boy clothes shopping sucks.

[black&gold]

Personally, every time I go to buy stuff for my niece or a friend who's having a girl I can honestly say I'm reminded how girl stuff isn't that much better. They always have an annoying animation on their stuff too.. like jeans with flowers on them, or shirts with little cats or whatever. I always thought girls stuff was way better, but I'm personally feeling like that's not the case. Let me tell you.. NOTHING is cuter than a little baby boy wearing skinny jeans from the girls section - I am not joking, both my boys have worn girl jeans up until probably 18 months. Throw on a cute t-shirt, or plaid button up and you have one adorable little man! I am constantly getting compliments on how my sons are the cutest dressed boys ever.. and I swear, it's the girl section skinny jeans!!!!

[BabyGirl4Me]

I took back a lot of the blue gifts I got for DS and exchanged them for neutrals. I'm so glad I did because they made GD more bearable and I get to re-use all those darling little clothes all over again for my DD. Even though I am having a girl, I'm actually not shopping for pink right now and am grateful for that because DH and I are saving to buy a house next year. We can't wait to be homeowners. So, yet another good argument in favor of gender neutral baby clothes.

[isis]

Personally, every time I go to buy stuff for my niece or a friend who's having a girl I can honestly say I'm reminded how girl stuff isn't that much better. They always have an annoying animation on their stuff too.. like jeans with flowers on them, or shirts with little cats or whatever. I always thought girls stuff was way better, but I'm personally feeling like that's not the case. Let me tell you.. NOTHING is cuter than a little baby boy wearing skinny jeans from the girls section - I am not joking, both my boys have worn girl jeans up until probably 18 months. Throw on a cute t-shirt, or plaid button up and you have one adorable little man! I am constantly getting compliments on how my sons are the cutest dressed boys ever.. and I swear, it's the girl section skinny jeans!!!!

that sounds really cute! i'll have to try that haha!

[1+2+3boys]

I looked in the girls jeans section online too!

[Dreamofpink]

I always try to go for the greens, oranges, yellows etc as I love bright colourful kid's clothes. I hate the slogans with attitude on t-shirts from about the age of 5, either that or in the UK kids clothes are often 'styled' like adult clothes which I also hate. Why would a little 6 year old boy want to wear drainpipe jeans with canvas shoes to climb a tree?!! I just wish that clothes manufacturers would let kids be kids and keep the clothes simple & colourful. Urgh, it's so hard going into the shops and seeing 2 rows of girls clothes to the 1 row of boys, so I often hunt for bargains in the charity shops. I got a lovely pair of NEXT linen boys summer trousers in immaculate condition for 90p! I also got a lovely very padded GAP body-warmer for £5. As ds1 goes through the knees in all of his trousers within a couple of months, it makes sense to buy quality second-hand.

But yes, I totally get your desire to buy girls clothes!! In reality though I think I'd just end up dressing any DD of mine in the same kind of clothes with the odd pink flowery t-shirt. Dresses and skirts are adorable but used to drive me mad as a young tomboy!

[1+2+3boys]

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Just had to post this pic of my boys at 10 months old since I was posting it elsewhere anyway http://genderdreaming.com/forum/mult...identical.html. Boys clothes shopping can be awesome if you know where to look. These were hand made and from a trade website so a rare and lucky find that I actually brought for my DS1. At the time I thought I wish I had twin boys so I could put them one in each so I can't say all my wishes are un-granted!

[lemonade]

I agree that boy shopping doesn't have to suck. In fact it can be just as fun as girls' shopping if you know where to look and what to look for. I've had tons of fun shopping for my son. Also, from what I've seen of girls' sections, a lot of it is just as garish and ugly. Animal print, loud colors, sparkles, logos and characters all over everything.

As soon as he started sitting up, I have loved dressing my son like a little old man in the cooler months, with chunky pullover sweaters, vests and scally caps. Few things are cuter than a baby boy dressed like that, and he'd get nonstop admiration.

Before he could sit up, I loved dressing him in rompers and one pieces, and those adorable baby legging pants. He looked unbelievably cute.

I avoid all sports things, logos and writing, loud colors and graphics, skulls and all those things that take away from the sweetness of my baby boy. I also loved putting him in neutral things in the earliest days too.

I've had LOTS of luck with Baby Gap and H&M especially. Old Navy, Carters, Crazy 8 and Gymboree can sometimes be good too if you're choosy.

Granted, I've only ever shopped for a BABY boy, so I'm not sure if things start to go south once they get out of the baby and toddler sizes. But I will continue my quest for good boy clothes!

[Shakti]

I definitely get this! So much boys and girls clothing is way more about trying to get them to conform to typical gender roles than I'd like. For boys clothes, I'd rather not get ones with ferocious dinosaurs or monsters on them. Their vision of masculinity needs to not be about aggressiveness. Also, I really can't stand clothes with badly drawn teddy bears, over-the-top characters (tasteful ones are ok), etc.

I'd rather stick with clothes that my husband wouldn't be embarassed to be caught wearing an adult-sized version of. I'm in Europe, so far I've had ok luck with H&M and HEMA, but other affordable ones would be good.

[prettyflamingo]

I HATE the boy clothes. My sister and I used to spend hours trawling the girl clothes sections, dreaming if how we'd dress our baby girls if we had them, and we've ended up with five boys between us. I constantly come out of the shops crying with frustration and how ugly the boys clothes are and how beautiful the girls clothes are. What I simply don't get at all is who decided that boys could only have dinosaurs and monsters and transport! I HATE those things. Why can't boys have cute long sleeve tops in white with little rabbits or elephants in them? Or even little stars or teddies or anything oter than horrible slogans. Also the UK is all about making baby boys look like teenagers which is silly. I only buy very few things for my boys, all plain or classic, and occasionally I do find cute babyish things in gap or h and m. I too dress my boys in girl skinny jeans in winter with little braces and white t shirts or little body suits. I know it will get harder as they get older. So frustrating. So sad. So jealous if everyone with little girls.

[trifecta]

NOTHING is cuter than a little baby boy wearing skinny jeans from the girls section - I am not joking, both my boys have worn girl jeans up until probably 18 months. Throw on a cute t-shirt, or plaid button up and you have one adorable little man! I am constantly getting compliments on how my sons are the cutest dressed boys ever.. and I swear, it's the girl section skinny jeans!!!!

I did that too, for my older boy! He is skinny and very long-waisted so I needed the shorter inseam. My younger boy has a more athletic build but he also has longer legs so I couldn't use any of the girl jeans on him and had to buy new ones from the boys' department. I like Old Navy for jeans. I always get trendy sneakers for them, too. That's my weakness. Little white dresses break my heart but I do find things I like for my boys.