@Cupcake Well, ladybugs are kind of an inside joke for my husband. When his neice was very little, she barely could put a sentence together, we were all talking about what animals we think we are like and I asked her what animal her uncle is, and she said, “a ladybug.” So, we have a ladybug patch on one of my husband’s backpacks, and stickers on some other things.
I think the baby’s coloring plays a part as you mention. Red on a very pale baby girl who is bald might be harsh. Primaries tend to be boy colors anyway. Although, I think in parts of Europe red is boy.
I am really not a pink person, nor much of a pastel person. If I had had a girl who knows what I would have done. I think it is ha to predict. You have the baby and do all sorts of things you never expected I think.
Like when I got married. I thought I wanted a modern, sleek, unconventional dress. Once I started trying on I wound up with a Cinderella going to the ball tulle skirted dress. LOL.