My mother wants to know the gender of my baby !!

Padmasudha:
Give it a rest! Plenty of American kids wear hand me downs but for first babies stuff gets purchased.

 

I think Padmasudha meant well !

Here is an interesting article!
See: When Did Girls Start Wearing Pink? | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian Magazine
Also see:
http://www.amazon.com/Pink-Blue-Tel...=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1364143274&sr=1-1

 

OP:
The pink and blue question:
(fyi my background is in apparel including psychology of apparel and human development)

I frankly think that the choice of pastels for babies is probably based on what looks good on white babies. In that context, one would think that apparel choices for other races might be quite different. I remember years ago my Libyan friend (whose babies were brown) chose to make a little dress for her daughter that startled me at the time but made complete sense. She made this little dress from a white material with little brown and orange polka dots on it and trimmed it with little green and orange bows. It looked fabulous on her daughter. My goddaughter who is Tibetan (black hair, slanted black eyes) I sent little dresses with red in them. African American babies look great (especially if they are really dark) in neon green, orange, turquoise. And little blonde and redheaded babies look good in those pastels.

Choice of girl boy clothing for babies is often for the ease of the parent so you don't have to explain the sex of the little baby who looks like it could be either (most babies). Those bald baby girls with the bows taped to their heads, little baby boys in train or baseball outfits.