Is is OK to Paint nursery yellow?
Debbie
might not be a good color for the baby. The yellow is not a light
pastel color and at the same time not a bright yellow it is more like
the yellow of a mango ;)
Please share your ideas about this color.
Thanks
Deb
Pete Saunders
Debbie wrote in message <35A79C58...@nospam.com>...
i think it would be a beautiful pastel color your your little one. you can
accent with so many other pastels!
good luck to you.
Bridgett
Spiros Triantafyllopoulos
: A friend of mine is an interior designer, she used to work at a
: Wallpapers Plus store, and she said it is amazing how many people
: end up repainting yellow nurseries because the babies don't like
: them. They got to the point where they were actually advising
: people against yellow, and recommending they paint another color, and
: accent with yellow wallpaper borders or something. Apparently
: yellow is too stimulating to babies or something.
You guys rang? Man, it's been a busy week here at the misc.kids.*
paint advisory board...
Yellow has two problems; first, it's a *&%*&^%*&^* to cover over after
you paint yellow and decide you hate it :-). While repainting a couple
bedrooms with what was supposed to be "Pale Sun", a peach-like yellow
pastel, something went haywire and we ended up with nasty yellow. Brrr.
I finished painting one room to see what it looks like...
Bad News! Warning, Will Robinson! Took TWO coats of regular pastel
paint to cover it.
Second, bright yellow colors screw up the color of other things in
the room... I'd agree with the 'too stimulating' part, after all,
taxicabs and other public safety vehicles are often painted yellow
(Ryder trucks, too :-)).
I agree with your friend; yellow gives nice accents, but as a base
in itself, it's not a good idea. If you just bought the paint,
see if you can add some color base into the recipe to change it
a bit...
Spiros
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at home in Central Indiana www.primenet.com/~strianta
Barbara MacRae
>>Just bought yellow paint for the nursery and have heard that yellow
>>might not be a good color for the baby. The yellow is not a light
>>pastel color and at the same time not a bright yellow it is more like
>>the yellow of a mango ;)
Well, I would never presume to tell anyone what color to paint, but
since you asked...
A friend of mine is an interior designer, she used to work at a
Wallpapers Plus store, and she said it is amazing how many people
end up repainting yellow nurseries because the babies don't like
them. They got to the point where they were actually advising
people against yellow, and recommending they paint another color, and
accent with yellow wallpaper borders or something. Apparently
yellow is too stimulating to babies or something.
-Barb, #2 due 8/3/98, coming home to a sky blue room
Jeannie
boarder and the top white. I think it looks very nice. Our first baby was
a girl and now we are preparing for the birth of our little boy.
Unfortunately they have to share the room for a while, so I am glad I
didn't paint it pink. It is a very nice (not too pastel, and not too
bright) color. I say go for it!!
--
Jeannie
Mom of Emily (11-9-96) and ??? (11-23-98)
Debbie <d...@nospam.com> wrote in article <35A79C58...@nospam.com>...
> Just bought yellow paint for the nursery and have heard that yellow
> might not be a good color for the baby. The yellow is not a light
> pastel color and at the same time not a bright yellow it is more like
> the yellow of a mango ;)
>
Jared and Debra Richardson
her bathroom yellow and it really didn't look that great. She ended up
wallpapering over it. I've never painted with yellow before though...
>Debbie wrote in message <35A79C58...@nospam.com>...
Eva & Matthias Ettmayr
>Just bought yellow paint for the nursery and have heard that yellow
>might not be a good color for the baby. The yellow is not a light
>pastel color and at the same time not a bright yellow it is more like
>the yellow of a mango ;)
>
>Please share your ideas about this color.
>
Sounds exactly like the paint I used for repainting our nursery
recently. I painted one wall in bright yellow and mixed the rest of
the paint with terracotta colour so that it is rather the colour of
corn or saffron. Our 3 yo daughter adores her new room, is very
proud of it and likes the colour very much. Our 10 mo son takes his
nap there but is in bed with us as night so he spends not so very much
of his time there. Still, he likes playing there with his sister and I
have not noticed seen negative effects.
