And I'm guessing your not a parent either. I know baby toys are colourful and look oh-so-fun in the commercials. Reality is, nobody including the baby really gives a damn about baby toys. My own child was best amused with a spoon or a spatula. Believe it or not, babies are not that much fun and excitement at all times. You do get bored every now and then.

174- With that being said, babies aren't toys for adults to play with. If OP was THAT bored then she could've put her son in a play-pen so he could have fun, and then done something around the house that she enjoys (read, watch a good show, watch a movie, play a game, etc).

At that age, the baby was probably happier with his mom than being left alone in a playpen to entertain himself. I don't get why people are so upset at this mother dressing up her son for fun. Yeah, babies aren't there just for their parents' amusement, but they can be amusing sometimes, and it doesn't sound like he actually had a problem with any of this. She *was* playing with him, just not with toys.

So you think it's better for the baby to be left alone, ignored in a playpen, than paid attention to by a parent? I hope you never have children.

206- Yup, that's exactly what I said. You didn't twist my words or anything. I totally 100% believe that a child should be left all by their lonesome and ignored in a playpen.

Please see my response at number 271. Too late for me to edit and put in the right place by time I found it.

I like that you clearly went through all the posts that had a negative response and thumbed them down. You must be seriously bored. Have any children that you can dress up?

in a lot of eastern countries it common to dress all children as females and even address them by a female name for the first few years to ward off evil spirits and demons also it wasn't until the late 19th century that people even bothered to dress boys and girls diffidently before the age of 3 or 4 like in the 1950's poeple still dressed little boys the same as little girls

25- How did she "clearly" go through the posts that had negative responses and thumb them down?

I agree, 17. He's just a baby. He doesn't care how his mother dresses him or has the capacity to be embarrassed. It's not as if she forced a teenage boy into girl clothes and paraded him around in public for her own amusement. And babies are so androgynous, it's not like it would have looked strange to anyone who didn't know he was a boy.

I was thinking the same thing and glad someone else thought the same.

I totally agree with you. My father-in-law walked into our house unannounced once. Caught me and the hubby in happy hour on the couch. It was the last time he came over without calling first!

Maybe she has a daughter who is older than her baby boy.

I'm curious as well, thanks for posting this question.

Maybe she chose not to find out the gender of her baby before it was born and someone was hoping for a girl? Or as mentioned, she might have an older daughter. Or there could have been a playgroup/babysitting where some of the clothes were accidentally left behind.

I was curious too. An explanation for owning the dress is in order. I'd understand not knowing the gender beforehand or having a little girl in the home but I really want to know lol

When I was a small kid, we had a big bag of dress-up clothes, mostly old-fashioned hand-me-downs from aunts and uncles. Luckily, my parents didn't take pictures of me dressing up with my older sister.

You're overreacting, this is nothing like presenting a boy as a girl full-time. BTW, I knew a guy who was dressed as a girl for years by his mother. He was pretty ******-up, but when puberty hit, he became a smooth ladies' man, because he'd grown up playing with girls and understanding their way of thinking.