Ok, I have 4 girls...my youngest dd is 5 years old and she is a tom boy. She wears boys clothes for the past 3 years. Like boys under wear, shoes and loves batman,superman, cars and likes to hang with the boys. She was even mistaken as a boy b/c she has bob cut hairdo.

Now, it has been 3 years ago since she wore a dress. I am afraid when she enters kindergarten this that she won't have any girl friends...but only boys. Or maybe she won't have any?

I don't know...I am just a bit puzzled trying to get her to change. My dh doesn't do a thing, he says it is a phase...she will grow out of it soon. She is such a daddy's girl.

Well....does anyone else have the same experience as me?
That is my dilemma of the week...4 me.

Enclosed is a picture of me and youngest dd & my youngest ds and youngest dd at legoland:

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my daughter has three older brothers im sure she will be a tom boy Im trying real hard to make her a girl though she is only 9 months and she can already take all three of them down LOL ..... I waiting so long for a girl now she will prolly act like a boy * sigh *

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I was a tomboy and please know that there is nothing wrong with it. I wore boy clothes even when i was in high school. I wore them because they were more comfortable and i didn't want to be wearing the tight jeans and low cut shirts like all the other girls were wearing. When i was little, i played tackle football with the boys, baseball, building forts, getting dirty. But i also had my barbie collection and played house. So, it might be a phase but don't push the girlie stuff on her.......if she's like most kids, they usually do opposite!!!!

As far as her wearing boy clothes......does she pick them out herself?? Does she go in her brothers closets and take their clothes?? If you don't want her to wear boy clothes, maybe help her pick out her outfit....or lay out 2 outfits that you pick out and let her decide which one she wants?? Sorry, i'm not much help.

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I was a tomboy also and I think it was 3rd grade when I started to wear dresses again. I wanted boy clothes and boy toys ...... I just plan wanted to be a boy. I grew out of it.

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I was a tomboy, and I always beat up my little friends. There's nothing wrong with it - sometimes it's just a phase...

I like the ideas of taking her shopping or going to her closet and picking out "girl clothes". You can make it into a big deal but if she doesn't get into - that's ok. Just go for ice cream instead!! Sometimes you just gotta go with the flow. I think she's cute!

Honestly Id say leave her as she is and let her enjoy her life, it is only a phase.

Im currently and have been since I grew Up (whenever that was) a girle girl but I was the biggest tomboy you could meet.

the only skirt I would wear was my school uniform otherwise it was jeans etc and I prefered t play with boys, I think I owned one Barbie Doll

Can I tell you Im pretty different now

so enjoy your daughter as she is

Anne

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Thx guys for the reassurances!! I like the ways she is...a tom boy and she does dress her self. She likes it when I do buy her something in blue. My dh thinks it is phase.
Now I have to explain to her the difference down there b/c couple days ago she said mine's fell off to her little baby brother who is 2 years old...l laughed when she said that. It was kinda cute...what she said.

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My DD who is 8 is also a tomboy. She will not wear anything totally pink and refuses to wear a dress. I did get her to wear a denim skirt 2 yrs ago but not since. She is the middle child with boys on both sides. She is very very athletic. She plays basketball and softball. She excels at both. We have had more comments about her athletic abilities than I can count. I figure she can take up for herself better than a girly girl.

I wouldn't worry about it. It may be a phase...or it may be just who she is.

My neice went thru this "phase" until she turned 12. SHe wore ball caps and dressed, walked and acted like a boy. She played every sport offered in her school and HATED anything feminine. Finally at age 13 she started developing breast and got her period. She now dressed stylishly girlie, and even has become interested in boys. I think until they reach that "puberty" age, that they have no desire to be one or the other, they just go for comfort and fun.

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I was !! My mom would make me wear a dress or skirt to school and I'd bring clothes in my backpack to change on the bus! So I will NOT do that to my dd, age 4 1/2! She has an older brother (15) and instead of a Barbie Jeep she wanted the 4 wheeler. She is totally just like me, I played w/Barbies and stuff, but I loved sports more and getting dirty.