Do you ever get sick of buying gender neutral stuff? I can't stand it anymore! I mean, I'm excited for the surprise at birth, but if I look at anything else that is beige, yellow, or green, I think I'll go mad! I have broken down and bought some pink stuff, but I don't want to spend a lot of money on gender specific colors.
GrowingUpMad
06-09-2006, 08:12 AM
Withthe first I wasn't going to find out and was going all gender neutral, that was tough! Even the gn stuff seemed to favor one sex to another. I hate the color yellow and green is not my favorite either so I was struggling. Then I got into a car accident and at the hospital they told me my "daughter" was just fine. I was so upset but then I figured it was an accident and meant for me to go pink crazy (so I did). Less than 2 months later my daughter was born..... with a penis!!! Worse than going gender neutral is going pink for your son!!
yellowcampcat
06-09-2006, 08:12 AM
I usually like yellow and green, so It wasn't a problem with waiting for my first one. Now that we're waiting on the second, I have bought some boy and girl stuff that I really like, and I guess I'll just put what this baby can't wear in storage for the next one! I am much more curious with this one that I was with #1, though! 12 more weeks to go!
Psychomom
06-09-2006, 08:18 AM
Less than 2 months later my daughter was born..... with a penis!!! Worse than going gender neutral is going pink for your son!!
:spit: I'm glad everything turned out alright, but this is hilarious!
Kelolsen-and-Padawan
06-09-2006, 08:18 AM
I think I had too much gender neutral stuff - I ended up wanting boy stuff after he was born and I thought some of the g/n stuff was too girly. I also didn't know what I like as well. Now I know what styles of sleepers I like, pants, onesies, etc. I was a little sick of yellow and green LOL. I happen to like yellow and green though and even picked out the bedding in yellow and green just b/c I liked it.
sparkygirl74
06-09-2006, 08:25 AM
If your family is anything like ours , they will be so excited to learn the sex they will start buying a ton of gender specific stuff after the birth. I barely got to use any of the stuff I had because everyone went crazy buying pink after Delaney was born!:laugh:
kkweight
06-09-2006, 11:15 AM
What about orange stuff?
cblurose
06-09-2006, 11:49 AM
I haven't found out for any of mine...due with #5 in Nov.
I only have about 10 gender neutral outfits and then now I have a girl wardrobe and a boys. I've had 3 girls and then a boy.
I think just having a few gender neutral things will get you by till you can go out and shop.
lindsayncadence
06-09-2006, 01:37 PM
i think i would just buy a few newborn gender nuetral and save money so after baby is born i can do a blowout in certain colors maybe buy one boy and one girl outfit
babydirtybike
06-09-2006, 02:29 PM
Don't forget red.
Radish4ever
06-09-2006, 03:06 PM
I bought or actually traded or paid very little for gender neutral newborn and 0-3 month stuff.......... LOTS of white and lots of yellows and greens and teals - all of which I like just fine!
THEN after Grace was born I got TONS of girly gifts for her because everyone was excited to know the gender and re-bought us some presents. LOL
I don't think it's that big of a deal the first 6 or so weeks WHAT color you dress them in unless it's for pictures or something........ So for this one I'll probably re-use our GN outfits that we used with Grace and buy boy stuff if it's a boy and reuse Grace's stuff if it's a girl ;)
Even though they'll be born during different seasons, this is West Texas we're talking about - 60 or 70 in the winter isn't unheard of.LOL
Proverbs169
06-09-2006, 03:13 PM
I don't find out (cept for the last one, DH got his way) and we had some gender neutral stuff, but only for 0-3 months. My kids are born big and grow quickly, so they are out of the gn stuff very early on. After three girls, though, I have plenty of pink for every size!
Merolu
06-09-2006, 03:24 PM
i get the basics in alot of white because I can always use some appliques, or a gender appropriate trim or tie dye to lean one way or the other once the baby arrives. honestly? i must be a weirdo mom, because I love primary colors on both sexes. not a fan of pink or pastels or lace.
