I just want to hear your opinions. Is the sizes, the styles, the colors- whatever. Now is the time to vent your frustrations. For me it is the colors- I hate that most of the infant clothes are either blue for boys and pink for girls. I am having another little girl soon and I would like to get her some really cute clothes, but I don't like pink at all. The choices that aren't pink are rather limited.
So funny because so many mothers of boys complain about the limited selection of clothes. And you are right there is a limited selection of boys clothes. But I always find myself going to the boys section and looking for things for my girls because for a child under 1 there is such a limited selection of non-pink girls clothes.
And I hate the snaps in the back of shirts, especially for child under the age of 6 months. Such a pain.
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
I hate that if you shop at one store, the sizes are completely different than at another store! I naively bought my daughter her clothes for next summer at an end of season sale in August, thinking that she would fit into 12-18 month sizes. Well, she has already outgrown some of the clothes and she is only 9 months old! I wish I had known that stores sized differently before I went shopping and ended up with a bunch of useless clothes!
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Ditto the color thing- if I put my daughter in any color but pink (white or yellow even) she's called a "he" when she goes out!
My biggest peeve is buttons in the crotch area instead of snaps. My friend bought me a very cute (and probably pricey) outfit from Janey & Jack and it has buttons on the crotch! You know I'm returning that! I'm not into fastening buttons every 2 hours.
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
I hate that gerber brand seems to run smaller than small wonders, or any the other brands run smaller and some run bigger. Or who invented having snaps on the back top of a shirt or a onesie? My baby wiggles so much it's hard to even snap the suckers. So who thought of it?
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
I hate that for every 1 rack of boy clothing there are 5-6 racks of girl clothing. Seriously, it makes it SO hard! Old Navy is pretty good about being "even" when it comes to that but other places just stink.
I agree with the color choices too. I don't want my son in all blue all the time. I like yellows, oranges, greens, etc. but they either look too feminine or are just weird looking(crazy robots or sports all over them).
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
I hate that there are limited number of stores that carry a large amount of quality boys clothes, and most styles of boys clothes are blue with either puppies or sports.
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Buttons they can chew off
Collars that can flip up over their nose/mouth
Or the ones that button up the back…
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
I hate that there isn't nearly the selection of boy clothes that there is of girl clothes. I also hate that most boy clothes has to have something on it…a firetruck, a dog, a dinosaur, etc.
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
My son weighs a little over 10 lbs and is 2 months old today…
The clothes that are labled 0-3 months are all too huge but the clothes that are labled newborn are way too small!
What the hell!
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
The price.
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
I have to somewhat agree. If you have a girl you hate pink by the time she's born and same for a boy. I am SO sick of little butterflies, dragonflies, flowers…"adorable" "cutie" "lovable" I could scream….LOL. I bought my daughter some PJs last night that were aimed for boys, but I didn't even care I wanted something other than pink, purple and nasty pastels.
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Every single pair of pants either fits his waist but are too short, or fit the length but are too big in the waist. I have to safety pin the waist on ALL of my son's pants! grrrrr
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
I'm also tired of my son's clothes being a majority of blue as well as the sizes! Some newborn sizes fit good others too small like that with 0-3M either fits good or way too big.
Also with the limited # of boys clothes in comparison to girls!
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
A lot of the outfits I have, the pants fit perfectly, and the tops are too big, but by the time she grows into the tops, the waist band on the pants are too tight. And it's not like my daughters fat, she's in the 50th percentile, so right in the middle. And the socks, they're either too big, and falling off, don't fit the ankles, and shrink, even when dried on low!
I have a little girl and absolutely love pink, but I have so much, that lately I've been getting a little overwhelmed by it. I've been doing a lot of brown/pink combo's, and they've been coming out with a lot of stuff in a really pretty blue, it's like aqua almost, I love it!!
Also, I agree with the buttons, and snaps on the back of onsie's is a huge pain. I buy a lot at Childrens Place, the clothes are adorable, but I think everything I've gotten from there has the buttons on the back, and most of them aren't needed!
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
PREEMIE CLOTHES ARE NOT REALLY PREEMIE!!!!
My son was born only 2lbs 12oz. When he finally came home 4lbs, he was swimming in everything! I have outfits that were labeled "up to 5lbs." This is sooooo incorrect! My son finally started fitting into them when he was 5lbs!!!! He wore them until he was about 7 1/2 lbs!!! The only brand that was true to size was the Carter's Preemie. I loved all his Carter's outfits!
