My sister in law recently announced her pregnancy, for which my entire family is ecstatic! She will be finding out the gender, but in all of our excitement, many family members wanted to go out and buy baby clothes as an early gift… only many of them found it’s extremely hard to find clothing that is truly gender neutral and actually somewhat cute  (yellow ducks might be a tad overplayed). I scoured the internet for some adorable unisex clothes for our team green friends!

I would suggest mostly checking the boys’ section because most of the clothes for girls include ruffles, bows and pink, whereas for boys there are more neutral colors such as gray, black, white, blues, green and orange. In addition it’s easier to make boy clothing feminine by adding headbands, or flower sashes/belts, but you can’t usually make girls’ clothes masculine.

1. Chambray Shirt

This piece is so versatile – there are so many great chambray pieces out there. I’ve dressed J in chambray a lot – he recently outgrew his shirt so I need to buy another one. Colored jeans are my favorite to pair it with, and for a girl I think bright leggings would be so fun!

chambray | sneakers | colored khakis | mint pants | headband

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2. Cardigans

Nearly every baby brand sells cardigans that could pass for gender neutral. This one featured here is baby gap but I actually really love the H&M cardigans. Cardigans can be easily paired with dresses, feminine leggings/pants and ruffle tops and accented with headbands to keep it feminine. And with jeans, graphic tees, chinos or cords it’s easily a boyish look.

cardigan | chinos | loafers | dress | sandals

3. Leggings

Go for a neutral palette and patterns like gray, shapes, stripes dots, etc. To make it gender-specific, pair with a blouse for a girl or tee for a boy. I love checking Etsy for leggings, some of my favorite shops for baby leggings are Little Four, Newberry Park, Thief and Bandit and Salt City Emporium. Target sells $5 leggings and H&M’s legging selection is around the same price range. In addition check out this awesome DIY for leggings from Small Fry Blog.

leggings | tee | moccasins | blouse | headband

4. Plaid Shirts

shirt | jeans | knot hat | shoes| skirt | hat | leg warmers

 5. Graphic Tees

Graphic tees are probably the easiest gender neutral item in my mind. There are so many options out there and they are growing increasingly popular. Most graphic tees that are neutral are found in the boys’ section, but there are often a few gems in girls’ departments as well. Lately a lot of Etsy sellers have picked up on the printed tee trend and I love all of the original options! The tee feature here below is from eleventyfive which has several other adorable prints, but also check out Zen Threads, Coup, and Printed Palette in addition to baby stores Zara, Gap and The Childrens Place.

tee | shoes | pants | shoes | leggings

6. Rompers

This particular romper from Boden is found in the baby girls’ section, and the only feminine touch I see is the small little blue bow on the pocket which could be easily removed for a boy! Otherwise the neutral stripes and blue work beautifully for either gender.

Many brands carry gender neutral one-piece rompers as both summer items and winter (sweater one-pieces or sleep n’ play style). I especially like Gap’s collection.

romper | flip flops | hat | sandals | sweater

7. Jeans

I have to admit I stole this awesome idea from Brandy @ Heart & Habit’s post here on Hellobee. Her daughter looks adorable in her brother’s out-grown jeans. I love her term “brother jeans” instead of boyfriend jeans.

My favorite skinny jeans for J are from Gap and Gap outlet, but I’ve had good success with The Children’s Place outlet as well. I chose to use Zara skinnies for this post because they look very neutral and are also cheaper than the gap jeans. They start at size 3-6 months and go up through 24-36 mos.

jeans | shoes | checked shirt | pullover | headbands | top | shoes | sweater

8. For those of us with babies already, we know that baby spends the majority of their first 2-3 months in sleep n’ plays since it’s easier for all of us and they’re not really going out much. This is a collection of several gender neutral sleepers I’ve come across.

1. Kate Quinn | 2. Babies R Us | 3. Old Navy | 4. Carters | 5. Sage Creek | 6. Winter Water Factory  | 7. L’oved Baby | 8. Gap  | 9. Kickee Pants | 10. Nohi | 11. Nohi

Were you team green? How did you approach buying clothes for your baby?

Dressing a Boy part 7 of 11

1. Duds for Lil' Dudes by mrs. wagon
2. Fall Style for Lil' CB by Mrs. Cowgirl
3. Fall Style : For The Boys by Brandy @ Heart & Habit
4. Dressing a Boy by Mrs. Chocolate
5. Dressing Scribble in Carter's by Mrs. Sketchbook
6. Mix & Match for Fall: Boys by Mrs. Pen
7. Gender Neutral Clothing Guide by Mrs. Pen
8. Summer Wardrobe Essentials: Boy Edition by Mrs. Pen
9. Charlie and Olive Style by Mrs. Bee
10. Shop for Him in the Girls' Section by Brandy @ Heart & Habit
11. Fall Fashion for Bebe Boys by Mrs. Makeup