While I understand that it is increasingly difficult to find gender-neutral baby items, I feel compelled to share (here, where I am significantly less likely to get "bitch, you crazy" looks) my list of gender-appropriate clothing/toy/decoration themes for small children:
- Dinosaurs: Gender neutral
- Domesticated animals: Gender neutral
- Mythological animals: Gender neutral
- Cryptids: Gender neutral
- Wild animals: Gender neutral (with the exception of the fossa (girls only) and the saiga antelope (boys only))
- Plants: Gender neutral
- Power tools: Gender neutral
- Hand tools: Gender neutral
- Construction and commercial vehicles: Gender neutral
- Cars, trucks, and vans: Gender neutral (with the exception of the El Camino (non-binary babies only))
- All meteorological and atmospheric phenomena: Gender neutral
- Space: Gender neutral
- Sparkles: Gender neutral (but if you give my kid an item that sheds glitter in my house, I will find you and I will hurt you)
- Super heroes: Gender neutral
- Historical persons: Gender neutral (with the exception of William Hooper-signer of the Declaration of Independence (girls only), William Hooper of Ohio (boys only), and William Hooper of PEI (Canadians only))
- Fictional characters: Gender neutral
- Political persons: Gender neutral
- Mythological personages: Gender neutral (but maybe stay away from entities that could turn said infant into an equal volume of spiders, out of an abundance of caution)
- Sports iconography: Gender neutral
- Footwear: Gender neutral
- Images of garments on garments: Gender neutral
- Stripes, spots, and geometric designs: Gender neutral
- All colors: Gender neutral
Please note the lack of "creepily sexualized slogans" on the list, as these are not appropriate for babies of any gender.
Thank you for your attention.