SHE’S NOT A BOY!!

I cannot believe that people still mistake Maddie for a boy. She’s just about 2 years old and more so now she is mistaken for a boy. Here are some reasons I think this happens:

HAIR: It took her a while to grow a decent head of hair. Fine. But now she has a great mane of flowing curly locks. Sure this isn’t a dead-ringer for what gender she is but more often than not you would think long hair = girl. I would think a boy with very long hair would be mistaken for a girl more often than the opposite.

COLOR: This past winter she wore a brown colored coat. Since when is brown a gender-centric color. I thought it was Blue = Boy, Pink = Girl. That was the only gender rule I ever heard of. But I dress her in jeans or cords when she goes out in cold weather to the playground and most parents tell their kids to watch out for that boy referring to my Maddie. I thought brown was a neutral color. Plus we got that jacket at the GAP and I’m pretty certain that it was in the girls’ section with the only other color choice was white.

PANTS: As I mentioned earlier I usually dress her in pants, especially in winter. And call me crazy or a fashion-minded fool but I cannot stand those tight-skinned sweat pant-like leggings that are only geared for the girls. I’m not 100% sure why but I don’t like her wearing them. Maybe its because they look like sweat pants but I think they look silly especially in the butt area. They are tight in the rump and with a diaper it looks dumb. Plus they are usually very loud and bright colors and I prefer a decent yet cute and even girly blue jean or corduroy pants. So I basically only dress her in jeans and cords and this may fool most people in thinking she’s a boy. But when they have flowers and butterflies on them [which all of them have some girl-centric icon on them] this baffles my intellect. AND she’s wearing pink sneakers!

I don’t mind you asking if she’s a boy or a girl if you’re not sure. Hell, I’ve looked at some toddlers and questioned their gender but I never assumed and just spit out the first guess to the the parent. But take the time to look down at her attire for more than a second to see if you can make a good educated guess. And brown is not a boy color.