Baby Clothes -3 Indispensable Tips To Go Beyond Just Fashion

Abhishek Agarwal asked:


Blue for Boys & Pink for Girls……… that’s all we are able to evaluate while making purchases for your child that is yet to be born. Those expecting twins excitedly pick two pieces of each item. But there are far more things involved in making these purchases that we all tend to forget amidst the excitement & volley of happiness.

Here are some essential tips that shall help you make the preparations rather seamlessly.

1. Comfort over Cuteness

a. Like all the kids in the world look ‘cute’ there are shelves full of dresses that seem to be very appealing & one suddenly feels, wow, how cute would by baby look wearing this piece. But, here we need to understand that the child’s shin is very tender & delicate.

b. Before getting too sentimental for that attire, check that its material must not hurt the child’s delicate skin.

c. For the new borns, instead of the constrictive flashy options, go for the natural fabrics like cotton.

d. The idea is that the materials meant for kids be able to breathe.

e. Other essential qualities that the new borns’ attire must have are softness & absorbency.

f. Instead of focusing on the beauty, shift your primary focus on child’s comfort.

g. And to console you, there would be plenty of times when you would be able to force your teenager to wear attire of your choice and embarrass him/her.

2. Accessibility

a. Though the dresses can be made pretty endlessly with those dressy buttons, fasteners & straps, do not forget the diaper job.

b. As a parent you must not forget that your li’l devil would manage to soil everything that he wears and you shall have to reach to his / her time & again. Here, if you opt for a dress that has too many fasteners & buttons, mind it, you are adding more difficulties to your job.

c. As parents you would need to clean up the mess created by your blood for the next 18 to 20 years, but opting for some less complicated dresses, you can make you job easier for at least the initial years.

3. Ease of Care

a. While you are still in that store, make to check the care labels of the dress you opt for your new born.

b. Though, it is quite not possible to find a dry clean label on a new borns’ dress, there is no harm playing safe.

c. You must be sure that the attire does not call for any special requirements like bleaches, detergents, or fabric softeners.

d. The attire then obviously must be machine washable.

e. Owing to all the above mentioned factors, cotton once again becomes a sure shot choice for the new borns.

f. Never the less, we must not forget that pure cotton is considered a nasty choice as it has an indispensable quality of shrinkage at every wash in hot water.

g. This implies that your child would outgrow his / her clothes quite quickly.

h. A simple remedy to this problem is to opt for fabrics that have a blend of cotton and other fibers that make it non-shrinking, and hence acceptable.

i. The trick to do so, is to lean for fabrics that have a higher ratio of cotton and are yet non-shrinking and of course, above all, comfortable for the new born.