This morning, I woke up around 6:30, after having been in bed for twelve hours. With only a brief break to eat dinner, and get MrMan ready for bed. I'd say this week wiped me out. I probably overdid today, too - going in to work for a couple of hours, doing various errands, trying to comfort MrMan as he got his first haircut from someone other than me....
One of the things we bought was a helmet for MrMan, just in case he... I don't know... happens to get a tricycle for his birthday. His first choice was a pink one. Cotton candy pink. To be honest, I wasn't so on board with that one, but was talking myself into it. (It's true that pink is traditionally for girls in this country, but do you really want to buy into that? This is the color your son is choosing. Why teach him the "rules" if you think they're silly?) But Sam was never going to be okay with it. MrMan was not interested in the helmet with ducks. Or the outer space theme. We all finally settled on one that is dark purple and magenta.
Posted by Shokufeh at November 17, 2007 07:50 PMSo true how we find ourselves buying into all that gender stereotype stuff despite our intentions. I have always felt like I am beyond the pink-for-girls/blue-for-boys thing, but recently at a birthday party, H chose a pink bottle of bubbles from the favor basket, and I found myself about to suggest the blue or green bottle to him instead. I let him take the pink, of course, but I was surprised at my initial reaction.
Posted by: Arin at November 17, 2007 08:41 PMIt's more about the boys than it is the girls. No one objects to a girl playing with dinosaurs or cars or choosing a blue tricycle. Perhaps the women's movement has impacted our childhood so that we are allowed to play with more than just dolls and tea sets. Unfortunately, boys have not benefitted from this "liberalization of the rules".
Posted by: MamaGus at November 18, 2007 02:14 PMIt's more about the boys than it is the girls. No one objects to a girl playing with dinosaurs or cars or choosing a blue tricycle. Perhaps the women's movement has impacted our childhood so that we are allowed to play with more than just dolls and tea sets. Unfortunately, boys have not benefitted from this "liberalization of the rules".
Posted by: MamaGus at November 18, 2007 02:18 PM