...... Girl or boy, huge pink plastic is fug.

[mmmomof2]

$30 is cheap enough to buy a second for the boy in the future. Our high chair got so gross after DD1 that I just wanted to chuck it and get a new one. But it was a gift from my in-laws and was over $150 I think.

[lala]

I almost always buy gender neutral for big things - well now that DD2 is a girl,too, I do buy the "girlier" option if I like it better. However, I am cheap, so I'd likely buy the pink high chair to save more money. I wouldn't think twice about putting a boy in any pink gear. I'd only not put him in pink clothes (but pink PJs would be okay!).

[hannamarin]

Jul 15, 2012 8:33:16 GMT -5 heyjude said:

Would you have the same issue if your child was a boy and we were talking about a blue high chair and future girl babies?

No because blue is neutral.
Pink is for girls.
Maybe that is sad, but it is reality. I doubt it will change in the next 2-3 yrs.
However, if my child was old enough andchose pink, I would be fine with it.

I think I will buy it since it is cheap and we might switch to a regular highchair next time (this is a strap to the chair type)

[Shreddingbetty]

I wouldn't get pink. Why not buy a boster instead? We have this one and have used it since DD was 7 months old : www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-Healthy-Deluxe-Booster-Green/dp/B0000DEW8N
You will get a lot more bang for your buck and it is small and portable

[sewpinkgal]

I love pink, but personally, wouldn't want a big pink plastic highchair in my house. I'd just get something gender neutral.

[Becca]

Jul 15, 2012 9:20:24 GMT -5 Shreddingbetty said:

I wouldn't get pink. Why not buy a boster instead? We have this one and have used it since DD was 7 months old : www.amazon.com/Fisher-Price-Healthy-Deluxe-Booster-Green/dp/B0000DEW8N
You will get a lot more bang for your buck and it is small and portable

We had a similar seat (ours has a toy tray that sits on the regular tray too) and it worked great. We used it from 6 months to 2 years.

To the original question, we bought mostly neutral things, except for the car seat. Carter would have ridden in a pink car seat - wouldn't have bothered me.

[GailGoldie]

Jul 15, 2012 8:54:53 GMT -5 @sirsleepsalot said:

I would buy neutral. I have 2 boys FWIW. You don't even need a high chair till the kid is at least 6 months old. Just wait for another chair to go on sale.

Sorry - I just saw it sounds like you already have a child, not pg?

I wouldn't want a giant pink anything in my kitchen...... Girl or boy, huge pink plastic is fug.

this is how I feel - i wouldn't want anything big and a color that didn't blend in with my house in some way... girl or boy. I can't stand big huge plastic bright colored things, etc. I'd buy something neutral- at consignment or a yard sale if i couldn't afford new.

[ilikedonuts]

We have a high chair with flowers on it, a matching bouncer, a pink bumbo and lots of other pink/girlie stuff. If we have a boy, the stuff will still work just as well for him. And I could care less that in pictures, he'll be in girl stuff.

I would buy whatever is the cheapest.

[lishie]

Id get the pink. We bought a neutral high chair but had to replace the cover with the second because it was so terribly stained. We got one at bru for $10 or so. Buy the cheap chair & get a cover if needed for #2

[geneg]

Jul 15, 2012 5:55:02 GMT -5 6fsn said:

Get the pink chair and if you have a boy he can sit in it too.

This. DS pushes DD's pink princess ride on car, cuddles with pink stuffed rabbits, and wears pink cloth diapers. Ir's fine.

[rootbeerfloat]

Jul 15, 2012 5:55:02 GMT -5 6fsn said:

Get the pink chair and if you have a boy he can sit in it too.

Yup.

[curbsideprophet]

I would not want too much pink, even if we never have a boy. I don't know if we really own anything pink for DD besides clothes. So I would go neutral or at least purple over pink.

[drloretta]

I think you're overthinking the short straw theory. It's quite possible you'll have a bunch of people buying him blue stuff, or GN.

You can always see if they have different covers for the chair, so you can get one later if necessary.

[hannamarin]

Everything worked out. In store, they had the blue one. On sale. No delivery charges.
And it was just a pink cover. It isnt a high chair, it is a strap-on seat with a tray. We have no space for a high chair and we dont eat at a table. (we dont have a dining table).

[liamsmom]

Jul 15, 2012 5:55:02 GMT -5 6fsn said:

Get the pink chair and if you have a boy he can sit in it too.

This. Who cares if it's pink?