Can You Tell if a Baby/Toddler is a Boy Based On Hairstyle?

[trystan]

I really wouldn't have been able to tell which was which - so I'm glad I got it wrong in a way, just to say it's not very obvious I don't think.

The one on the left looked a bit like one of our neighbours (a grown up chap), so that's why I thought it may have been your dear father.

I'm sorry about that.

Trystan

[tommyfromri]

 It's mentioned that toddler boys wore much shorter dresses and this was done until they were potty trained. This site gives other clues also.  And I notice the boy is wearing a much shorter dress. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeching_(boys)    , Tommy

[LizzieW]

Tommy - I'd never thought about the length of the dress, but I did notice that my dad's - underneath the white top - was a dark colour whilst his sister had a lighter colour.

Trystan, don't worry about getting it wrong, my dad would probably think it was hilarious that you thought he was his sister and she was him. 

[Tempest55]

I know this is an old thread, but I have only just joined.

Here is a photo of me, taken probably in 1939.

My Mother always wanted a girl, so she dressed me up for the occasion instead.

I don't look like that any more, alas!

[Redroger]

Hi....It is a commonly held belief that infant boys have brows but girls don't...not sure how scientific this is though.
Carol

I think thiscomes from the archaeological practice for establishing whether a skull is that of a male or female. It is the next best to DNA so quite good.