chill out project #1

[metaphortunate]

Chill out project, today's result:

1) Attempted not to freak out about things but just take things one at a time.
2) Junebug ate dinner late, got to bed a half hour late.
3) Junebug was an entire delight all evening, with a few freakout exceptions possibly caused by hunger.
4) Junebug can go upstairs all by himself and fetch Rocket a clean bib. In fact, will insist upon it.
5) Rocket has been sucking the ol' boobs dry, but that's probably not related.

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On another note, is there like a one drop rule for gender in kids' clothing? Rocket has a blue pyjama with pink piping and I realize it kind of looks like girls' clothes to me because of that pink despite that it is like 90% blue. I mean, he's wearing it anyway because I don't care, but I thought that was interesting.

Comments

[lovepeaceohana]

That sounds like it went fairly well? Awww at Junebug wanting to go upstairs all by himself to fetch clean bibs, it's so sweet when they want to do things like that for each other (and, well, to impress their folks).

I'd probably also regard any kids' clothes with any amount of pink as designed for girls, but that's because kids' clothing tends to be very strictly segregated with regard to pink. Some colors are more flexible, but pink pretty much guarantees "for girls," with the possible exception of high-end/fashionable/dapper kids' clothes, where I've seen some pastel button-downs meant to go with suits and stuff. My kids wear what they want, though, because fuck all that noise.

[amaebi]

Back when Chun Woo was a baby and toddler, I had a "no blue without pink" rule for his clothing, which I'm afraid annoyed the adults in the vicinity quite lots.

I didn't want to, but I kind of had to give it up when he was faintly older, or insist that he wear non-functionally frilly clothing, which I wasn't about to do.

He still likes to wear colourful socks, which often means ones with pink on them, and has learned to defend this preference adeptly.

[wild_irises]

I always like to remind people that pink for girls is pretty recent (I've seen references saying Victorian times, and also 1920s). Before that, it was "dress him in manly pink, not that girly blue," because pink is related to red and red is the color of battle and war. The changeover seems to have been entirely a marketing tactic.

[wild_irises]

I gather that you and your household did not catch dancingsinging's plague? I caught a very mild version and am fine, but they are still at least a little sick home in Portland.

[metaphortunate]

We caught a different plague! Ours had runny noses, headache, sore throat and fever, but at least no barfing.

So far. I've been bleaching, like, everything in the house.

[thistleingrey]

Yes--pink is the one drop. My daughter has a dark blue top with butterflies on it and slightly puffy short sleeves. One of the butterflies has pink edging. I figure, hey, at least I found her a blue top amidst the overwhelming stocks of pink, purple, and glitter tops (purple is what some parents of girls resort to when avoiding pink, but then purple rarely appears for boys anymore as a result).

[kalmn]

They are so freaking cute when they're helpful.

[metaphortunate]

It's just adorably sweet. And then today he thanked Mr. E for carrying him upstairs at bedtime, and hugged his leg. My heart, I melt.

[metaphortunate]

I like the idea, but in reality we mostly dress the baby like he is being raised by feral clowns, because ain't nobody got time for carefully considered outfits. Also he mostly has handmedowns.

[metaphortunate]

SO CUTE.

[lovepeaceohana]

Oh aye, it's something I'm quite fond of reminding others of also :3 I'm totally that "Actually, did you know that" person when it suits.

[lovepeaceohana]

It's a very strange phenomenon to watch, especially with toys. When Lego came out with the Lego Friends line - you know, the pink Legos - I was personally kind of disgusted because I'm of the opinion that Legos are for everybody. But my aunt and girl cousins were over the moon because that wasn't the message they were getting! Without something clearly marketed toward girls, i.e. pink, they'd treated it as primarily a boy thing.

Clothes get the same treatment ;-; I've noticed that sometimes a bright, almost violent purple will show up on boys' clothes as a contrast to other loud colors - say, purple accents on a shirt that's primarily black, with maybe white, green, or orange graphics. The other exception is character graphics: Buzz Lightyear's purple wings, Hawkeye's ... everything ... stuff like that. And super-fashionable fancy dress, but I don't know that I'd count that in the same category with clothes made for regular wear.

[lovepeaceohana]

Awww <3 <3 <3

[thistleingrey]

*nods* I am hiding from pink LEGO sets. Like, I still haven't seen one in person. lalalalala.

[amaebi]

I like "feral clowns." :D