Should I be worried?

[jekajekalynn]

Advice needed. lol

So the other day I watched Cinderella with my 3 year old ds . Guess what?? He loved her soooooo much , he now wants PINK princess underwear!!!

His 6 year old cousin has some, and he is SOOOOOOO jelous of her. lol When we tell him "no" he gets mad and says "Boys wear pink underwear too!". Should I be worried? lol Should I break down and get him some? Should I tease him in front of his friends when he's a teen about this?

 

[luvmydogs]

I think there was a thread very similar to this a few weeks ago. He's only three, and doesn't yet associate pink with all things "girlie." When ds10 was four, he used to beg me to paint his toenails when I did mine, so I'd always paint his big toe. Although now as a self-perceived Macho Man pre-teen, he'll deny it, it's true! (And yes, I brought it up in front of his friends once, thinking he'd have a laugh, too--but he was so hurt, so I never did it again!) It freaked out dh but we've seen no permanent damage at this point.

Pink's just like any other color to him at this age, and I can pretty much guarantee you he won't be wearing pink underwear as an adult (oh, well, maybe, but I'm sure you wouldn't love him any less!)

Really, no worries.

 

[christinadei]

YES, you should definately tease him about it when he's a teen.

I say, take him to the store to try to find BOY pink underwear. There won't be any. I'm sure he doesn't want to wear girls underware (or maybe he would). Maybe discuss it and tell him if you can find BOYS underwear that are pink, he can have them. That shoudl solve the problem

 

[barkley]

let the boy have his panties! my ds is 2 1/2 years younger than his sister, and even before he was potty trained he wanted her disney princess panties (he was in love with several of the princesses and was upset that "no boy princess stuff" was out there he is now 8 1/2 and firmly addicted to his sponge bog and yugioh briefs (in fact if i could get him to wear something more than JUST his briefs for lounging around the house... ).

if he goes to daycare or preschool just forewarn him that the other boys may be VERY mean in teasing him when they catch sight in the boy's room, but if he wants to wear them at home i don't see a problem (he's gonna find out pretty fast that boy's underwear is alot more comfortable-the elastic and lacy stuff on girls ITCHES! during my first pregnancy i "borrowed" a pair of my husbands boxers-i have never looked back ).

p.s. as for the "pink" issue-you reminded me of a friend in high school who got in HUGE trouble over this. her older brother pulled some nasty stunt on her that she felt her parents did not take seriously so...knowing that her brother had gym class 1st period, and knowing that her parents were sticklers on not missing any class for any reason other than imminant death...she waited until her brother got into the shower one night and grabbed all of his underwear from the laundry, bedroom...put it in the washing machine with a package of hot pink ritz dye. big bro woke up the next morning to pink boxers, pink briefs, pink socks, pink undershirts she said the punishment was well worth the new nickname her big bro's classmates gave him "PINKY"

 

[punkin]

I think it's cute. I would go ahead and buy him some. If you can't find pink boys underwear in the store, you can always do what I do to my poor DH's tighty whities: wash them in clorox bleach and a bright red t-shirt. Beutiful pink men's underwear every time.

 

[CathrynRose]

Advice needed. lol

So the other day I watched Cinderella with my 3 year old ds . Guess what?? He loved her soooooo much , he now wants PINK princess underwear!!!

His 6 year old cousin has some, and he is SOOOOOOO jelous of her. lol When we tell him "no" he gets mad and says "Boys wear pink underwear too!". Should I be worried? lol Should I break down and get him some? Should I tease him in front of his friends when he's a teen about this?

I'd get them for him....

My boys - especially the older one - didnt care if things were "girly", if he wanted something, he wanted it. He wanted a big bright pink big wheel, for a quarter - at a garage sale. I sure liked the price and got it for him...

His grandparents didnt care for the color - but he sure didnt mind.

