2nd+ time moms who are expecting a different gender

haleymay18 · October 2011

If you bought gender specific items for number 1 are you reusing them?

Everything of ours is pink, pink, pink! We are buying new blankets, boppy cover, changing table cover and clothes but that is about it.

Smithuga · October 2011

Same here...re buying blankets, changing covers, but that's about it. I'm the opposite of you though my DD will be surrounded by blue!

robynlynn83 · October 2011

After three girls, we have a LOT of girly things.....

We are buying the same things new as you. We sold all of our girl clothes (up to 18 months were DD3 is now), blankets (that she isn't attached to), etc in a consignment sale once we found out #4 was a boy.

Our carseat was girly but we planned to get a new one anyway (we needed something that fit a longer length since our kids are super skinny but long) so we got a neutral carseat. Our crib was recalled when DD3 was one so we replaced that too (although, obviously not sex specific).

I think I could have been fine with pink and purple blankets for this kid but, after three kids, it was nice to see some boyish things in the house!!

tosh24 · October 2011

I know I'm Team Green, but I wanna play!

We bought mostly gender neutral items the first time around for big stuff (bedding, stroller, car seat, etc.) so we're safe there. As for the blankets and washcloths and some of the sleepers....this baby will just have to deal with a little pink if it's a boy. I'm not going to dress the poor boy up in frills, but if I need to use a more girly looking sleeper or blanket here and there, I'm not going to worry about it....the kid will never know the difference.

I'm sure if it's a boy we'll be getting spoiled with tons of boy stuff anyway, so I'm not too worried

Kelly1109 · October 2011

Ugh - we are team green this time around and its so hard!!! I went through DD's clothes and pulled out anything that could be gender neutral and probably only have 2 sleepers, 3 onesies and a few blankets! Most of our bigger items - stroller, swing, pack & play, etc are gender neutral so it really is clothes & bedding that we'll need.

Cherryblossoms07 · October 2011

We bought gender neutral big items - stroller, car seat, etc. since we knew we would be having another within a few years. The only gender specific things we really have are clothes and a few small toys and we are buying those new.

Nichole06 · October 2011

I went through DSs stuff, and all the REALLY boy stuff gave to a coworker who is having a boy soon. DD will have some stuff that DS used, but a lot of the big stuff we bought in gender nutral colors even though we knew DS was a boy. We knew we were going to reuse it when we had another. It is probibly different putting a boy in lots of pink covered things with flowers and stuff vs putting a girl in blue stuff with cute bugs and baseball things. I know my DH would not want DS in a pink blanket, but DD is fine with some beautiful blue ones.

Moozilla11 · October 2011

Everything we have is pink or sparkly pink. Putting a boy in pink wont kill him in my opinion lol. If a family member has a problem with us putting him in a pink carseat or a pink bed or pink PnP or pink stroller etc etc then they can help pitch in towards investing in something new lol but so far the only one that may have a problem with putting our boy in girl stuff is DH.

capulet · October 2011

We bought mostly gender-neutral stuff, partly because there are so many boys in DH's family I figured we wouldn't have another girl, partly because I'm not a big fan of pink (DD is, but it took a couple of years for her to develop that opinion). I actually bought a fair amount of blue stuff because I figured there was nothing wrong with using blue for a girl and I like blue. Though that might be why everyone mistook DD for a boy until she had hair...

amanda~mm · October 2011

We are obviously buying new clothes. I have some gender neutral blankets and socks and onesies I can reuse. I have a pink swing I am going to sell, but everything else I have is gender neutral. I am going through all my clothes and taking pics to sell them, but it is such a huge job, and I hate asking people if they want to buy my stuff... ugh! I need to just have a garage sale, but I was hoping to clear out stuff before the baby comes!

heatherjh · October 2011

I'm a second time mom, but they'll be nearly 14 years apart

I am using some of my sister's recieving blankets and reg. blankets for around the house, from my nephews -this is the first girl after 8 boys born in our family. For the most part we'll have lots of pinks but I want to introduce other colors until she discovers her own favorite color.

BFab11 · October 2011

The carseat and stuff leans more toward boy, but the pattern is GN enough I don't mind usin it for DD. The only new stuff we're getting is clothes, and seeing as we're in an opposite season, we'd have to do that even if this were another boy.

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