But I still have stocked up on a few things.A few too many things.
And doing so has frustrated me a tad because I've noticed something that peeves me as a future mother of a son.
1. There are 20 girl outfits to every 1 boy outfit...in ANY store I've gone into. Yeah, yeah, males are known to just wear the same thing over and over, but that's later in life when they COULD do their own laundry...not while they are babies!!! Babies are fresh and have yet to be lazy in that willing way that my husband has so perfectly adapted...(he wears the same plaid shorts for 6 days straight...of all things, plaid, so they are not indistinct, but rather VERY APPARENT...GROSS!!!) But not our babies. Lil' Dub will be untainted as yet and we will change him lots. But we don't have lots of options for changing him into. Not like girls.
2. Why do so many boy clothes, especially at affordable retailers like Target and Walmart and Babies R Us, feature an animal? It's like I see something on the racks that is so darling...cute color palette, a nice stripe pattern going on...I pull it out all excited and BOOM...a large lion is on the front, and it might even be accompanied with the saying "Mommy's Favorite Roar-er" or something equally as lame. Yeah, some girl's outfits have that too, but 80 percent don't. It's like everything is so forced with boys.Now don't get me wrong, I still buy those animal-plastered clothes. Some are SUPER adorable.
Don't believe me?
Example: go to this page and tell me how many outfits you see that don't have some sort of cheesy "Daddy's my hero" badge or an animal patch on them. ( I counted 3)
http://www.target.com/c/baby-baby-boys-clothing-shoes-infant-toddler-12M-5T-outfits/-/N-5xtj7
Now go here for the girls:
http://www.target.com/c/baby-baby-girls-clothing-shoes-infant-toddler-12M-5T-outfits/-/N-5xtic
See the diff? Yeah. Told ya.
Yeah, you can definitely find SUPER ADORABLE things like this (from Gymboree), without the furballs or such:
But then this darling darling darling outfit, loses two and a half darlings just because the raccoon is taking front stage:
Tell me you see the difference?? Now go write your favorite retailer supplier and let them know you think more clothes should be designed to make lil' boys look like lil' boy adults not like characters in a cartoon. K, thanks.
and lastly...an update on the bump. And as you can see, I've progressively gotten less attractive in the face. Or maybe I just look more exhausted because I am. Or maybe because I didn't put any makeup on. Or maybe because my husband sucks at taking photos, but I shouldn't complain because he at least goes along with these ideas. (love ya, Neil...)
Why is he lil' Dub??
ReplyDeleteCouldn't agree with you more! Instead of being frustrated by the lack of cute boys clothes, I decided to take it on as a personal challenge to find the cutest boy stuff out there! BTW, must have that Gymboree outfit! SO CUTE!!
ReplyDeleteeverything you said is very true. and i was so sad when julian was a baby because i could see all those super cute girl clothes in the next aisle over.... but be warned: girls outfits will cost you triple by the time you get all the darn accessories that go with.... (the booties, the bow, the leggings, the matching freaking baby doll! lol)
ReplyDeleteloving your baby bump, btw. still finding it hard to believe.... need to see it in person! ;)
love you!
Umm yeah try being an adult male and shop for clothes its the same stuff...oh yeah and it never goes on sale...i.e. banana repub has girl only sales! Or girl only coupons. So buy those animal clothes because the rest of his life hell be wearing polos with a animal icon/logo on the left chest...
ReplyDeleteBTW Wendy thought they were cute enough to poo her own pants...
Trust me, I'd rather have a raccoon than 80% of the things saying "I'm so cute" or "Little Princess" or be pink with glitter. Or worse the ones that say "Spoiled brat". UGH. How about we just buy clothes for each other's kids? lol
ReplyDeletePart of the problem may be that I think the raccoon is adorable. Although I *hate* sayings on clothes. I have tried to avoid those at all costs, but it's about impossible to avoid 100%. UGH again.
ReplyDeleteI actually think the little "animal" outfits are adorable. And your lil Dub will think they are too. Girls stuff has flowers or butterflies or PRINCESS written all over it! And I see lots of DARLING boy clothes! But, then...maybe I've been shopping for boy clothes lately...& I hope I haven't made a mistake! :-) & yes, you are adorable--your bump--your face (w/wout mk up) & your Neil! :-) so there! Cindy
ReplyDeleteOh Darbi! You are so funny! Love reading your blog! Gives me a good laugh. I definitely have found that out though shopping last week for this new little guy. Everything DOES have animals, some kind of ball, or saying on them. But you know what, I'll love that little boy whether he has a raccoon on his chest, or not! And you look so cute with your "bigger" bump. You look fine. And Neil is so funny! Love his picture. Love you lots! Can't wait for the next blog.
ReplyDeleteI like Janie and Jack clothes, because they don't look stupid with animals and "My parents are loving people" on it.
ReplyDeleteRight at the end of my pregnancy, the thought went through my head "I'm going to be pregnant forever…" because I literally couldn't remember what it felt like to be not pregnant. It gets a little more fun this trimester, though, because you can SEE the baby moving, and it will start responding to certain sounds soon, if he hasn't already. You look good (and your face looks fine).