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Once again I am reminded of how much fun it must be to shop for a little girl.
If you have a boy, I’m sure this situation is pretty familiar to you.
I head to the kid’s department and see two {if I’m lucky three} racks for boys. I look to the right and notice rows and rows of clothes for little girls.
Pink, lace, skirts, tights, frilly dresses, glittery shirts, cute headbands…
I take a deep breathe and try to focus on my real purpose – to buy my son a few items for back-to-school.
I start to look through the racks and notice that all of the clothing for boys look the same.
You have the standard t-shirts, button downs and collard shirts. Of course a few jump out at me and I think “wow that is cute” but its few and far between.
My eyes keep drifting over to the little girls section and every time I see a leopard shirt or sparkly dress, crazy thoughts run through my head like; “I wonder if my hubby would get upset if I played dress up with my boys?”
I know crazy right?
The other day I watched a mom pick out clothing with her four-year-old daughter and I was envious. She was holding up this adorable pink button down jacket and brown fall boots.
They were giggling and laughing and I remember thinking, “Its not fair.”
Funny thing is I am ok with having two boys. In fact, I actually love having all boys.
I believe it is the clothing that taunts me and makes me miss not having a daughter to dress up.
From now on when I go shopping I avoid the little girl’s section. It is much easier that way!
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also the frugal in me always notices that the sale/clearance racks are full of girl stuff and no boy stuff. do you notice that?
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I soooo understand. My BIL and his wife just found out yesterday they are having a girl…my DH and I are the only ones on both sides with boys….so lots of little girls to buy for…but none of them mine….lol…but having the only boys….these two sure do get spoiled.
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I agree! The clothing is the only thing that ever made me want t a girl! Before I knew my youngest was going to be a boy the idea of a girl was great. Ya know, one of each. Then the clothes-oh so cute. but then I saw his little tally wacker in the songram and my heart jumped with a sigh of releif! LOL I would have no idea what to do with a girl after I got her dressed! Great post.
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boys are so special!!! i have one of each and my boy makes my eyes sparkle in a totally different way!!!
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I totally understand!
I’ve always felt that boys are really getting the short end of the stick! I have 3 girls (only one lets me dress them still but I know those days are limited) and now a little boy and my choices for him are really limited! I think I’ve gone to many different stores just to find something different! And it all looks the same.
Okay – I literally got tears in my eyes reading this post. As the mom of three boys, I TOTALLY feel your pain. It’s so not fair, the clothing thing! Sometimes I stand in the girls’ section and just incredulously finger all the little dresses and frills and pink and purple and things I’ll never get to buy.
My youngest son actually has a dress hanging in his closet. But I bought it when I was pregnant with him, before we found out the sex. So that doesn’t make me insane. Right?
It would be fun to dress up a girl, but not having the fights about what to wear in the morning more than makes up for it. Especially after hearing form other moms of girls how hard a time they have getting out of the house in the morning. Boy clothes may be boring but you don’t have to worry so much about stuff matching and being weather appropriate.
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Ahh. sometimes I wish I had some boys.
Girls can be so picky sometimes.
But I get it. Avoiding the girly section all together is probably a good idea.
Unless you have a niece or somethin….
Or a friend that has a girl….
Hang in there girl.
I like this post. Thanks for writing it!
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I can totally relate to this post. Do you know what got me last week? Halloween costumes! The cute, sparkly, sweet girl costumes…and then the gross/scary boy costumes. What fun to have a princess or a fairy or something equally as adorable instead of what’s available for boys.
Of course, like you, I love my boys and love being a boy mom, but my heart aches a little at all the girly cuteness. When my older brother(who has a girl) and his wife recently found out that their second baby will be a boy, I was so excited. And that might have had to do with me being jealous that they even have one girl- didn’t want them to have two.
It’s so funny how much more there is to choose from for the girls than the boys. They need to improve the boys selections.
I often wish I had a little girl, for so many reasons. But I have a step daughter who is 10, not going on 16. And because of that I am thankful for my little boy.
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I agree! I have a boy and a girl and I have loved dressing my daughter but when it comes to boys clothes, the racks leave much to be desired. It does all look the same. BORING. I have been thankful that I have a few great friends who have passed on their boys clothes to me and they get some cute stuff. I am not sure what the designers could do to boys clothes without making it look sissyish. lol.
I saved all of my prom, wedding, bridesmaid, formal dresses for the little girl that I may still one day have to play dress up. So far, only one boy. Totally agree with you about the clothes. I try to tell myself that I was chosen to raise a boy because I have special talents beyond picking out clothes and doing girly things. Just trying to figure out what they are!
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Yep, I do the same and I only have 1 boy…for now. I think about the baby in my belly and get excited thinking if they are a girl. I can do more than ooh and aah over the girl clothes.
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Oh god yes, I totally get it. *sigh*
It’ll get easier, right??
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Aahhh, yes, I live in a house of boys. My only hope now is for grand daughters but that is still in the distant future (or at least it better be lol)
Just think how much more money we would spend if we had little girls.
