Boys will be boys (or girls)….

Aww bless what a gorgeous pic! He will love you for that when he is older - think you are right, it should be stored in a safe place a resurrected for 21st birthday, poster size :o)

He looks absolutely adorable bless him! My other half is like that, boys should be boys blah blah blah but I don't think it matters at all when they're young as it's all part of developing and to be honest girls toys seem so much better than boys anyway! When he gets to 21 and is playing with barbies then you may need to worry! lol!

I am with you on this one, as it MadDad, both the boys have buggys, kitchens, dolls etc. I believe in letting them play with what they want. They want to copy us, their family and Maxi watched daddy dress, feed and push mini and wanted to do the same - no harm in that.

In fact they also have little cleaning kits and an ironing board too. I am determined they are going to grow up to be capable men and a catch for any woman

My son has been girly since he was a baby, and he's 6 now. I don't encourage it, but I just let him be what he wants to be and do and play with what he wants. When all he wanted with his 3rd birthday money from folk was a pink buggy and pink baby I let him buy them. However his Dad strongly disagrees. His dad is in the T.A. and done tours of Afghan and Iraq. Mans man and all that. He tries and tries to get D to play with action men and forts etc but he's just not interested!

D's fave colour has always been pink. He loves playing with the slightly younger girl next door and all her girly toys. Sometimes he's popped over from there wearing fairy costumes etc. It doesn't bother me. I just get out the camera and think "another one for the big birthday parties!".

In town one day after Christmas he found sparkly mans thong... ya know that tacky joke present kinda one? Well loudly asked me if he could have it.... PLEASEEEE. ANd of course, I said no to that one, but then when I got to the till, he'd slipped it into the basket and when I pulled it out he pleaded for me to let him have his sparkly underpants and that he swore he'd grow into them...! lol. I had to buy them then, ach they were only £1.

I remember goin to collect D one day from nursery, he was about 4 and they pulled me aside... turns out they were doing crafts and givign the boys blue paper and the girls pink... I seen what was gonna be said next. Well sort of. She tells me that D pleaded for a pink bit, and when told pink was for girls he adamantly said "but I *AM* a girl!!!". Oh his dad did not like that one bit!

I think it's just something some boys are like though! He's grown out of that a lot lately, more since starting school I guess. He's into more boyish things like Ben 10 etc. But he still likes the girly toys too though. His fave colour is still pink.

He's only 6. That's what I tell his father... he's only 6 let the child be a child.

I personally don't put much stock in gender stereotypes and I guess I'm really lucky that while my husband is quite "blokey" he doesn't care what colours Blondie Boy wears or what he plays with. I don't force gender stereotypes on myself so I won't on my son either...

We don't have this problem here, but my eldest two are boys and my youngest is a girl so have the opposite situation to you. I do think it is unfair that my daughter would be able to play with boys things and nobody would bad an eyelid (I don't think they would) and your son can't play with girls things without eyebrows being raised. Why the different 'rules'? I was a tomboy and proud, I have no problem if my daughter is the same. Jen.

Exactly, why can a girl play with boys toys but a boy not play with girls!

I agree with what you say - now just to make husband agree lol

Lol at the sparkly thong, I hope you've kept it to give him when he does grow into it.

Your husband sounds the same as mine - tries to get him to play with Action Men and typical boy toys. He is getting more into them like your little boy but is still just as happy playing with girly type toys.

His favourite colour changed from pink to green (Ben 10) every couple of days ;-)

Let a child be a child - couldn't agree more x

It's brilliant that you both agree on that and I'm sure your little boys will grow up to be lovely young men x

I know, if he is still into his Barbie and Bratz when he get's older then I'll start to panic but for now I'll just carry on ignoring hubby and letting him play with them x

Lol - can't wait to see his face when he brings his first girlfriend home and I get that one out - Classic

I remember a couple of occasions when I had the high street shop where little boys were bought presents which were more normally sold for little girls - the first was a wooden play stove (and I know as many men cook as women but I tell you we only ever sold one for a little boy that I was aware of, which is odd really) and the second was a little wooden doll's pram. This little boy fell in love with it in the shop and his mum and dad were happy to let him have it - I thought it was really lovely :-)

Both my sons played with 'girlie' toys. My eldest had a rubber baby doll that he played with constantly until one day he just left it in his room and never went back to it. (He's a big butch HGV driver now after being in the Army in Iraq for 4 years.)

My younger son played shops and cooking with 'girls' toys endlessly and was really into his feminine side, now he's a scientist with a lovely compassionate nature, but very much a man's man.

So don't worry about your little one, let him have the freedom while he's young to play out his ideas, he'll soon be grown up and you can have many hours of fun embarrassing him then!!

Thank you very much ;-)

Your boys sound like they are son's to be proud of, I hope mine grows up like that aswell.

I am going to continue to let him play with what he wants and I'll just tell my other half to shut up lol

Aaaw your shop sounds gorgeous x

I would love to do something like that ;-) Just to see their little faces.

Your are most definately right. My DS was obsessed with pink for years, had a favourite doll and loved to dress up in a pink tutu at playgroup. My DH wasn't concerned luckily and DS simply grew out of it - he's 7yo in a weeks time and now loves Ben10, rude words and pretending to shoot people! I'm very much for letting them find their own way, which is lucky because DS has a strong idea of what his own way is LOL. Love the photo BTW, the little black socks set the outfit off so nicely :oD

I think all children go through a mix gender stage - I remember the horror of one of my butch Aussie colleagues when his son announced that for fancy dress he wanted to go as a lady pussy cat...

How strange, I was just writing a post about boys & girls toys! When I get round to finishing it I'll link it to you.
Basically, I'm all for boys playing with whatever they want, we don't think it strange for girls to play with cars! Sam's favourite toy of the moment (and what prompted me to write about this) is his pink pram & dolly. I just love the look on his Dad's face when Sam pushes dolly around the living room. Especially if he's also wearing my shoes.

There's nothing wrong with it. In a few years they'll be digusted at the thought of playing with dolls etc. Let them enjoy it for now! It won't hurt. No matter what myhusband tries to tell me.

Love that pic by the way!

Great minds think alike lol

You're right - he'll be horrified at the thought of dolls at some point in a few years so I'll have to make the most of the picture opportunities now ;-)

I would have loved to see my husbands face lol

I would have loved to see my husbands face lol

You're right - children should be allowed to find out who they are on their own.

The socks are my favourite bit too x