I have read somewhere that yellow is a very good colour for nurseries
because it creates a warm atmosphere without creating too much
activity in the child (like red).
Hope this info is of some help for you.
Eva
Isis
magazine titled "A color to use carefully in the nursery". The article
states that "Infants tend to cry more in yellow rooms. The brighter the
color, the stronger the reaction. While bright yellow walls are cheerful
and energizing, they can become too stimulating. This doesn't mean you
should forgo yellow in your baby's room altogether, though." They suggest
using the sunny hue in moderation and in a mellow tone. "For example,
choose a pale yellow, such as a pastel. Or you could combine yellow with a
glaze (translucent paint) to create a softer, muted color".
None of that is my personal opinion!
Now for my question:
my baby's room was already (before I learned of my pregnancy) painted a
pale/pastel blue. I am having a girl. Do you think I should repaint the
room? Should I paint it a more "girlie" color? My nursery colors are pink,
green, yellow and blue pastels so I figured I could get away with leaving it
blue (despite the fact that I'm having a girl). My favorite color as a girl
was blue, and my bedroom was blue so I didn't think much about my baby
girl's room being blue....until now that is :)
Debbie wrote in message <35A79C58...@nospam.com>...
>Just bought yellow paint for the nursery and have heard that yellow
>might not be a good color for the baby. The yellow is not a light
>pastel color and at the same time not a bright yellow it is more like
>the yellow of a mango ;)
>
>Please share your ideas about this color.
>
>Thanks
>
>Deb
Isis
Isis wrote:
>> blue (despite the fact that I'm having a girl). My favorite color as a
girl
>> was blue, and my bedroom was blue so I didn't think much about my baby
>> girl's room being blue....until now that is :)
>
>
Hamilton wrote:
>Since when is light blue not a girlie color and why would one want
>a 'girlie' color anyway? Light blue is actually rather feminine -- know
>any older or teen boys with pastel blue rooms? My daughter on the other
>hand has had a pale blue room throughout her childhood and teen years
>and it is rather common color choice. I can't imagine why you would
>repaint a pastel room simply because of the child's gender.
Isis wrote:
VERY good points...And I was kinda making those same points myself when
saying that "my favorite color as a "young" girl (I've always been female :)
was blue, and my bedroom was blue so I didn't think much about my baby
girl's room being blue....until now that is :)" I guess I just needed a
second opinion, and I thank you for giving it :)
Laura Rompot
;-)
Laura and Maggie
Unfortunately, though, we are moving into a house
> that has a pink bedroom and just found out we're having a boy. I'm not
> fanatical about blue for boys and pink for girls, but somehow I just
> can't see putting a boy in a pink room, so I guess we're going to have
> to paint. Sigh!
>
> --
> Alison D.
> & Baby D. due Aug. 28
> a...@sprynet.com
Laura Rompot
>
> I wrote:
>
> > Unfortunately, though, we are moving into a house
> > > that has a pink bedroom and just found out we're having a boy. I'm not
> > > fanatical about blue for boys and pink for girls, but somehow I just
> > > can't see putting a boy in a pink room, so I guess we're going to have
> > > to paint. Sigh!
>
> >
> > Uh oh, your gonna make someone mad with that one!!!!!
> >
> > ;-)
> > Laura and Maggie
>
> pink-bordered poster of _The Runaway Bunny_, even though it's a boy?
>
>
Wellllllllll, hmmmmmmmmmmmm, OK, I guess it is alright ;-) Still,
you're just asking for trouble making a comment like that !
I can't believe you are due so soon...my gosh how time flies!
Laura and Maggie
Hamilton
<is...@nospam.enterpriseit.com> wrote:
>
> Now for my question:
> my baby's room was already (before I learned of my pregnancy) painted a
> pale/pastel blue. I am having a girl. Do you think I should repaint the
> room? Should I paint it a more "girlie" color? My nursery colors are pink,
> green, yellow and blue pastels so I figured I could get away with leaving it
> blue (despite the fact that I'm having a girl). My favorite color as a girl
> was blue, and my bedroom was blue so I didn't think much about my baby
> girl's room being blue....until now that is :)
Alison D.
