Today I bought my son a pink toothbrush. I want to say that I did it to further some feminist cause, that I want to dispel the gender stereotypes in the world and teach my son that boys and girls are equal and boys can like pink too, but really it’s because I am sick with the flu, I had to go to the store anyway because Silly Baby is also sick with the flu and I needed to get him some Vick’s Vapopads for his plugin so he can breathe when he sleep so I figured I would pick up a new toothbrush for him since he was due for one anyway. In the store it looked red, but once I got it home, opened it, cleaned it, and put it in it’s storage place, I realized it was pink. Am I going to go back to the store to return a $3 toothbrush simply because it’s pink and heaven forbid my son use something pink? No, but through this situation I’ve realized that I need to work on my own inert gender stereotypes that would lead me to even consider going back to a store to return a pink toothbrush for a boy while I’m dying with the flu.
It’s also made me realize my kid has way too many blue items.
I don’t blame you. I’d probably do the same. I like to keep things neutral, this way my little guy doesn’t go around saying, “That’s for girls!” Plus, you never know if baby number 2 might be a surprise too and end up with a little lady. 😉
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