 

[CEDmom]

I wouldn't get too worked up about it. Let him have the underpants if he wants. Before you know it he'll have no interest in them and will only want Power Rangers, Buzz etc. When my DD was about 3 she insisted on having Bob the Builder sneakers and a hard hat. She wore them everywhere and with everything (including her Tinkerbelle costume). It made for some great pictures and great memories.

 

[DisneyDotty]

My DS was about your DS's age when pink was his favorite color. It quickly passed.
Maybe you can buy some white boxers and dye them pink? Not sure what to tell you about this one, but I agree that he might be made fun of at preschool if he wears princess underwear. Kids can be cruel at even the youngest age...
Good luck!

 

[jekajekalynn]

Phew.... lol I feel better .

Despite his love of ANYTHING Cinderella now , he is very much a rough and tumble little boy. He loves his car-cars, and boyish stuff.

I think I will go out this weekend and buy him a pair. lol

He went through this phase too about 6 months ago with My Little Ponies . His older girl cousin (who he calls his best friend,,isn't that cute? ) had some so of course he wanted wanted some. While I was apprehensive about getting those, his ma maw and papaw bought him the girliest glitteriest one they had! lol He got over that a long time ago. hehe

 

[BeNJeNWaFFLe]

If he wants them, let him have them. Soon enough he will never want to see them again. When me and my brother were younger he used to have cabbage patch kids and ken dolls. He wanted to have everything I had. Except he'd break mine so my parents got him his own. Now he would never touch anything girlie or ever admit to even talking to me.

Now about teasing him when he is older...do it. It always makes for good embarrassing blackmail later on in life.

 

[agotta]

Did anyone catch this on According to Jim last week? I don't know if it was a rerun or not. The whole show was about the little boy wanting to be Cinderella for halloween. It was hysterical. I say let him wear it!

 

[Pooh_Friend#1]

I use to watch a little boy (he was 2 1/2) and he told everyone that when he grows up he is going to drive a pink race car!!! He loved anything pink!!! He is quite the opposite now!

 

[Aidensmom]

My 4 year old son also loves Cinderella, and his favorite color is pink. He also loves Power Rangers, sports, and toy trucks. He's just a well rounded kid. (And I know that Santa has already purchased the Cinderella movie and doll that were on his Christmas list.) I don't think there is anything wrong with letting a little boy enjoy traditionally "girlie" things.

Like another poster said, if you want to get him the underwear, let him wear it at home, but kids can be awfully mean at preschool/daycare.

 

[lovinwdw]

Did anyone catch this on According to Jim last week? I don't know if it was a rerun or not. The whole show was about the little boy wanting to be Cinderella for halloween. It was hysterical. I say let him wear it!

Yes...I did. It was so funny. It was a rerun. That little boy is so cute, I can't get over it!!! I thought it was hilarous at the end when they were both walking with Kyle, him in his Cindarella dress and them as the 2 ugle step sisters!!! LOVED IT

 

[phillybeth]

let the boy have his panties!

I agree. He's not going to 'catch the gay' from wearing pink princess panties at 3 for goodness sake.

 

[Jennifer S]

Did anyone catch this on According to Jim last week? I don't know if it was a rerun or not. The whole show was about the little boy wanting to be Cinderella for halloween. It was hysterical. I say let him wear it!

I was just goi8ng to post this. It was a rerun but it was hysterical. Jim did such a great job as the dad of "Cinderella"

 

[mickeyboat]

When Emily was that age she wanted boy's style Barney underwear. No other undies would do. We bought them. It didn't hurt anything.

Denae

 

[horseshowmom]

When my DD was about 3 or 4, she asked me if she could be a boy when she grew up. I told her that she didn't want to be a boy, but she insisted that she did. It seemed a little bit strange at the time.

She was definitely a tomboy growing up (just like I was), but she's very "girly" now (and has been since age 14 or so). She was crowned Fairest of the Fair last month and has a boyfriend who adores her (it's mutual). She's sure not interested in being a boy now!