Playmobil Babies

[bonniebeth]

It's only fairly recently that the "pink for a girl, blue for a boy" idea has become the norm.  In the 19th century and before it was the other way round.

Yes, I've heard it used to be the opposite. i wonder how it got switched, and if it's still the opposite in some countries.

[Ali Baba]

What would make a baby look like a boy then? No flowers and no pink? Preferably something blue?

Even when our doughter was dressed completely in pink, wearing a `daddy´s girl` shirt, people still ask whether she was a boy or a girl.

[basilsdad]

I found this picture of my dad on his father's lap, taken 100 years ago.  At that time, boys and girls were dressed pretty much the same.  I always thought that it had something to do with the ease of changing nappies.  He remembered how excited he was when he got his first pair of short pants. 
Joe 

[bonniebeth]

Even when our doughter was dressed completely in pink, wearing a `daddy´s girl` shirt, people still ask whether she was a boy or a girl.

  I guess people are just trying to think of something to say sometimes. The fact that it says GIRL on the shirt should be a clue!

[Ali Baba]

Yes, maybe that's it. Just making conversation.

Although in my experience nowadays babyclothes are more gender orientated, because people know in advance what it is going to be.

[Bill Blackhurst]

Although in my experience nowadays babyclothes are more gender orientated, because people know in advance what it is going to be.

Very true Ali Baba! People today know from 3D ultrasound images almost exactly what their child's face detail is going to look like, along with gender, before they are even born! Playmobil has produced an ultrasound machine in their set #3926, so the Klicky babies need to be more up to date with the times since their parents can see the baby in real time ! Here's to more detailed realistic PM babies!

[Gustavo]

In Brasil we use regularly pink for girls and blue for boys. Yellow is shared for both genders ..

(I didn't know it was the opposite in before and for sure I have no idea why or how it's changed ...)

And yes: we lack black babies, and blond & redhair too. (Vikings must have had babies, we hope ...)

[tonguello]

We used green and white also for both, girls and boys. The last fashion here is tho dress them in black, with colorfull attachments, very "urban".....   

[bonniebeth]

Yeah, green is fashionable for unisex baby clothes right now, too. And of course white can go either way, but doesn't seem like the most practical color for baby clothes! 

[Bill Blackhurst]

And of course white can go either way, but doesn't seem like the most practical color for baby clothes! 

Yeah, when they leak from either end!