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Parents live vicariously through their
children and play dress-up
One of the joys of being the parent of an infant comes in the form of
choosing cute outfits for the baby to wear. Over the years, parents
have narrowed this down to an art, finding and choosing the most adorable
outfits that they can imagine and making it seem that every day is Halloween
for their infants and toddlers. While scary and grotesque outfits rarely
show up on 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 if the parents start
to relive a second childhood through their infants 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 in naval 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 in
a sailor’s suit at one time or another. If he could speak he might say,
“Batten down the hatches and swab the poopdeck, matey! And, unless I
get a little help bottom-side, poopdeck 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 last inning of the last
game of the World Series. Even men who never excelled in sports themselves
seem to have a burning desire to see their sons go on to be the next
big thing in Major League Baseball. It’s the only feasible explanation
for the popularity of 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 that he is as you
admire him in his little uniform. These come in versions licensed by
real Major League ball clubs and generic versions 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:
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