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RE: [apmultiples] Re: gender stereotypes

Ok, I have to LOL because just yesterday Lexie was wearing a "sleeper"
that looked like a Ravens football jersey & Ashlyn started the day out
in a sleeper with "Redskins" teddy bears all over it (dh claims it was
an accident that he "forgot" to put a waterproof cover over Ashlyn's
cloth diaper when he changed her that morning, but I find it suspect
since I'm the Redskins fan & he's the Ravens fan LOL). Anyway . . .
obviously, I don't think football clothes are too "boyish" for my girls
:-) But I am less likely to be surprised if people think my kids are
boys when they're wearing those outfits LOL.

LaRee & the twins
http://pages.ivillage.com/lareebrown/

-----Original Message-----
From: Valerie White [mailto:valerie forevermail com]
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 4:17 PM
To: apmultiples yahoogroups com
Subject: Re: [apmultiples] Re: gender stereotypes

At 02:35 PM 1/12/04, you wrote:

> >
> >It's funny that so people are against pink for the girls, but I've
> >yet to hear someone with a boy say she/he doesn't dress him in blue.
>
>Well, I'll chime in for you to say that I avoid sports, motorcycle and
>other "boy" themed clothing for my oldest, a boy, and now that he is
older
>(almost 7) work hard to find clothes that are in bright colors and
>interesting designs, rather than the sea of khaki, dark green, and dark
>blue which seems to be what boys are expected to wear.

We took a picture of Perry in a pink all-in-one at eight weeks and
posted
it on our website and boy did we catch it from Judy's mother!  Seemingly

she was sure we had condemned him to a lifetime of being light in his
loafers.

It's an interesting question whether there are things we would limit to
one
or another of the twins.  Yes, Jocelyn has some ruffled onesies that we
wouldn't put on Perry, but I don't think there is anything we wouldn't
put
on Jocelyn.  Mostly, we try very hard to keep the wardrobe unisex so
that
either baby can wear anything in the drawer.  (The ruffled onesies were
a
gift from guess who--Judy's mother.)  We also have generally avoided
"boy
stuff" like fake baseball uniforms, football jerseys, etc.  Both of them

wear dinosaurs, trains, trucks, elephants, geckos, pooh bear, penguins,
polar bears, etc.

Valerie



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