> Now for my question:
> my baby's room was already (before I learned of my pregnancy) painted a
> pale/pastel blue. I am having a girl. Do you think I should repaint the
> room? Should I paint it a more "girlie" color?
I think blue is fine for a girl's room. A friend of mine painted her
nursery blue because she was told she was having a boy...it turned out
to be a girl after all, but the nursery is still blue almost 2 years
later, and her daughter likes the room just fine! It doesn't look too
masculine or anything. Unfortunately, though, we are moving into a house
that has a pink bedroom and just found out we're having a boy. I'm not
fanatical about blue for boys and pink for girls, but somehow I just
can't see putting a boy in a pink room, so I guess we're going to have
to paint. Sigh!
--
Alison D.
> Unfortunately, though, we are moving into a house
> > that has a pink bedroom and just found out we're having a boy. I'm not
> > fanatical about blue for boys and pink for girls, but somehow I just
> > can't see putting a boy in a pink room, so I guess we're going to have
> > to paint. Sigh!
Laura Rompot wrote:
>
> Uh oh, your gonna make someone mad with that one!!!!!
>
> ;-)
> Laura and Maggie
Yeah, I know. But what if I say I am still planning to put up my
pink-bordered poster of _The Runaway Bunny_, even though it's a boy?
Laura Rompot
Laura and Maggie
in the horrible two week wait.........
Amy Jones wrote:
>
> I was raised in a yellow nursery, with orange (ok, it was called "melon") carpet
> and yellow, orange and green wallpaper on one wall....I suppose I grew up
> ok....LOL....but you can sure tell it was the 70s, can't you?
>
> Amy
>
> LeahV21 wrote:
>
> > >I painted my nursery yellow.
> >
> > I did too and when the boys got older I did there room in primary colors so it
> > worked out real neato. I have never heard bad things about yellow :)
> > Leah
> > Mom of Cody& Alayna (7) Eryk (5) and Martena (3)
> > and Rottweilers Duchess & Roxy
> > and Cat Ricci
Laurel Halbany
<is...@nospam.enterpriseit.com> wrote:
>Now for my question:
>my baby's room was already (before I learned of my pregnancy) painted a
>pale/pastel blue. I am having a girl. Do you think I should repaint the
>room? Should I paint it a more "girlie" color? My nursery colors are pink,
>green, yellow and blue pastels so I figured I could get away with leaving it
>blue (despite the fact that I'm having a girl). My favorite color as a girl
>was blue, and my bedroom was blue so I didn't think much about my baby
>girl's room being blue....until now that is :)
Why on earth would it be necessary to repaint it a "girlie" color? The
Gender Segregation Police are not going to be checking your nursery.
Laurel Halbany
wrote:
>Unfortunately, though, we are moving into a house
>that has a pink bedroom and just found out we're having a boy. I'm not
>fanatical about blue for boys and pink for girls, but somehow I just
>can't see putting a boy in a pink room, so I guess we're going to have
>to paint. Sigh!
Why? Seriously. I genuinely don't understand why it's a problem for a
boy to be in a "girly room" but okay for a girl to be in a "boy-y
room." Could somebody please explain it to me beyond "it just doesn't
seem right?"
LeahV21
Catherine McDiarmid
colors so it
>worked out real neato. I have never heard bad things about yellow
:)
>Leah
I've been following the thread and, since no-one else has mentioned
it, I thought I'd throw this thought in. When I was pregnant with my
first, my mom told me not to dress my babies in yellow for the first
month. She said it was because they get jaundiced at birth - but I
didn't know what that was, so I just thought she was crazy!
All three of my boys developed jaundice shortly after birth. But I
went ahead and dressed my babies in yellow anyhow. With the yellow of
their skin, they looked so much worse in yellow clothing than they did
in other colors . . .
