Cross dressing children

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Hi! This is my first post to the community and I don't quite know what to say. I'm not trans myself, but am Poly/Bi and have several trans and tranny friends.

I've actually joined because of my son. He's just about to turn 6 and he's asked me and his step dad if we will buy him some girls clothes. He's been growing his hair since he was 3 and he has long white blonde hair. He's liked to wear tights and dress up in my clothes, wear make up a little and stuff for the past year or two, but thats a fairly normal part of childrens development. This seems to be going on a bit longer and getting more involved than that.

I really don't mind if he is TS/TV at all, I just want him to be happy. I'm really happy and proud of him for talking to us about it. He was a little worried about talking to his step dad about it, we've only been living together as a family for a year, but he is fine about it too. They had a chat about how my son feels about it and we've all decided we will sit down with a catalogue of kids clothes and see what things he wants us to get.

I'm just wondering how old other people were when they first wanted to wear girls clothes? I know that the age it starts varies an awful lot amongst different people, and of course that TS/TV is a *hugely* wide spread field of different experiences and opinions. I just feel like I'm floundering and I'd love to have anyone elses ideas and suggestions as to how to talk to him about this. he's still little and finds it hard to fully express what he's feeling about things, but I want him to be comfortable with his body and who is is, both now and in the future.

Thanks for reading
Liz