Mammas with boys this is normal right?

What was/is your 1-2 year old boys like? Mine is for a lack of a better word "girly". He loves to play with baby dolls, carry purses, put on hair bands of his sister's, paint his nails (he would probably love to put on make up if I let him) and brush his hair or other people's hair. His favorite color is hot pink and he throws fits when I won't buy him pretty dresses at the store or fluffy pink hats ect. I know he is to little to care or realize that a lot of this stuff is for girls and not boys and honestly if DH wasn't around I would just buy him the damn dresses and let him get all dolled up and everything. But Dh gets pisses when I let him do the littlest "gay(as DH calls it not me)" thing like let him play with dolls or paint his toe nails. I try to tell DH this stuff is normal. I told him my brother did this and that when he was little but he thinks my brother is f*ed up in the head anyway. So tell me do you think these are normal behaviors for a 1-2 year old boy?

If he has an older sister, that is probably a huge influence on what he likes right now.   1 of my younger brothers was the exact same way,... His favourite colour was pink for THE longest time. He's pretty "manly" now... I hate calling my baby brother manly,   lol

My SO's son was like that & he still is to this day. He's almost 6 now. Has 1 brother. Spends a lot of time with other boys/males.
We noticed it a couple years ago when he watched Beyonce - Single Ladies on the MTV music awards. We dvr'd it and he'd watch it constantly.. dancing just like her.
Needless to say my SO isn't too happy with it. But what can you do?

I guess it depends on what you mean by normal. It's normal for him to want to explore things other than footballs and the color blue, yes.
It's not gay at all and your husband is being an ass, his mom probably has a picture of him wearing heels or something at that age, and it didn't make him gay.

My son is 5 1/2, he's been doing that for a while.
Sometimes he'll squeeze into DDs clothes, or pretend to be a girl from a movie.
At one point he kept saying he was a girl, if I remember correctly.

My son did not. but he is very sensitive and a little more whiney than other boys and my DH considers that "gay" too. always pisses me off wheb he says that

I think it is pretty normal when there is a younger female in the house, like his sister. DS is our only one so we don't have any girly type stuff here. I have considered buying DS some dolls for him to play with just so everything isnt so rigidly boyish ya know? My friend has a 2 yr old with a sister and he likes to out on her shoes and dress up with her. They don't have the capability of knowing gender specific things like dresses are for girls and not boys. He just has the influence from seeing a sibling wear and do these things.

I would let him express his interest as much as you can without your husband freaking out. It is what it is, and there is nothing wrong with it. It doesn't mean he will be gay or anything else. I wish your husband was more accepting of that

its very normal my 2 year old loves putting necklaces on and he will sit there and brush my hair. He also plays with baby dolls with his little cousin. I wouldnt worry about it

both my sons play with girl things and their sister plays with boy things. we dont care. DS wanted his own baby doll for christmas so thats what he got. I dont see anything wrong with it hes just a kid. and my youngest son carries around a barbie and he takes baths with it and sleeps with it. and she goes whereever he goes. her name is mr. smee. lol. they will be embarrased later in life about it. lol

Quoting Kayla [ ]♥:" If he has an older sister, that is probably a huge influence on what he likes right now.   1 of my younger ... [snip!] ... His favourite colour was pink for THE longest time. He's pretty "manly" now... I hate calling my baby brother manly,   lol"

Yeah that is the funny thing though DD hates those things and always has. I have to MAKE her wear dresses when we go out some where nice and hair bands to keep her hair out of her eyes ect. Her favorite color always has been blue and I am not huge on pink so pretty much all her stuff is blue or purple or green ect. I think it is cool either way. And honestly if all my kids grew up to be gayer than smurf I couldn't care less. I love them and who they are no matter what any one else might think. It just pisses me off that I want DS to be able to express himself and DH gets pissy if I so much as talk about getting DS his own baby doll.

Quoting 1inpink2inblue:" Yeah that is the funny thing though DD hates those things and always has. I have to MAKE her wear dresses ... [snip!] ... me off that I want DS to be able to express himself and DH gets pissy if I so much as talk about getting DS his own baby doll."

Haha I wasn't much of a girly girl, either. I know with my brother, he had the thought of... "Well, she doesn't want them so I do!" He never directly said it, but I always got little "make up kits" and stuff and never play with them, and he would jump at the chance to.

Quoting Simply Mom:" My son did not. but he is very sensitive and a little more whiney than other boys and my DH considers that "gay" too. always pisses me off wheb he says that"

  
mine is incredibly sensitive and whiny too. He did chose to play princesses at our last play date instead of with the boys though, but the girls had stickers... who doesn't like stickers?  

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Not trying to be rude but I have a nearly two year old son that does not like any of those things & would probably freak out if I tried to paint his toe nails or put him in a dress. I grew up with two brothers & have three nephews & have never witnessed this. However it is probably just a phase he is going through I would think, if his dad doesn't like it try to play into the things your son enjoys in a more "appropriate " way like finger painting with hot pink paint & dressing in other costumes.
A lot of celebrities who have come out as gay say they noticed something was different when they were younger & enjoyed what the girls did, I am by no means saying you're son is gay or will be gay but if that were the case it's not like it's a bad thing... & it shouldn't be treated like a bad thing & as far as his dad getting mad you should let him know you guys as parents should not be constricting who your son truly is, so what if he likes hot pink & getting dolled up? It could mean something or it could be a phase but either way who cares if it makes your child happy?