Just a concern for the early weeks, but I just can't imagine how
they would have looked in a completely yellow room. <smile>
--
Catherine McDiarmid, at <mailto:born...@idirect.com>
Owner of Born to Love, a natural baby product catalogue
65+ articles on diapering /parenting.
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Cheryl Orosz
holly Hobbie wallpaper on one wall unfortunately), and you can do lots with
decorating to make it seem more "girlie" if you want to. For example, you can
use pink sheets in a pastel to complement the blue and do mixed blue, pink, or
even purple, green, etc. decorations.
If you make a big deal about colors and symbolism, it's possible your family,
friends, or possibly even your daughter will pick up on it and personally I
think there is enough stereotyping out there without contributing to it by
stressing and sweating the small stuff.
Just my 2 cents,
Cheryl
Isis wrote:
> I just happened to come across an article in the Summer 1998 Parents
> magazine titled "A color to use carefully in the nursery". The article
> states that "Infants tend to cry more in yellow rooms. The brighter the
> color, the stronger the reaction. While bright yellow walls are cheerful
> and energizing, they can become too stimulating. This doesn't mean you
> should forgo yellow in your baby's room altogether, though." They suggest
> using the sunny hue in moderation and in a mellow tone. "For example,
> choose a pale yellow, such as a pastel. Or you could combine yellow with a
> glaze (translucent paint) to create a softer, muted color".
>
> None of that is my personal opinion!
>
> Now for my question:
> my baby's room was already (before I learned of my pregnancy) painted a
> pale/pastel blue. I am having a girl. Do you think I should repaint the
> room? Should I paint it a more "girlie" color? My nursery colors are pink,
> green, yellow and blue pastels so I figured I could get away with leaving it
> blue (despite the fact that I'm having a girl). My favorite color as a girl
> was blue, and my bedroom was blue so I didn't think much about my baby
> girl's room being blue....until now that is :)
>
Cheryl Orosz
dress styles have often influenced women's this century, especially "business
clothing") but not the other way 'round? (e.g. transvestitism) Also seems to
be true for behavior/manner to a certain extent, etc.
Anyway, I just think pink is a sort of angry color. And if I *wear* pink, it
makes me look angry, flushed or washed out depending on the shade, unless it's
hyper-bright or almost-purple anyway. I'd ratify changing it for 'it's a color
with bad vibes' or 'we just don't like it' any day. But changing it *just*
because your child is a boy? Why bother?
Cheryl
Alison D. wrote:
> Isis wrote:
>
> > Now for my question:
> > my baby's room was already (before I learned of my pregnancy) painted a
> > pale/pastel blue. I am having a girl. Do you think I should repaint the
> > room? Should I paint it a more "girlie" color?
>
> I think blue is fine for a girl's room. A friend of mine painted her
> nursery blue because she was told she was having a boy...it turned out
> to be a girl after all, but the nursery is still blue almost 2 years
> later, and her daughter likes the room just fine! It doesn't look too
> masculine or anything. Unfortunately, though, we are moving into a house
> that has a pink bedroom and just found out we're having a boy. I'm not
> fanatical about blue for boys and pink for girls, but somehow I just
> can't see putting a boy in a pink room, so I guess we're going to have
> to paint. Sigh!
>
Penny Gaines
>Now for my question:
>my baby's room was already (before I learned of my pregnancy) painted a
>pale/pastel blue. I am having a girl. Do you think I should repaint the
>green, yellow and blue pastels so I figured I could get away with leaving it
>blue (despite the fact that I'm having a girl). My favorite color as a girl
>was blue, and my bedroom was blue so I didn't think much about my baby
>girl's room being blue....until now that is :)
We painted the nursery green (for grass) at the bottom and blue at the top to
make a basis for an outside scene. The moses basket cover I made was navy
and white. This was before we knew what we were having, and were surprised at
some of the comments. But both a boy and a girl have had the room, and they
seem OK.
If you like it, I'd leave it. How many people will get to see the room
anyway?
Penny Gaines
Alison D.
