Poor Ella….every time we go out, people always think that she’s a boy. All because on those occasions, I dress her up in something with blue color in it. Today was one such occasion. Someone gave us a Cookie Monster bodysuit and she looks simply adorable in it and I love to see her in it. The thing is, it’s mostly blue because Cookie Monster is blue. And just because she was in it, a neighbour from the unit next door thought she was a boy when we bumped into them on the way to the bank.
But that wasn’t the only occasion. I can think of at least 2 more recent occasions where people thought she was a boy. One was when she had on a blue knitted jumper my MIL had knitted for her and the other was when an Avon rep came over [because I signed up] and I had Ella in a blue bodysuit, and she was just lying on the rocker. The most bizarre comment we got with regards to her being a boy was about 2 weeks ago when we were out for breakfast and when we took her out of the pram, the ladies in the next table obviously oooh-ed and aaah-ed at her and then asked if she was a boy. That was when she had the blue jumper on BUT that wasn’t the giveaway. Turns out just because of her full head of hair, they thought she was a boy!! How peculiar….it got me wondering if baby girls here were meant to be bald. But then Ted showed them that she had pink socks on.
I really don’t get it. Why do people ALWAYS assume that if a baby wears a certain color ie. blue = boy and pink = girl, then THAT is their gender?? Does it mean that in order for people not to assume we have to dress our babies in white and all the odd colors is it? I personally don’t assume that if a baby is wearing blue, that it’s a boy because obviously, girls are allowed to wear blue too, you know? After all, baby girls can wear blue but it would be really weird if a baby boy were to wear pink. Funny eh? I know I wouldn’t dress my baby in pink if it was a boy - would look way gay! lol If it sounds bias, I’m just being honest.
Ps. This is a repost from Ella’s blog coz I know many of you don’t actually go there but I wanted to see what you have to say to this. :)
by wuching, on October 29 2007 @ 9:58 pm
put her in a multi-color outfit!
by Dawn, on October 29 2007 @ 11:01 pm
I noticed folks over here has the same mentality in regards to the color of the outfits. I have seen baby girls in green, yellow, pink, white or what Wuching said, multi-color.
by pelf, on October 29 2007 @ 11:19 pm
Honestly speaking also, I will only resort to thinking that blue = boy and pink = girl if I cannot tell visually whether a baby’s gender. Sometimes it’s quite difficult to tell a baby’s gender because (to me) almost all babies look alike!
by anjali*, on October 30 2007 @ 10:06 am
Well, this only proves one thing - We girls are more lucky, coz we can wear any color there is. Not the guys. Heh.
by merv, on October 30 2007 @ 2:38 pm
Dry dressing up the kid in black and see what people say
I once saw my niece in blue and thought for a moment if I had a nephew. I swear that we’ve been so brainwashed by this color thing
by Che-Cheh, on October 30 2007 @ 3:01 pm
If I don’t know the gender of the baby I will refer to the clothes the baby wear. Hehe
by Ashish, on October 30 2007 @ 10:58 pm
What are colours?