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Babies : Mistaken Gender Guesses

31 October 201110 Comments


[Our 5-month-old Brie, wearing a headband to look very obviously girlish =) ]

While we know every baby is uniquely created, I guess most of us will agree too that it’s sometimes difficult to tell for sure the gender of a baby that you happen to see.

A baby may look like a boy, but oops, apparently it’s a baby girl!

=)

I get this a LOT.

In fact, it happened so often that I was so used to smiling and replying, ‘Oh, she’s a girl’.

Without feeling offended whatsoever, I mean =)

I got this ‘mistaken gender guesses’ frequently when I had Anya, and also now that I have Brie with me.

‘Your baby boy, ah?’

‘Oh look! Baby! Baby! A boy, is it?’

‘Oh! Baby boy or baby girl?’ *and Brie was wearing a pink romper and pink socks at the time*

=)

I guess it’s basically because babies generally look the ‘same’?

Short hair. No hair. Neutral coloured clothes. Neutral coloured prams?

Anyway, I wonder if you also have had this kind of experience before.

Ever got mistaken gender guesses by strangers? Hope to hear your stories!

10 Comments »

  • wenaili says:

    Same here! My baby girl is already wearing PINK romper, PINK socks, PINK blanket, PINK mittens and people still ask “Boy ah?” *Faint*

    • Leonny says:

      haha … i totally know what you mean! you need a headband! =)

      (oh, there’s a handmade hair accessory giveaway going on till sunday, 12 nov btw … head over to Our Everyday Things FB page to enter yeah!)

  • Samantha says:

    Leon,

    Like you, i dressed Caitlin in pink. People still ask Girl or Boy. Perharps they are used to ask the question w/o thinking much;)

  • Never mind la.. It’s not easy to guess 🙂

  • yd says:

    Toby was ( sometimes still is) mistaken as a girl :p
    Aunties at the market calling him ‘mei mei’ hahaha. Maybe coz his hair is curly and we keep it long :D.
    Although his behaviour very boyish and wearing very boyish outfit…

    ah my pretty boy!! love him so much

  • Nam says:

    When Chloe was up to 2 years old, people do tend to ask if she was a boy or girl. If they knew the name first, they would never asked but I am pretty sure most of them thought she was a boy before knowing the name. Surprisingly like your experience, Chloe was wearing girlish pink colors and dress, and the first thing that you hear, is.. “Is it a boy?” Ooops, its a girl.
    Differentiating a boy or girl at an early age is difficult but it can sometimes be common sense to see what clothes(eg. princess shirt/dress) or accessories they might have on or even what’s on the pram, say a “pink blanket”. If none of this is visible,
    A word of advice to anyone, “Observe first, not speculate” :p
    Or as I would do if I am not sure, “Awww what a cute baby” “What name would this beautiful baby have?” :p Sometimes, it is corny but I rather not offend the parents by saying the wrong gender. :p

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