If you're lucky enough to have a newborn baby boy, what a fantastic range of baby boy clothes there are around these days and how different it is from when my son was born!
Back in the seventies in the UK when I had my children the choice of baby boy clothes was very limited, especially if you were on a tight budget like we were. Flea markets were one source of affordable clothes or there was Mothercare, a store that sold everything for mother's to be and infants up to 5 years old. The only trouble was that there was such little choice. There were plenty of footed sleepers but most of them were plain white, pale yellow, pale pink (not a color for baby boys) and occasionally pale blue but with no transfer or design on them. For summer there was the romper suit but again the choices were limited. Hand knitted coats, cardigans, hats, booties, and mittens were very common. I loved knitting baby clothes but my son also had a doting Grandma who never had a pair of knitting needles far from her side! And for really cold winter days there were the all in one snow suits.
How different things are today, there is an absolute plethora of places to buy baby boy clothes. Not only are there the usual sources like the department stores which carry a huge range of different brands but there are now more and more specialist baby stores like Baby's R Us, Carters, OshKosh B'gosh to name but a few. There are also so many sites on the internet to shop for baby clothes and you can get some really trendy stuff from any of these sources.
Having a grandson of my own I get spoiled for choice when shopping for clothes for him. I love the fact that you can now get body suits that look like polo shirts, long sleeved and short sleeved shirts for babies as young as 3 months, Jeans, joggers, camouflage trousers, khakis and twill pants for the same age group. And, check out the cool socks that are now available for babies like Trumpette socks. No longer do you have to buy boring socks when you can get socks that look like tennis shoes or ones that look like golf shoes or even camo booties. Your baby's little feet can now be warm and stylish at the same time!
Then there are all clothes that have designs on them from the Disney characters like Winnie-the-Pooh (a particular favorite of mine), jungle animals, spaceships and of course cars and trains. I have recently discovered a range of clothes from a company called Ooh La La Mama. They have a range of unique designs on their clothes which are really cool. The internet is full of different suppliers like these so check it out.
Today's parents have a seemingly infinite choice of where to buy baby clothes and also the particular style they want but there is still something to be said about the practicalities of choosing the more traditional style of baby boy clothes. For instance, in the first few months of life, clothes that are easy to wash and dry are far more practical as most babies will need more than one outfit a day especially if they are prone to throwing up. There are also those parents who don't want their baby to be a miniature adult because they grow up fast enough anyway and so they want them to look like a baby for that short time.
Whatever style you prefer, traditional or trendy baby boy clothes there is a huge choice out there.
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