Baby Girl Clothes

When it comes to buying baby girl clothes the choice is almost limitless. We all coo and ooh and ah over the cute clothes that are out there in pinks, whites, pastel shades and even vibrant colors. Everyone thinks of baby girls as princesses, and rightly so, but not all little girls look right in lacy, frilly dresses even as a baby. And, when your baby gets to the active stage, at about four months old, these pretty dresses can actually prove a hindrance as they can inhibit movement

I am saying this from personal experience as I have a beautiful daughter, now grown up with a child of her own, who was definitely our princess and a beautiful baby with blonde hair and peaches and cream complexion but frilly dresses just did not look right on her. Many of you will disagree with me on this by arguing that all babies are beautiful, which they are, and all little girls look good in pretty dresses. Pretty dresses yes but not necessarily those with frills and lace on them.

Unfortunately, my daughter inherited some of my traits, in particular the fact that as my mother used to say "I didn't need to look for dirt, dirt found me" and the same could be said for my daughter. My parents had a corner shop, a Mom and Pop store I think they were called in America, which I used to work in up to the time I had my daughter. About twice a week I would put Kate in her pram (or if you're from the USA, you would call them "baby carriages" instead of baby prams) and walk about four miles to visit my parents and to proudly show off my beautiful baby to the regular customers who had known me since I was a little girl.

At five months old Kate was able to sit up on her own so I used to put the pram in the shop so she could see what was going on and interact with the customers. She would only be sitting in her pram just playing with her rattles and teethers but literally in the space of 15 minutes I would look at her and she would have grubby marks on her clothes and hands and face. Now I know she had not been given anything to eat or drink as she was never out of my sight but somehow the dirt had found her! I found that dungarees, or shorts and Tee shirts were far more practical than dresses as they were easier to wash and iron than dresses and they seemed to suit her character better.

My Mum always said she took after me because when I was little I had a best friend lived across the street and we played together all the time. Her Mum used to dress her in white lacy dresses all the time because she was the youngest of four children and all the others were boys. We used to play in the yard or in the street with our dolls doing exactly the same things but when it came time for us to go inside she would still be spotless and I would look like I'd rolled in the dirt!! I assume I must have been much like my daughter because my Mum used to buy plain, simple and easy to wash dresses for me to play in and they suited my character much better. I'm sure if jeans and dungarees had been around when I was small she would have found them far more practical for me.

There are so many cool, cute practical baby girl clothes on the market nowadays that you don't have to sacrifice style for functionality if your baby girl turns out to be a 'Tom boy" princess.

Knowing what I was like when I was a child and having a daughter of my own who from being a small baby managed to get grubby I now tend to buy pretty but practical baby girl clothes for any friends or relatives. Of course once the baby gets a few months old then I can ascertain whether frilly princess dresses are suitable or not and I love looking for them as it was something I missed out on when Kate was a baby.