EasterBun
06-09-2006, 07:27 PM
Tie dye is bright and very much GN! :D
Choose2bgr8
06-09-2006, 07:33 PM
Don't mean to hijack, but what do you do at the ultra sound? Do you just ask them not to go to that area??? I am thinking about NOT finding out if we ever have another.
yellowcampcat
06-09-2006, 08:24 PM
For our u/s they asked us if we wanted to know. we said no, so they didn't concentrate on that area. I was watching though and don't think I saw anything. Does this mean it's a girl?? Friends have told me that it takes a trained eye and them focusing on it to make a distinction.
BTW I love orange for both genders! it is a highly underrated color.:mrgreen:
Psychomom
06-09-2006, 09:28 PM
Don't mean to hijack, but what do you do at the ultra sound? Do you just ask them not to go to that area??? I am thinking about NOT finding out if we ever have another.
I'm seeing a midwife, and in my area, an ultrasound is not part of routine midwifery care. That being said, you can have one, and I did (for dh--it's a long story.) The tech asked if we knew the gender and we said no and didn't want to know. I know for my friend, they turned the screen away when they looked at that part, but at mine, I don't even think she checked. She never told us, "Don't look," or turned the screen away or anything like that.
Radish4ever
06-09-2006, 09:56 PM
At my ultrasound I told the OB I was seeing at the time we didn't want to know.......... When we switched to midwives the next week, we got a copy of our medical documents and he didn't put it in there and it wasn't noted anywhere on any paperwork, so I don't think he even really checked.
jennyofthemoon
06-10-2006, 04:56 AM
We didn't find out gender, I only had an ultrasound with the first one so it wasn't an issue. We bought a few things that were fun and bright (stripes, tie-dye, some unbleached organic cotton one-piece things (okay, those wern't bright, but they were SO soft and awesome!!). Then we went shopping once the kiddos were here! In all reality, i keep my babies naked most of the time when they are little anway, so we don't have a need for a tON of clothes, although we always end up with tons :)
For those who want lots of clothes ahead of time, though, Hanna Anderson has SO many stripes that are color-appropriate ofr both girls and boys and lots of fun!!!! (I'm big into stripes) Sears actually has some really cute bright gender-neutral stuff too.
mamabug
06-10-2006, 08:22 AM
We are expecting #5 in Sept. We have not known with any of them. I did have a 22 wk u/s with this one and just told them that we didn't want to know. Then I had my midwife appt directly following and she looked at the charts and it didn't even say on there. So, if anyone knows it is the u/s tech. As far as clothes, this is my 5th, but I have always had GN newborn things, I like them and think they are cute. Mostly just sleepers and such. I did get rid of most of my baby things, not expecting #5 and have picked up more GN stuff at garage sales. Since it is #5, I doubt we will get many baby gifts this time around...but I will go and buy gender specific things after its born...but I probably wont need much for awhile. I think babies look so cute in greens, yellows, etc!
mommy2zander
06-10-2006, 07:44 PM
I agree that red & orange & expecially tie-die are great! I also like pastels on boys & girls, but we (dp & I) are not sensitive about our son wearing "girly stuff"
We didn't find out & recieved mostly "stuff" or girly gifts... (my 2 cousins & sis knew they were having boys at the same time, so people thought we'd have to have a girl)... Anyway, we had a BOY! so we have some girly stuff waiting for a girl down the road!
Another cousin of ours didn't find out & my sis got the great idea to buy two cute outfits, one girl/one boy outfit & give them both with a gift receipt! Our cousin laughed & said "I'm only having one baby, you know?!" but my sis could see she was excited to get something not yellow or green!!
Choose2bgr8: We didn't switch to midwifery care until after the ultrasound, so we had an ultrasound, but told the ultrasound tec that we didn't want to know... For future babies, we will most likely start with midwifery care & not have an ultrasound unless its needed/wanted for dates or other health reasons/concerns...
myajdw
06-11-2006, 08:48 AM
i love white on babies and it goes either way very nicely. another thing you could do is find somewhere that has layaway near the end of your pregnancy and go shopping for both sexes and put down two separate layaways...then when you have baby dh (or someone) could go and get the money back for the one layaway that you're NOT getting and get the other one...voila instant wardrobe! we find out what we're having b/c i'm too nosey but i considered not finding out and that was what i was going to do...but i wanted to know if i had another penis in there! this is ds ##...no girls yet...
