Take for example:
Cute right?
Wrong! My son is NOT a "Little All Star", or for that matter a "Momma's Boy", "Daddy's Little Helper", "Future MVP" or even "Little Slugger". Gus isn't a big fan of puppies (he cries), gross and scary bugs (he cries) or dinosaurs (pretty sure he would cry).
Gus told me he likes plaids, stripes and anything denim. He gets his good taste from me.
***Amended conclusion: Gus told me that he likes plaids and stripes. He gets his good taste from Auntie Kristen.
7 comments:
I hope the purchaser of that outfit doesn't frequent this blog too often. Unless it's you. And, in that case, then why'd you buy it?
Two comments:
1. There are just as many yucky girl clothes as yucky boy clothes. "Little Diva", "Daddy's Princess", "Rockin' Babe". Not something that you put your little ones in, I'm sure. You found plenty of things for your girls to wear without subjecting them to that nonsense. That said, you're right, it is hard to find plain things for boys. But they do exist.
2. Do you really want to say anything denim? No qualifications? Are you sure about that? You want him to rock an all denim number circa 1995? Light denim button-down shirt, tucked in, with light denim pleated jeans? Um, no. What about stonewashed denim? M.C. Hammer denim? Dare I say it...Denim TAPER LEG jeans?!!!
I agree, and I don't have any girls, so my fear is that if we are ever blessed with a girl that I won't be able to find dresses that are modest for that girl. I see tons of girl clothes that are so cute, but I just know that with my luck, they will all disappear if we actually have a girl to dress. I also see tons of girl clothes that aren't acceptable for a girl of any age to wear and I don't understand why they make those styles for toddlers.
It won't be long until Gus can be like my boys and want to wear polo shirts for every day and dress shirts and ties to church. That's cute for boys.
My other complaint is that as a last resort, you can always buy princesses or something girly for girls. Take for example underwear-after toddler, boy choices are plain (they don't want plain), Disney cars (maybe ok), or something like Spiderman (my boys don't care at all). Even Disney doesn't have cute boy things.
Just be thankful that you have girls to dress cute! Some of us only have frustration with dressing boys!
The only upside is, in many ways, Hank is much easier to buy for now than Madeleine.
You need to go through Hank's baby clothes next time you're down. I have a lot of stuff I wasn't crazy about, but he had a lot of cute, plain stuff too... at least from what I remember.
The only way to get cute for boys is to pay big, big $$, a la The Wooden Soldier:
http://www.woodensoldierltd.com/browse/ensemble.aspx?cid=19&eid=556&bid=3&pgid=1&gid=-1&sid=-1
and Hanna Andersson.
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Elephant's Child: Been there, done that with Wooden Soldier, Grandma paying and wanting the boys to match. Not good quality. Really expensive. Dry clean only-makes a lot of sense for a baby/toddler? Pain to change diapers or even worse for potty trained boys to go. I've found the best bet is Gymboree sales and coupons. I did find adorable hats there at holiday time. Not quite as cute after they outgrow baby size, and still have insects and MVP type like Erin doesn't want, but also have some cute, especially around the holidays.
You might try The Children's Place. I don't know if there is one near you.
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