I had such a hard time shopping for baby clothes, let alone cool baby clothes or hip baby clothes after I gave birth. In fact, newborn clothing in particular was a real logistics nightmare in our household. That’s why this article from the Visalia Times-Delta just threw me for a loop. According to the article, “Karsyn Bass has more than 100 pair of shoes, 500 outfits and at least 80 hats. And she’s still in diapers.”
Wow! I appreciate that loving parents will dote on a new baby, but this is crazy! When did they have the time to buy all this stuff? There were many weeks when our daughter was little that it was all we could do to just, you know, get groceries and feed ourselves!
The article talks about borrowing things from other new parents… which I suppose would have worked if we’d have known any. But we were the first in our social circle to have a baby, so that didn’t help. I did get a ton of hand-me-downs from my mom, but frankly they were more trouble than they were worth. First of all, I was a summer baby while my daughter was born in February. The result? Nothing fit in the right season. The article says that, “If you decide to buy, keep in mind that most of the baby stuff you purchase your kid won’t use for more than a year. And that includes clothing.” That’s certainly true. All those cute sweaters of mine fit my daughter perfectly in August, but by the time November rolled around they were already too small. Second, just packing, sorting, and storing all those clothes took more time than I had. I can’t tell you the number of times I’d unpack a bag of clothes to find adorable items that I’d missed… and that were now too small! Newborn clothing was easier because it was packed separately, but many of the items were old-fashioned – certainly not what I’d call hip baby clothes!
Seriously, the issue of cool baby clothes aside, all I really wanted was to be able to dress my little one in soft and natural clothing that at least kind of matched and fit both her and the season. I was willing to pay for quality, but you know that didn’t mean I was spending $50 on designer baby sweaters either. Because yeah, babies grow like little weeds and they are also super hard on their clothes! You’d think that after wearing an item for only three months or so, I’d be able to donate it. But by then many items had stains or were stretched or worn. And that’s the other issue, if you only have a handful of items that fit, your baby is going to be wearing the heck out of them… but at the same time you’ll be doing a ton of laundry.
I wish now that I’d had access to a baby clothing service, like the kind at www.seasonalbaby.com. So instead of having to worry about wandering around in the show or heat with a new baby looking for quality affordable infant clothes, the newborn clothing comes to you. Now that’s what I call cool baby clothes!
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