> Anyway, I just think pink is a sort of angry color. And if I *wear* pink, it
> makes me look angry, flushed or washed out depending on the shade, unless it's
> hyper-bright or almost-purple anyway. I'd ratify changing it for 'it's a color
> with bad vibes' or 'we just don't like it' any day. But changing it *just*
> because your child is a boy? Why bother?
Because this is the first time in my life I will ever have a room I can
paint (I have always lived in apartments) and I'll be darned if I'm
going to leave it a less desirable color when I have free reign to do
whatever I want to it. :-) Now, if it were going to be a girl, I
probably would leave it pink just to save the hassle of picking another
paint color and repainting when very pregnant, when pink would work
fine, though I would still try to change it up with wallpaper borders &
stuff like that. But I must say, I don't like pink much even for girls,
and I particularly don't like the color of pink in this bedroom (it's
kind of a sickly pink), so I'm almost relieved to have a good excuse to
paint it! And pink does not go with the bedding set I've picked out,
either (a unisex Classic Pooh theme).
Amy Jones
and yellow, orange and green wallpaper on one wall....I suppose I grew up
ok....LOL....but you can sure tell it was the 70s, can't you?
Amy
LeahV21 wrote:
> >I painted my nursery yellow.
>
> I did too and when the boys got older I did there room in primary colors so it
> worked out real neato. I have never heard bad things about yellow :)
> Leah
Mary Samios
Cheryl Orosz wrote in message <35ACD844...@orosz.cnchost.com>...
|Not mad, just amused. I guess it's okay for women to imitate men (menswear
|dress styles have often influenced women's this century, especially
"business
|clothing") but not the other way 'round? (e.g. transvestitism) Also seems
to
|be true for behavior/manner to a certain extent, etc.
|
Well, transvestitism aside, I've always thought that a pale pink shirt with
a burgundy power tie worn with a charcoal grey or black suit was sharp!
You're definitely right about the double standard -- most people will let
their little girls wear blue hand-me-downs, but how many dress their baby
boys in pink? Not very many, I'm afraid!
Mary
mother to Lili (5-3-95), Jenny (9-21-97), and ???, (2/14/99)
Mary Samios
Alison D. wrote in message <35ACE0F3...@sprynet.com>...
But I must say, I don't like pink much even for girls,
|and I particularly don't like the color of pink in this bedroom (it's
|kind of a sickly pink), so I'm almost relieved to have a good excuse to
|paint it! And pink does not go with the bedding set I've picked out,
|either (a unisex Classic Pooh theme).
|
|--
|Alison D.
|& Baby D. due Aug. 28
|a...@sprynet.com
Well, back to the subject line here -- pale yellow works very well with
classic Pooh. So, by the way, does pale blue or pale lavender.
My daughter has "new Pooh" in her room now with pale lavender walls and
yellow bed skirt. She doesn't want the Pooh bed spread anymore -- she wants
a plain red (her favorite color) one! I think that pale colors are good for
babies rooms because they are easier to paint over, so that the walls can be
a color that reflects the *child's* taste as he/she grows.
Just my .02!
Cheryl Orosz
chosen are both perfectly fine reasons to change the paint. As I said, I'm not much
for pink either.
Cheryl
Alison D. wrote:
> Cheryl Orosz wrote:
>
> > Anyway, I just think pink is a sort of angry color. And if I *wear* pink, it
> > makes me look angry, flushed or washed out depending on the shade, unless it's
> > hyper-bright or almost-purple anyway. I'd ratify changing it for 'it's a color
> > with bad vibes' or 'we just don't like it' any day. But changing it *just*
> > because your child is a boy? Why bother?
>
> Because this is the first time in my life I will ever have a room I can
> paint (I have always lived in apartments) and I'll be darned if I'm
> going to leave it a less desirable color when I have free reign to do
> whatever I want to it. :-) Now, if it were going to be a girl, I
> probably would leave it pink just to save the hassle of picking another
> paint color and repainting when very pregnant, when pink would work
> fine, though I would still try to change it up with wallpaper borders &
> stuff like that. But I must say, I don't like pink much even for girls,
Alison D.
