Do you think baby gear needs to be color-coordinated (pink for girls, blue for boys)?
or do you think that sage/ light green or tan can be okay for both? **Not their clothes, but stuff like stroller, car seat, diaper bag, etc.
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I definitely don’t think that things need to be color-coordinated. The sage/light green/tan was specifically created as a way to be neutral – for boys or girls, and so it doesn’t “clash” with home decor.
It doesn’t need to be coordinated, some people just like it that way. I personally got all neutral stuff (although there was more dark blue available at the time than sage or tan), one, because I didn’t want to find out the sex of my baby, and two, because either way I’d have neutral basics for if I had more kids in the future. Don’t get me wrong, I love a lot of the girly strollers and high chairs and such, but it just didn’t seem sensible for me.
I’m female, and I loathe the sparkly pink immediately associated with girls or Barbies; my favorite color is blue. So I see no need to color-coordinate unless you really want to shout to the world, “THIS BABY IS MALE!” or “THIS BABY IS FEMALE!”
I wouldn’t go so far as to dress little boys in pink, since that would be the opposite of what the world expects — no setting up the poor kid to run counter to society’s mores and get him in trouble. I find it a bit sad that there’s no problem dressing girls in blue (other than the mild confusion “oh what a sweet little boy”) but a boy in pink would be ostrasized.
No need unless thats what you want. All the stuff for my kids has been neutral. Mostly noahs ark printed stuff. I have boys and girls.
No need for pink and blue things for everything.
Neutral colors are just as nice.
I know you’re not talking about clothing, but I have to say, I loved mint green on my kids, both my son and daughter wore it, and still do at times.
Do whatever you want, colors are not important.
I like the sage green and tan for either a boy or a girl.
The way I see it if you go with color coordinating then its less useful for example if you have a girl and her stroller and everythings pink then you become pregnant again and would like to use your first babys things you cant unless its the same sex. also i think its nice to pass things down to people if your child out grows things and theres is in that current stage. I personally wouldnt use the same stroller or car seat for my second child unless it was in pretty good shape its just a thought but its completely opinion WHAT YOU WANT
We got everything gender neutral the first time around, still mostly have gender neutral stuff (tans, sage, navy). When our second daughter was born we went ahead and bought a double stroller with matching car seat in pink and dark gray. If we had a boy instead of a girl, we probably would have stuck with a more gender neutral stroller. I don’t think you have to stick with color coordinated unless you are only having one child or want to buy things when the second is born.