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I don't know why society thinks baby boys = blue and girls = pink. I wouldn't pay attention to it, just buy the color you think the baby would look good in.
I don't know why society thinks baby boys = blue and girls = pink. I wouldn't pay attention to it, just buy the color you think the baby would look good in.
Prior to the 19th century, gender neutral clothing was the status quo. Just like little two and half year old FDR up there, boys and girls under the age of six wore white frilly clothes for practicality. All white garments, no matter what a tot did to them, could be bleached.
The notion that children’s clothes could somehow shape their gender development did not come about until right before World War I. Pink was considered a stronger color than blue, and therefore more befitting for a boys. Girls wore blue because the color was deemed more dainty and feminine for its era.
We have a really neat baptism gown that has been worn by boys in my wife's family since the 1800s. Girls get baptised in it too now days but it was made for boys. It is all pretty lacy and frilly. One son in law (a good old boy Texan) looked at that gown and said no way is my boy getting seen in that fluffy dress in public.
We have a really neat baptism gown that has been worn by boys in my wife's family since the 1800s. Girls get baptised in it too now days but it was made for boys. It is all pretty lacy and frilly. One son in law (a good old boy Texan) looked at that gown and said no way is my boy getting seen in that fluffy dress in public.
Show your SIL a photo of the christening gown that's been used by generations of British royal babies (a duplicate of the original, which dates to the infancy of Queen Victoria's eldest child, is now used). Talk about silk, frills, lace and ruffles!
My father's christening gown (c.1904-5) has been used for generations in my own family. It is made of very fine white lawn, reaches well below any baby's feet, is trimmed with both ruffles and lace, and is worn with the original, lace-trimmed petticoat.
Wearing this heirloom for an hour or less in infancy has not adversely affected any of the male members of our family.
Taking the post title as a question - no, it really isn't. I honestly didn't care about gender at all.
We've had 3 pregnancies. The first we weren't going to find out - but then lost the pregnancy around 20 weeks. It was at that time we found out she was a girl.
So for the 2nd, being paranoid, we wanted to know everything as soon as possible.
For the 3rd we went back to not wanting to know. Typically didn't create any issues although we had two people on my wifes side of the family that were kind of jerks with some of their commentary, but we let it slide. We had a feeling that the baby was a boy and this was confirmed by the doctors
My little brother came many years after the rest of us - this was '88 - I still remember being outside playing with my older brother and some of our friends as my grandmother came out to tell us the verdict - was exciting
How in the world does the gender of your children have anything to do with your "manhood"
your super manly sperm doesn't produce super manly boys ... but then again, IMO those that get hung up on things like "manhood" really aren't the type to think about thinks like simple biology
The sex of our child didn't really matter to me... all that "mattered" to me was that I hope they'd enjoy the two things I did growing up (and still do)... golf and baseball. Good thing that these sports allow both boys and girls (baseball to some extent but softball is fine too of course) to play.
We had a girl on March 15... my little Jovie Lucille =)
At the rate she's growing she could be a linebacker!!! She's almost 20 lbs... just under 30 inches... and already has 2 teeth! Growing up so fast!!!!!
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