What do I tell people when they call my son a girl and he is totally wearing blue clothes?

Question

I was at the doctors and a lady comes up to me and says "she is beautiful" I said he's a he, then she gasped say "HE" oh well he's beautiful.

Answer 1

some people can't tell the difference, espeically in very small children (babies). and nowadays, people don't strictly dress their children in gender specifc colors anymore (like pink for girls or blue for boys). if you child is less than a year old, i would just smile and say what you said and not sweat it too much. you've got a cute kid!

on the other hand...if your son is over the age of 5...they should probably know better. and even then, keep in mind that your son might just have delicate features. don't worry too much about it now. worry about it when he's 16 and all those little girls are chasing after him.

Answer 2

People just don't think before they speak, many people do dress their girls in blue. it is just always safe to say what a pretty baby and what it the baby's name?? and if you can not tell the gender by the name than just ask... that is what I do.. I would much rather be asked the gender of my baby than to have to tell them they are wrong.. I think all babies are beautiful and a blessing from God, so it is most time hard to tell if they are a boy or a girl.. may have to get some bibs that say boy or girl on them when you are out in public... but you will still run into idiots who will not read the bibs.. just smile and say he is .... and is a beautiful baby boy.. or guess you could always change his diaper, that should shut them up !!

Answer 3

I'd take it as a compliment...your baby is so absolutely beautiful, people think he's a girl. :) This happened at least a handful of times with my two boys. Blue clothes, blue stroller, blue bib...everything is BLUE, and they say, "Oh, she's so beautiful!" I just thanked them, and said, "He is beautiful, isn't he?" They usually look very embarrased and apologize. I know it's upsetting, but even though YOU know he's a boy, it's like...why do they think he's a girl? He's a boy!! Some people really have a hard time determining the sex of babies (especially new borns).

Answer 4

I understand how you feel, but here's my story anyway.... My son had blonde curles and big blue eyes. I loved it when people would come up and say how beautiful "she" was.... cause than I would say it's a boy and they'd say OMG, he tooooo pretty to be a boy!!!... I heard it so much that I eventually became one of those parents that people would talk about, like "she thinks her son is sooooo hadsome".... I'd be just telling them " Ya, he's a boy but isn't he just tooooo pretty to be a boy"...lol well if they didn't put it in my head.....lol... what I'm trying to say is, if they are sooooo into your baby that they don't even take the time to dicifer whether it's a boy or a girl.... than just be proud!!! They think your baby is a hottie anyway...!

Answer 5

know matter how you dress him it will laways happen atleast for a few months or so , do what my mom did whn my brother was lil he had curly hair and se wouldnt cut it for awhile , well almost everyday this one guy would come up an say aww what a cute lil girl , so my mom got upset about this and dresssed my bro in a dress with nothing under it , and she walked u to the guy who always called my bro a lil girl and the guy again said aww cute lil girl my mom pulled up the dress and said girl my **** , anyway now days its hard to tell if there girl or boys cause we put girls in blue as well , all i can say is gt a bunch of bibs, t shirts , etc and have thm printed up saying im a lil boy , , but if u had a lil girl unless the lil girl is in a dress you would go through the same thing . so all i can say is just tell them hes a he and leave it at that good luck

Answer 6

people used to do exactly the same with me, I put my son in girl sleepers at home just to keep warm as I pretty much only had hand-me-downs in the beginning and lucky me I had a boy when everyone else was having girls. But when we went out he would wear one of the BLUE sleepers or BLUE outfits he had been given by family before we left the hospital. He never went out in anything that would warrent a comment about him being a girl and honestly he didn't even look like a girl. So basically all you can do is to correct them. I had to correct my step-mother-in-laws parents because my son's name is Gabriel only they had only seen pictures and seen his name written never spoken until we went to see them. They thought he was a she and that his name was more along the lines of Gabrielle.Either correct them or ignore them, especially if you don't know them.

Answer 7

Just politely tell them that he's a boy. It's understandable to confuse the gender of small babies because a lot of the clothing seems to be unisex. Even girls wear all blue.

Thank them for the compliment and don't worry too much about it.

Answer 8

I feel ya i have a daughter wearing a pink dress in the grocery store and an elderly lady said he has beautiful eyes ill i say its she or cassandra a bit louder then normal isnt that nice of the lady to say u have pretty eyes. more so its from older people and i dont think they can help it. just my opinion hope it helps.

Answer 9

What you are saying is perfect.

It is very, very hard to tell girls from boys when they are infants. If someone can't take a clue, like blue clothes, then give them a break. They are clueless. Don't get angry. Feel sorry for them.

And by the way, congratulations on your new baby.

Answer 10

Happened ALL THE TIME time to me when I was out with my son and had him dressed in blue from head to toe. What did I say? Simply, "Thank you." Either way, they were paying him a compliment. And they were right - he was a beautiful baby. : )