Parents live vicariously through their children and playdress-up.
One of the joys of being the parent of an infant comes in theform of choosing cute outfits for the baby to wear. Over the years, parents have narrowed this down to an art, finding andchoosing the most adorable outfits that they can imagine and making it seem that every day is Halloween for their infantsand toddlers. While scary and grotesque outfits rarely show upon a baby even during the actual Halloween holiday, there are plenty of parents that like to dress their sons as baseball players and their daughters as princesses. It’s almost as ifthe parents start to relive a second childhood through theirinfants and just want to play dress-up.
And that’s ok. It’s part of being a parent.
The Sailor -“We want you as a new recruit,” sang the Village People at the close of the 1970s in a song so popular that the US Navy thought of making it an official theme until someone finally advised the top brass what it implied. People love ships and sailors, though, and have been dressing their baby boys innaval inspired clothes for nearly a hundred years. The reasons aren’t very clear but it seems that every little boy or grown man comes across pictures of himself as an infant or toddler ina sailor’s suit at one time or another. If he could speak hemight say, “Batten down the hatches and swab the poopdeck,matey! And, unless I get a little help bottom-side, poop deck may take on a whole new meaning!
The Baseball Player- Every father imagines his son standing atop the mound in Yankee Stadium, three pitches away from a perfect game in the las tinning of the last game of the World Series. Even men who never excelled in sports themselves seem to have a burning desire tosee their sons go on to be the next big thing in Major LeagueBaseball. It’s the only feasible explanation for the popularityof baby boys’ baseball outfits. These are more common than the sailor suits and can be purchased in run of the mill stores like Wal-Mart, Kmart, and Target. Your boy may not be the next Nolan Ryan or even the next Bob Uecker, but you can dream thathe is as you admire him in his little uniform. These come inversions licensed by real Major League ball clubs and genericversions that just share some team colors.
The Princess - Little baby girls don’t escape the dress-up play imposed by their parents, but are outfitted in more traditional items like frilly dresses, white tights, and little patent leather shoes. Their mothers may imagine them to be princesses, prom queens,or debutants, but mostly just do their best to make them beautiful. Since all babies are beautiful and the only thing more beautiful than the average baby is your baby, they don’t have to try too hard.
About The Author: Kirsten Hawkins is a baby and parenting expert specializing new mothers and single parent issues. Visit
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