But it does shift the ground under my feet a bit.

I kinda felt like that too when I got my first official diagnosis of Asperger's (or high functioning autism to be up to date with the DSM).

I haven't been formally diagnosed, but I figured I'm the borders of OCD and ADHD. It's depressing to discover this sort of thing at this stage of life. I've named the self-destructive voice in my head Gary and picture him as a big grey stuffy doll so I can mentally punch him in the face. "Shut up, Gary!" t poink

Yes because sexualized messaging on infants' clothing is creepy not cute. #HumorlessBitch #ButReally

(And to be clear, I mean we should get rid of the existing onesies that assume all babies are heterosexual horndogs. Because EW.)

SOOOO EW! I have a similar rant about dog clothes. Oddly gendered and often sexualized which is so BIZARRE.

A number of people in town were a little confused when some bars had signs up saying, "No Onesies" ... until someone announced a "Onesie Bar Crawl". ew

I also thought target was moving away from boy vs girl clothes.

I fucking wish. Peanut needs new clothes, and she's already in size 6/7, and she refuses to try on anything that's in the "boy's" department, and I refuse to buy her any shorts from the "girls" department, because the "girl's" shorts are a full 2 inches shorter in the inseam.

(I mean, I know they were moving away from gendered clothing only in babies, but I wish we could just do away with all of the gender split & have clothes listed by style and measurement.)

A number of people in town were a little confused when some bars had signs up saying, "No Onesies" ... until someone announced a "Onesie Bar Crawl". ew

At least I assume that means these [link] not baby t-shirts.

Don't even get me started on gendered onesies. I was enraged about this through most of my pregnancy, and I went off on the Disney Store recently when they marketed their Endgame kids pjs as for boys. I've given into the short shorts, but I buy most of ltc's clothes and online. So she has no clue if they come from the boys or girls department. I can't imagine having to shop for clothes with her.

I have had an informal diagnosis of ADHD (inattentive) for many years. It was actually a relief, as was the more recent one of ASD (and apparently, dyslexia!). It means there's an organic *reason* for behavior that got me labeled "doesn't live up to potential" "distracted and clumsy" and "gifted but lazy" all my life. Having those letters meant I wasn't willfully stupid--and that was a relief. Behaviors I'd been trying to either mimic or correct all my life and feeling inadequate about had an explanation that had nothing to do with deliberate shortcomings. It was a tremendous relief.

As were the realizations that I'm not weird and "wrong," I'm ace and bi. All those are valid ways to be, and I'm not alone in any of them.

I'm glad to hear you feel that way, Beverly! That all sounds right to me.

And I apologize for stirring up all of the baby and kids' clothing rage for people who have to do this all the fucking time, from my very occasional attempt to buy baby clothes!

I am going to bed in clean pajamas!