Would you put your boy in this?

[speckledfrog]

Oct 8, 2014 23:41:42 GMT -5 stealthmom said:

Oct 8, 2014 21:15:11 GMT -5 speckledfrog said:

The penguin and the colors are certainly gender neutral.  I've dressed my boy in all sorts of colors, but the scalloped trim on the neck make it a girl's shirt. 

No.  it's a shirt not contraception.    little boys and girls both wear shirts. 

This reminds me of the lady ahead of me in the checkout line who looked at the play kitchen I was buying and told me how much she always wanted to buy one but she only had boys.  the look she gave me was priceless when I laughed in her face and told her I was buying it for my son. 

We do our children no favors by reinforcing gender conformity.

My son has a kitchen.  And a stroller.  I just got him a big, pink doll house. I have no issue breaking gender stereotypes.  OP asked if I would dress my boy in that outfit and I would not.

[lurknomore]

Oct 8, 2014 20:30:41 GMT -5 Yankees21 said:

Oct 8, 2014 20:03:06 GMT -5 @abbycobb said:

Hmm, it is a bit ruffle-ish. Would it look really bad if you tried to trim off the little loops? I still might have him wear it once at least.

Good idea! My H thought I was insane. Work in progress, but I think it'll look ok.

Final product pic?  I think cutting off the trim made a huge difference based on your picture last night!

[stealthmom]

Oct 9, 2014 7:36:18 GMT -5 speckledfrog said:

Oct 8, 2014 23:41:42 GMT -5 stealthmom said:

No.  it's a shirt not contraception.    little boys and girls both wear shirts. 

This reminds me of the lady ahead of me in the checkout line who looked at the play kitchen I was buying and told me how much she always wanted to buy one but she only had boys.  the look she gave me was priceless when I laughed in her face and told her I was buying it for my son. 

We do our children no favors by reinforcing gender conformity.

My son has a kitchen.  And a stroller.  I just got him a big, pink doll house. I have no issue breaking gender stereotypes.  OP asked if I would dress my boy in that outfit and I would not.

That's fine but my original comment still stands.  there is no such thing as a girl shirt.  it's just a shirt that both boys and girls are equally capable of wearing.

[ohgillian]

Yup

[soozy87]

No

[smm5623]

Eh I'm pretty loose on this. M wears clothes marketed for boys all the time

[BaliHai]

I probably wouldn't have noticed the neckline until it was on, so yes? But I think also yes even if I had noticed. I love the idea someone mentioned about pairing it with red cords.

[CloudBee]

No. The neckline is scalloped.

[CrazyLucky]

I don't think it looks girly. People don't get it anyway. I can dress my little girl in a pink shirt with hearts and ruffles and people still asked me if she was a boy.

[Deleted]

I'd have slapped that on my kid and not thought twice.
It's cute.
I am also not Captain Obvious so it would've been through the wash 3 times before I noticed the ruffles.

Nobody cares as much as you I promise.

I bought DS girl pjs. They were aqua striped with a mouse. I didn't know the mouse had a pink bow in her hair until 3525623 washes in. I also pulled DDs old winter pjs out for him because he's in a growth spurt and nothing fits more than a week!

Whatever.

[thebreakfastclub]

While I 1000000% agree that both girls and boys can and do wear shirts, pants, coats, socks, shoes, underwear, etc, I would not put my son in that shirt. The neck trim makes it a no.

[aspentosh]

I would. It doesn't scream "girly" to me, and you can pair it with jeans or red cords and that would be super cute.

But again, it's what you're comfortable with!