My almost three year old has requested a bike for Christmas (which she will in fact get for her birthday not long after Christmas). Being not yet 3 there is a long list of requirements including peddles (she is somewhat unimpressed with the balance bike she got last birthday),a basket and a seat for a doll. However, she's also asked for it to be red. This didn't seem to be an entirely unreasonable ask, until I started looking.
Has anyone seen any red 14" bikes anywhere, that are vaguely unisex?
I have two pre-school girls who are not mad on pink, and I'm very happy to keep it that way (for both 'political' reasons and because I'm a cheapskate and would like to reuse items if we have a boy in the future). However, this means that they often get the unisex/boy version of things (blue scooters/raincoats for e.g.) and I am horrified by the number of people who comment on them being 'boys' things. Part of me doesn't give a hoot, but the elder daughter is starting to notice and whilst she isn't asking for the 'pink' stuff exactly, she has started to make comments like 'blue is for boys and pink is for girls'. Which all goes to illustrate why I am so keen to find this red bike, which I'm sure must exist somewhere (without it being branded with spiderman/Disney cars etc).
Perhaps I'm asking too much...
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searching for a unisex bike and more generalised gendered toys/clothes ranting
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seafoodudon · 26/11/2013 11:50
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