To the baby clothes designers of the world, can we talk? I have a bone to pick with you. Not only are the little snap buttons you use on every piece of clothing a huge pain in the middle of the night, when you are half asleep, with a crying, fussy baby to deal with, but the legs – the legs on the sleepers are not nearly long enough. At least they weren’t for my daughter Grace who was almost 22 inches long when she was born – she’s all legs like her mother.
For the longest time I wasn’t sure what size she actually was since some of the sleepers she wore were newborn sized but some where for babies up to three months and some were for babies in a certain weight range. The majority of sleepers I put her in fit her from the waist up, but I would have to squeeze her legs into them - as long as she kept her legs straight. She didn’t often keep her legs straight, what baby does?
In fact, most of the time, Grace curled her legs close to herself and then it would be difficult for her to get them back down, so she ended up in tears. This of course usually happened in the middle of night. I tried a few things to work through this problem such as putting her in sleepers for three to six month old babies but they were too big in the body and arms. I even tried putting her in an ‘onesie’ with pants overtop to keep her feet and legs warm, but just like those little snap buttons, it was too much of a hassle when it came time to change her.
Now that my daughter is eleven months old and has grown a bit, I thought my issues with baby clothes would disappear- but they haven’t. I have moved pass the designers who use snap buttons to those who thought it was a great idea to use a tiny elastic as a clasp around a tiny button. Are these only for people with extra small fingers- perhaps the baby herself? Why can’t the baby clothes designers of the world just make normal clothes with Velcro, zippers or regular sized buttons?
Maybe, even clothes for babies of different sizes since like us adults not all babies come in the same size. I think we can expand the choices a bit. Think of it, baby clothes that actually fit, are comfy to wear and not a pain in the neck for us parents to put on or off our child. They are little people and deserve proper fitting clothes.
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