My friends little boy is 4 and loves wearing his sisters princess or fairy dresses rather than his own builder/fireman outfits etc.  He started reception a couple of weeks ago and first thing he did was go to the dress up corner and put on the snow white dress!  Maybe he will realise hes a boy when he spends more time with the other children nursery.

Jonniesmum - my ds always wants the pink cakes & also we have the ikea plastic cups, plates & cutlery - he always wants the pink cups & plates. The other day he said that I looked pretty & that dd looked pretty & I said to him & you look handsome to which he replied no I don't I look pretty too lol!!!!  He has just started to accept that he looks handsome rather than pretty.  I think it's sweet!!!

i agree, speak to the nursery.

My son loves pink too....... he says i like pink cos you wear it mummy".

and if we go to the ice cream place or he is allowed sweets and stuff he always want the pink ones... same with fairy cakes.

Hope this gets sorted soon for you

3 under 5yrs  you must be supermum, I struggle with 2 lol!!!!

I would think it's prob to do with his little sister & he'll just grow out of it.  My ds likes playing with his sisters toys etc.  He is 5yrs next month & likes pink - I don't see an issue with it as to him it's just a colour!!!

Just speak to the nursery & get them to diffuse any further situation as they arise rather than making a big issue.

Yes his sister is younger and brother is older, it is something that has started recently but been so busy with three under fives that not sure if is since the arrival of Scarlett or not.  The nursery staff said they ignore it but from what I gather did not stop any thing going on with the other children.  I laughed at your little robot bless them hey Kids are great.  He does play with dolls alot at play school and is always kind and gentle with them and puts them up his top to feed them so maybe it is something to do with our new little bundle of fun.

I'd ask the nursery staffs advice, tell them you don't want to make a big thing of it and see if they can distract the kids if they get onto the subject again.  Do you know why he does it?  I wonder if he wants to be able to behave more 'softly' or play with dolls etc.  Someone might have said only girls play with dolls or like pink or something equally inane!

If it is any comfort my 5yr old son is convinced he's a robot!  I put it down to a very active imagination and an obsession with power rangers and transformers, but it is a pain to have to fix his wires all the time (which involves lots of tickling!)!  On the up side he rarely cries if he hurts himself, just says, good job I'm a robot otherwise that would have hurt!

I assume his sister is younger? Is his brother older?  Did he think he was a girl before she was born?  I just wondered if it was to do with not being the baby anymore if that makes sense? Without knowing the circumstances it's difficult to advise iyswim.

My little boy who is very nearly three has just started play school ( 2 weeks ago)  he is having problems as he is pretty convinced that he is a girl.  At home we pay no special attention to it but the other children at playschool are arguing with him and he is getting very upset  when they tell him he is a boy.  I have tried to show him the simularities with his brother and the differences to his sister but I really don,t want to make a big deal of it as he is so young I don,t really care if he wants to be Daisy and wear a dress as I think he will grow out of it but if he doesn,t still not a prob ( there are much worse things he could be)  My main worrie his how upset he got with the other children at playschool.  Can anyone give me some advice on how to deal with this or if anyone has had a simular experience

Thanks Suzy