> Why? Seriously. I genuinely don't understand why it's a problem for a
> boy to be in a "girly room" but okay for a girl to be in a "boy-y
> room." Could somebody please explain it to me beyond "it just doesn't
> seem right?"
Honestly, it wouldn't bother *me* at all. But what would bother me is
the millions of comments I would get from my parents and friends. It's
not worth the hassle when I don't even like the color pink! In fact, the
only reason I would leave the room pink if it were a girl is that it's
not worth the hassle of trying to justify to everyone why I would be
painting it when I was very pregnant and when I was having a girl
anyway--neither DH nor my parents would approve of my making more work
for myself in that situation, and I don't even know if they'd help me
with the painting (and I would not do it myself when 8 mos. pregnant). I
actually would like to have a blue room with white sponge clouds for a
child of either sex. But DH & I both agree that the whole pink/blue
thing is just an arbitrary cultural construct & doesn't even make much
sense (in fact, I think in the 1700s pink was mainly worn by men), and I
have seriously considered getting a pink Piglet outfit for my child
regardless of the child's sex.
Debbie
after painting we feel that it will work out.
If the baby experiences problems we'll worry about changing it then, and
I'll let the newsgroup know 'yellow did not work for our baby'.
Debbie
Laurel Halbany
wrote:
>In fact, the
>only reason I would leave the room pink if it were a girl is that it's
>not worth the hassle of trying to justify to everyone why I would be
>painting it when I was very pregnant and when I was having a girl
>anyway--
Oh, you're one of those *polite* people who has a low-conflict
relationship with her in-laws. :*
"We're hoping he'll grow up to be gay, and I hear that leaving the
room pink will really help with that."
"Pink? Are you blind? That's purple."
"No, no, this is *our* room. The baby's sleeping in the master
bedroom."
> and I
>have seriously considered getting a pink Piglet outfit for my child
>regardless of the child's sex.
I would do it--why not? Bring a camera, so you can capture the
priceless expressions of shock and horror....
My mother managed to impress me when she was shopping for baby #2 and
buying all kinds of frilly pink stuff. I said "You'd better hope it's
a girl, because if it's a boy, he *will* be wearing this." Mom said
"So what? Your little brother wore *your* hand-me-downs."
Tecia300
(Laurel Halbany) writes:
>
>"We're hoping he'll grow up to be gay, and I hear that leaving the
>room pink will really help with that."
>
>"Pink? Are you blind? That's purple."
>
>"No, no, this is *our* room. The baby's sleeping in the master
>bedroom."
>
Laurel, I *love* these, especially the first one! :-)
Candy
(Isabel and Peter)
Sandy Morris
>Why? Seriously. I genuinely don't understand why it's a problem for a
>boy to be in a "girly room" but okay for a girl to be in a "boy-y
>room." Could somebody please explain it to me beyond "it just doesn't
>seem right?"
The same reasons why girls can wear boys' clothes/play with boys' toys, but
not the other way around. The message being that it's okay for a girl to
express 'masculine' traits, but it's not okay for a boy to express 'feminine'
traits.
Sandy
Cassandra of Troy
>You're definitely right about the double standard -- most people will
>let their little girls wear blue hand-me-downs, but how many dress
>their baby boys in pink? Not very many, I'm afraid!
We did. Our son got some prenatal "hand-me-down" rejects from a friend
who had a boy. She didn't want the girls' clothes, so we took them. And
our son wore them, thinking nothing of it. ;) :)
I like to play a game with letting people think he is whichever gender
they want. I'll just play along with them when they think he's a girl. :)
If they asked his name, I'd smile big and proudly tell them his name --
which is a unisex name, BTW. ;)
Too bad people in this culture start foisting their sexual hangups on
their infants right away. We're trying to keep away from that with our
babies, but it's hard to say how successful we will be. I think it will
largely depend on how much outside influence there is on them (which is
going to be less than most kids have: we live in an isolated rural home
and will homeschool them. *No* TV, either.)
