My mother is crazy.

[monolayth]

So, today I hear the doorbell ring. There was no one there just a big box on my doorstep.

Its from my mother.

Inside is more baby stuff. Including more clothing. I have asked her to stop buying clothing as I have more than enough.

What makes her crazy is this. Its pink.

I am having a boy.

Two ultrasounds have proven this.

So I have a box full of pink baby clothing.

My thoughts are 1. My mother is crazy and 2. hold on to it till baby is out to be sure.

[Lil Bunny]

*snickers* No, she's not crazy. See what she's telling you is that since you ALREADY have the pink stuff you have to have another kid, preferably a girl.

[AnaKhouri]

My mom discovered Craigslist shortly after I got pregnant, so we are drowning in baby clothing! Khan is going to 2 different outfits a day for at least his first year.

And ultrasounds can be wrong (though it's less common to misidentify boys) so hang onto them!

[monolayth]

Bunny, I will hurt you.

lol am so done with the whole pregnancy thing. so getting fixed!

And Ana, Am hanging on to them till I see his male parts for myself. Which should hopefully be soon he is due on saturday.

[Soulstealer]

Maybe she wants you to dress the baby in a Korean way. Over there the colors are reversed. Also it used to be that blue was for girls and pink was for boys in the western world until the early 20th century.

[AnaKhouri]

When I saw my son, I was totally doped up on painkillers, and I distinctly remember saying in a puzzled tone, "His scrotum is huge. Out of all proportion to his tiny penis."

Apparently they just have huge testes when they're born.

[gaspode]

Doesn't matter what colour you dress children in people will always ask stupid questions
when our eldest was born people asked "oh what a lovely baby whats his name?"
we answered in unison"Samantha" and she was wearing all pink
BTW she hate pink now

[Hyena Dandy]

Maybe she thinks your baby is gonna be Liberacci?

Anyway, according to my linguistics majoring friend, he is a gender neutral pronoun in English. Sort of like "the race of men" sorta thing.

[Mike Taylor]

Maybe she thinks your baby is gonna be Liberacci?

Anyway, according to my linguistics majoring friend, he is a gender neutral pronoun in English. Sort of like "the race of men" sorta thing.

Only in books and even then not 100% of the time.

[Der Cute]

Your mother could be wishing for a girl.
Your mother could be going crazy buying baby stuff.

Does it matter...?

I'm being practical here. I'm also pg, and hell, I KNOW babies eat/sleep/shit 24/7. Infants, not toddlers...

You are GOING to need clothes. Whether it's pink, purple, green, neon orange, blue, or rainbow, your little person is going to go through 3 or 4 onsies per DAY. This is if the little hoser doesn't hose you while you change his diaper!!

Plus, if you aren't going out for pics/dinner/field trip, would it really hurt to put pink on? You're going to be tired, sleepy, grabbing the first clean thing that fits. Eh, it'll work.

And the little stinkers love to grow 3 inches overnight. So a 3mo outfit won't be fitting the next day. It's weird. You can get maybe a month's wear out of some outfits, then POOF they're too small.

If you really truly have too much clothing (aka he's born 12 lbs and wears 3-6 mo) you can get rid of the sizes that won't fit. But...use what you got! Hey, they could even be used as wipe ups, burpies, washcloths...you get the idea. (dont forget, baby consignment stores can save you a few bux and make you a few too).

I'm practical. I don't care if it's pink/green/fugly polkadotted...if it fits, and is clean, it can be used.

Cutenoob

[dalesys]

...I'm practical. I don't care if it's pink/green/fugly polkadotted...if it fits, and is clean, it can be used...

Even better usage are the pictures when he/she brings a date home...

[wagegoth]

Congratulations!

I have two sons, and since I was a tomboy, never a girly girl, and love to game, it's worked out great.

One was 8 lbs. 10 oz., 22 inches, and went directly into 6-month size clothes. The younger one was 5 ozs. smaller and one inch shorter. He wore his 3-month-sized clothes for about a month.

You will be going through lots of clothes, as noted by others. Lots of clothes. I used Huggies, but cloth diapers make great burp clothes and lap pads. I consider the vibrating bouncer seat the greatest invention ever. This http://www.toysrus.com/product/index...ductId=2574123 is a close second. Also Blue's Clues. And Rolie Polie Olie.

Put him in pink around the house. Change him into blue or yellow or red or green when you go out. Don't worry, you'll use up those pink clothes quickly.

My kids lived in stretchy pants, fleece in winter, knit in summer, and t-shirts and turtlenecks.

Both of my boys have lots of long, dark eyelashes. When my older son was about two, he had beautiful, round, pink cheeks to go with the eyelashes. I would dress him in clothes that were obviously boys' clothes, and I'd still have people telling me how beautiful my daughter was. Oh, well. Now the girls think he's the greatest thing since sliced bread. He's almost 14. Save me, please.

[HeatherWolf]

Send the pink stuff back, and have her return it for blue/green/yellow stuff.

[monolayth]

Oh I am swimming in clothing like Ana.

The father has a 2 year old nephew and all his cousins had boys so I have an Insane amount of hand me downs. Also my best friend's little sister had a boy in June so I Get hand me downs from there.

I do however know two women who are having girls within this month. So when he comes out male then Ill just hand the pink to them.

[BookstoreEscapee]

we answered in unison"Samantha" and she was wearing all pink
BTW she hate pink now

Hehe. I was at a baby shower last Sunday for a family friend whose daughter-in-law is having twin girls. I learned at the shower that Mommy does not like pink. She says she doesn't mind it in small doses but most of the stuff on her registry was greens and yellows (and this is the bedding; not much pink there.) Even the wrapping paper people used was mostly not pink. I can just picture these girls when they're about 4 and wanting nothing but princess pink.