22/05: Baby Products
I was driving by Buy Buy Baby today and was truly wowed by the cool stuff in their windows. I'm not quite sure what it was I saw (I WAS driving after all). Some kind of cool baby carrier in a very funky mod stroller contraption (is my best guess). Time has flown since I was there on a daily basis. I was a stay-at-home mom, the kids were babies and we had no where else to really go so to get out of the house I'd schlep them to Starbucks ('cause I was tired and needed caffeine) and they could throw muffin crumbs to the birds as we sat outside. In fact, to this day, we refer to those little sparrows as "Starbucks Birds". Then we'd stroll down to Buy Buy Baby just to walk around and usually there was SOMETHING I could find that I really needed to buy buy.
Those days are gone. I don't even have friends having babies now. But, you know how it always seems that the maternity clothes are so much cuter when you're NOT pregnant? Well, the baby stuff is so much cooler now too. Like cute, hip stuff. That we totally don't need. But is sooooo cute and you never know when you will be very glad that you bought that wipe box cover that makes it looks more like a Filofax than a wipey box.
Here's the thing though. I just heard that there is now a line of baby hair care products. "What's wrong with that?" you ask. Well, nothing if we're talking shampoo and conditioner. But, this is baby hair styling products. Like baby mousse and baby mud and baby hair spray! Seriously...who buys this stuff.
Look, my kids both went through the funny baby hair phase. And, my mother told me I couldn't cut their hair until they were one (some kind of superstition thing and who was I to argue). For my son, there was just nothing to do. For my daughter, I tried barrettes and bows which either slid off because her hair was too thin (I mean "baby fine") or she pulled it out (and then put the barrette in her mouth! Always great to see in the rear view mirror!)
And whatever...it's cute...how the hair sticks out and goes all funny. Why do we need baby wax to style it into place? And what does it say about us????? How can we rant about society placing too much emphasis on looks and worry about the pressure it places on our tweens and teens if we're STYLING OUR BABIES' HAIR! There's a disconnect here.
Honestly, I don't care f that's how Katie gets Suri's hair to look so perfect--give me crazy baby hair (and healthy self image) any day.
Those days are gone. I don't even have friends having babies now. But, you know how it always seems that the maternity clothes are so much cuter when you're NOT pregnant? Well, the baby stuff is so much cooler now too. Like cute, hip stuff. That we totally don't need. But is sooooo cute and you never know when you will be very glad that you bought that wipe box cover that makes it looks more like a Filofax than a wipey box.
Here's the thing though. I just heard that there is now a line of baby hair care products. "What's wrong with that?" you ask. Well, nothing if we're talking shampoo and conditioner. But, this is baby hair styling products. Like baby mousse and baby mud and baby hair spray! Seriously...who buys this stuff.
Look, my kids both went through the funny baby hair phase. And, my mother told me I couldn't cut their hair until they were one (some kind of superstition thing and who was I to argue). For my son, there was just nothing to do. For my daughter, I tried barrettes and bows which either slid off because her hair was too thin (I mean "baby fine") or she pulled it out (and then put the barrette in her mouth! Always great to see in the rear view mirror!)
And whatever...it's cute...how the hair sticks out and goes all funny. Why do we need baby wax to style it into place? And what does it say about us????? How can we rant about society placing too much emphasis on looks and worry about the pressure it places on our tweens and teens if we're STYLING OUR BABIES' HAIR! There's a disconnect here.
Honestly, I don't care f that's how Katie gets Suri's hair to look so perfect--give me crazy baby hair (and healthy self image) any day.