Sincerely yours,
Cassie
(PGP public key available by finger)
Mary Samios
Both of my girls are usually dressed in fairly girly clothes -- Lili because
she chooses them herself (she's three now) and Jenny because she wears
Lili's hand-me-downs. I still hear all the time what a beautiful boy I have
(partly because Jenny is as bald as a cue ball!). Sometimes I correct them,
sometimes I don't -- but I always thank them for the compliment.
Heck, I've got gorgeous kids -- whether someone else thinks Jenny is a boy
or a girl is the least of my problems!
Mary
mother to Lili (5-3-95), Jenny (9-21-97), and ???, (2/14/99)
Cassandra of Troy wrote in message
<199807210015...@nym.alias.net>...
Cassandra of Troy
>Heck, I've got gorgeous kids -- whether someone else thinks Jenny is
>a boy or a girl is the least of my problems!
Mary, you've got that right! I wish more people would focus on the
inherent beauty of all children instead of trying to squeeze them into
gender roles long before they're even born!
Wishfully yours,
Laurel Halbany
<Use-Author-Address-Header@[127.1]> wrote:
>I like to play a game with letting people think he is whichever gender
>they want. I'll just play along with them when they think he's a girl. :)
>If they asked his name, I'd smile big and proudly tell them his name --
>which is a unisex name, BTW. ;)
You're lucky. Usually the first thing they ask me is "What's his
name?" Some of them actually don't catch that Miriam is a girl's name.
:*
Ultrasound says we're having a boy next, so he'll get to wear his
older sisters' hand-me-downs; I got rid of all the really stupid stuff
that they never wore, like lacy dresses, but there are plenty of pink
outfits that are quite nice. This should be interesting.
"What a beautiful little girl! Hi, sugar! What's her name?"
"Harry."
>Too bad people in this culture start foisting their sexual hangups on
>their infants right away. We're trying to keep away from that with our
>babies, but it's hard to say how successful we will be. I think it will
>largely depend on how much outside influence there is on them (which is
>going to be less than most kids have: we live in an isolated rural home
>and will homeschool them. *No* TV, either.)
It's impossible to shield them entirely, but so far we've had great
success with our 3 1/2 year old. She attends a Jewish preschool part
time, doesn't watch TV (we recently got one with a VCR so that Mom and
Dad, who never go out, can watch movies!), and has a lot of 'uncles'
and 'aunts' who don't fit stereotypes. Haven't heard anything about
what boys and girls are "supposed to do/be" from her at all--oh,
except that she seems really puzzled that Daddy doesn't have a vulva
like everybody else in the family. :*
Cassandra of Troy
>"What a beautiful little girl! Hi, sugar! What's her name?"
>
>"Harry."
LOL!! Well, if you're like me you might want to say "Harriet" just to
keep the game going well. But your approach sounds like fun too. :) :)
So, is that going to be his name? Harry Halbany? :)
>and 'aunts' who don't fit stereotypes. Haven't heard anything about
>what boys and girls are "supposed to do/be" from her at all--oh,
>except that she seems really puzzled that Daddy doesn't have a vulva
>like everybody else in the family. :*
One of my favorite lines in the movie/musical "Paint Your Wagon":
[at the birth of a baby]
Lee Marvin: "He's deformed!!!"
Clint Eastwood: "He's a girl!!"
That's actually my SECOND favorite line. While it's terribly OT to tell
my favorite one, I will anyway. :) Lee Marvin had taken the wholesome
teenage son of a visiting religious & respectable family and tried to
corrupt him. He gave the boy enough cigars & whiskey to kill a horse, but
the boy just wanted more (without showing any ill effects.) Then he took
him upstairs in the saloon and said to one of the ladies: "I give you the
boy. Give me back the man."
No, that wasn't the good line. It was when Lee & the boy returned for
dinner with his respectable family. The boy asked for some cigars and
whiskey to round out the wonderful meal. The father was appalled and
furious. The son innocently protested:
"But father, if you're missing out on cigars and whiskey, you are
missing the second and third finest things in life!"
(Well, maybe that's not so OT; this NG is devoted to the finest thing in
life. ;) :)
Finely yours,