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At least you can pick out some. I don’t have kids at all yet and I really want to someday. I hate walking past the kids clothing (boys or girls). A couple weeks ago I had to pick out clothing for my friends new baby… it’s not easy.
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I do the same thing every time I shop for my son!! It does make it easier though…just think of how expensive little girls would get!
That’s exactly why I buy clothes for all of my friends who have girls when the kids have birthdays!
Before we found out that the one in my tummy is another boy everyone was always asking me if I wanted a girl. I was honest in saying that I would be happy either way but that it would be fun to do the dresses and pigtail thing.
If dressing them up cute is the only reason for wanting a girl then I’m definitely better off with boys!
At least I should avoid the payback for being a snarky teen to my mom!
For what it’s worth (maybe it’s where I live, we seem to have pretty good selections on boys clothing) but I like the boys styles better now than the girls anyway.
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Maybe you ought to treat yourself to a shopping trip. Perhaps that would curb it!
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Oh, I totally understand! I only have a boy but I already have a bunch of little girl stuff in my closet…just hoping that one day I’ll have a little girl to dress her in all the stuff! I LOVE my little boy and wanted a little boy first, but it is hard when I go shopping because little girl clothes are so much more fun…and there are SO MANY more clothes than boys! I keep saying that we won’t be having a girl until a few more years, because God knows how much I’ll be spending on clothes so he knows we have to have lots of money by then…which is why I will probably be blessed with another boy whenever I have my next!
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I can totally relate. I had a serious “moment” last summer when I went to the Gap to get some maternity stuff. I had to walk through the store, with girls on one side and boys on the opposite. Oh, the pinks, the purples, the yellows in the girls’ section! The sun dresses, jelly sandals, hats, jackets, and cover-ups! The RUFFLES! I swear they were illuminated and SINGING!
Then I looked to the boys’ and saw sailboat and whale print shorts chillaxing and takin it all in.
*SIGH*
I LOVE my boy and actually do hope to have another too, but those clothes. Oh the clothes sure do get ya. And don’t even get me started on the shoes! Our local Target has a half of one aisle of boys shoes and the other half plus TWO FULL AISLES in addition to that for girls shoes. Its SO unfair.
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While it is fun shopping for and with my daughter now, I am the one who is going to be jealous of you ten years from now when you will not be arguing with your teenage daughter about her wanting to wear a tube top and short shorts!
I am still hoping my daughter miraculously turns into a boys when she hits 13. I’ll take a teenage boy over a teenage girl any day!
It is so funny that you wrote this becuase I was thinking of writing a post about how painful it is to shop for girls. My two girls (4 and 10) have very strong opinions on what they should be wearing. So much so that I hesitate to buy anyting without one of them standing right there. My four year old is the mismatched queen. she only wears polka dots and stripes and always together! I am very envious of those little girls who look so put together in their coordinated outfits.
Oh well I guess I would rather have confident opinionated girls than fashion plates!
Shopping for boys is tough! I have one girl and one boy and it’s so much easier to shop for my daughter. The clothes are cuter, plus there are so many to choose from. As you said, there just isn’t a selection anyway and the cute clothes are few and far between. I’m so with you on this post!
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I still think we should trade. I’ll toss Abby in a box and ship her to you overnight, shouldn’t be too hard on her. Then you can recycle the box and toss in one of your boys. Then we’ll each have a boy and a girl? Kewl!
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I could imagine how this would be hard – I rememer when I just had my son, the clothing options were so limited AND lame compared to the girls…perhaps when you are a grandmother, your boys will have tons of girls that you can shop for and spoil!!
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I KNOW how you feel. Seriously. It has gotten to the point where I buy my best friend’s little girl a dress or skirt almost every time I buy my son clothes b/c I just can’t resist!!
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I love shopping for all my friends who have children and I’ve noticed that the boy’s clothing is really just never as cute. I mean, for babies it’s all adorable but I see what you mean–my eyes are always attracted to the ruffles, the lace, the frilly… But I dunno what your hubby might say if you play dress-up on your boys, LOL!! No little girls in the family you could borrow for the day?
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This is so true. I never noticed before because my son is my 3rd and my fist 2 were girls. But I find that it’s actually quite difficult to find him clothes that are as unique and fun as his sister’s clothes. Drives me nuts.
haha, I love this post! You took the words right out of my mouth. I LOVE having a boy but, like you, the shopping kills me each and every time. I STILL hold up little girls’ outfits and show them to my husband whenever we’re shopping. And I live for gift shopping whenever a friend has a baby girl. I laughed at the part where you asked your husband if it would be ok to play dress up with your sons…the thought had crossed my mind before too. When my son was 2 or so I had put a barette or ribbon or something on his head. At that young age he was still sort of gender neutral looking, and I swear he looked just adorable!! For 2 seconds I was just curious…and then my husband told me to hurry up and take the thing off.
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