Mistaken gender

mysweetpeasWil&Wes wrote: Does your baby ever get mistaken for the opposite sex?? Wesley does ALL the time! I don't really understand why. He is always wearing what I consider to be "boy's" clothes, but still...people at stores are always saying "what a cute baby, how old is SHE" or "she is so pretty, I love her smile!" It doesn't really bother me. I just correct them politely, but please tell me how brown pants or a dark gray sweater would be on a girl? I do have him sometimes in a off-white fleece jacket, but girl's clothes always have bows or flowers or ruffles on them! His Robeez are so "boyish" too. Guess I have a pretty boy!

Kaitlin'smom replied: yes when Kait was a baby I almost always had her in pinks or purples and I would still get what a cute boy, how old is he. I am sorry but I would not dress a son in all that pink or purple. I try to stay gender nutural if I am not 100% sure when I make comments I will say things like oh what a cutie, whats your name, how old are you? I really try NOT to say boy or girl.

Hillbilly Housewife replied: Well it's not as bad as mistaken a grown man/woman for the opposite gender... but sheesh, babies are usually dressed in obvious boy/girl clothes.

Sure my girls wore boy clothes since I had leftovers from Zach...but around the house, not out somewhere.

MyBlueEyedBabies replied: I get it a lot too. KAty was out in a magenta sleeper with a pink bow in her hair and a pink blanket when she was a baby and we had multiple women ask about him...I think people are just dumb He's a handsome baby definately looks like a boy

Cece00 replied: Old people are usually the culprits of this, at least for me. I had my daughter decked out in pink with a bracelet, and EARRINGS and these old ladies were calling him a boy at the store once.

The other day I had someone ask me about my "daughter" (my youngest son, Jack) but he was in yellow, so I let it slide

amynicole21 replied: Yes, we get it too. Nora's hair is very curly and won't grow, so she gets mistaken for a boy a lot.

DansMom replied: Daniel has such long eyelashes and he's small for his age---anything even quasi neutral I put on him would inspire gender confusion. It still happens occasionally at grocery checkout and such.

PrairieMom replied: noone ever mistakes Ally for a boy, but in her entire life she has only work pink with ruffles.

MomToJade&Jordan replied: Oh yeah. Both of them. It took Jade 4 years to get the hair she has now so I was constantly getting the what a beautiful baby boy comments. Same thing with Jordan. I'm always dressing that child in girly clothes. Not really sure how you can look at a baby dressed in pink with flowers all over and call her a boy.

ZandersMama replied: I get that with Zav alot. Blue sleepers and a bib that says mommys little boy.......what an adorable little girl. Blahh!

Boo&BugsMom replied: One day in the grocery store, I happen to have Tanner with me and he was in an outfit that said the word "BOY" on it...all in blue too with boy things on it too. What does someone say..."how old is your little girl?". "OK...are you color blind and can't read?"!

msoulz replied: Yep, it happens still all the time if Erin is wearing anything not pink. It's no biggie to me. People don't mean any harm by it. And it is hard to tell for most kids I think!

Calimama replied: Happens to everyone. Bella has a pink stroller and car seat and people still ask.

A&A'smommy replied: Yes Alyssa got mistaken for a boy even though she was covered in PINK Wesley looks like a boy to me I don't quite understand it either!!

mysweetpeasWil&Wes replied:
What? I can't believe that! Pink stroller is definitely a GIRL!

Well we were out today and I didn't get any "she" comments. His hair is getting a bit long, so I probably should cut it just in case.

MyLuvBugs replied: LOL When Lorelei was about 6 or 7 months old. We were at the store, and she was wearing a Little yellow ducky dress with puffy sleeves and cute little white shoes that had pink flowers on them....a lady in the check out line actually said to me "He's so cute! He must be 8 months?"

I think sometimes people just say he/she because that's what on their mind. not b/c of what the child actually looks like or is. Does that make sense?

Nina J replied: I always mistake babies genders, lol. It's happened to me occasionaly, I don't mind..I hate it when I correct the person and they apologise like they've done something wrong..so I don't correct them if it happens

Mommy2BAK replied: well, don't hate me, but I seem to have a problem calling girls, boys, and vice versa. Unless they are in pink/purple or blue/green I get confused. So I try to just say what a cute baby instead of he/she.

I think it happened to me with Blakely a few times but I just let it slide, because sometimes you can't really tell in all honesty.

JadensMama05 replied: I can't think of any time when someone called Jaden a girl, except like when we went to the doctor's office in MI and we'd get called up and the nurse would ask if I wanted help with "her". Without looking at him. It's because the name Jaden is used with boys and girls. But it was originally a boys' name. But it never bothered me. I'd just say "No, I've got him" or something like that. Instead of correcting them, I just would make sure I say HIM instead of his name. I tend to avoid saying "he/she" when talking about a baby that isn't obviously one or the other. Personally, I think that Jaden looks like a boy. And he definitely does not wear girly clothes. Mostly dark colors and khaki. (Garred and I are both big fans of earthy colors and greeen is my favorite color and Jaden looks so cute in it.. most of his clothes have some shade of green on them. )