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
i think when it says 6-9 months but goes up to only like 20 lbs. cmon, most babies by 8 months are often already 20 lbs.
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
The size of the feet in the sleepers. What's a mom supposed to do with a big footed baby boy?
I also hate that there are way more dress clothes for girls than there are for boys
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
I usually select neat clothes. I love wearing him white and light blue.
Hate dark colors like red and navy blue.
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
it annoyed me there werent more choices in cream or white as although i was having a girl too i could only find one set of white baby grows and a few other bits. Also the sizes vary so much i cant keep up. She has some clothes 0-3 months from one store that are huge and the others from another store are just right. So i dont get it. I appreciate some variation but when her legs fit in nicely in one and sometimes in the others she gets her leg stuck halfway down the leg of the suit when she is kicking and it annoys her. also i wish the two piece sets pants would have buttons on the crotch area so i dont have to take them off to change her nappy (diaper whichever) as i dont want her to wear sleepsuits all the time as she is getting older and i would like her in a nice outfit at least once. they used to have pants with buttons/poppers but i cant find any anywhere!!!!!! frustrating or what.
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
I don't see why they can't make some baby clothes that are more like clothes and not all cutesy. The sweet little rocking horses and baby blocks on onesies are fine for little-bitty babies but not so much on a 6month old. Sizes are horrible. Every brand seems different and I hate it when they say 3moths, do you mean 0-3months or 3-6 months give me some idea as to how long my kid is going to be able to wear it please, or they just put weight measurements. What about my super long but skinny baby, that measurement is useless in that case.
I don't like putting onesies on my children after they hit walking age, I prefer shirts and bottoms as they tend to run away at changing time. Shirts are always so short though, their little tummies start peeking out and that drives me crazy. I really wish they could just make the things like 2 inches longer.
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Yes, I agree w/Noahs Mommy….Boys clothes are so limited compared to girls clothing….There is barely anything to choose from, and when there is you would be luck to find something super cute!! Like someone else said it either has a firetruck or a dog on it….and i really try to steer far from those….
I also hate the gerber sizes….my son is 6 months old and was wearing the 12 month onesie at 3 months!! now he is wearing the 18 month footsie pjs from gerber. haha…
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
I have small children and the waist is ALWAYS HUGE. Drives me nuts. Since when is the waist on a baby bigger or as big as the legs and hips. Seriously. And the fact that stretchy waist is so big is doesn't have to stretch. Whats the point of having a stretchy waist if it's made too big in the first place. IN fact just in general I have noticed that kids clothes are getting bigger. I don't know if it's that the obesity rate in children has gone up, but i find it frustrating finding clothes sometimes.
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
I really hate things that have buttons! I like snaps but those buttons can be a pain….especiialy with jeans.
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Yep - lack of boys clothes. Everywhere you go there is a sea of pink and you have to go to a small corner at the back of the store to find the boys stuff.
Edit: AY - Ohhh I forgot about that. My son has a BIG head in the 95% also (runs in my hubby's family and everyone convieniently forgot to warn me before we had him) and some of the tops are SO tight. He cries getting dressed.
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
That the different brands differ in size!
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
The fact that the snaps at the crotches of onesies and sleepers are not always the same pattern! My husband insists that they ought to be regulated somehow because tired parents shouldn't be expected to figure out how the snaps go in the middle of the night.
Ditto the fact that every thing for a boy has a truck or a baseball on it.
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Boys clothes, there is never anything really really cute. Like for example, Pumpkin Patch has amazing dresses and outfits for girls, but for boys, not so cute. You have to look a LOT harder to find the boy clothes.
And that sometimes I have found that the arms are way too tight on my sons fat little chuckster arms! I don't know if that is just my baby, but a lot of the t-shirts can be restricting on the arms!
Also, it is hard to find black shoes for boys, especially if you want a size 2, 3 or 4. And then they are usually dress shoes, I am talking about gym shoes or boots or play shoes. There really is not a large selection for black play shoes, which annoyes me because almost all of his clothes have black (we buy a lot of black, gray and red!).
I am sure I could sit here and think of more, but he just went down for a nap and I want to wash a few dishes before he wakes up!
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
I hate the limited color scheme as well!!!! That's why we're not finding out the sex of our baby until it's born so people have to be more creative. another thing that annoys me is that infant cloths tend to be "old fashioned". I really hate those smocked outfits!!!
Food for thought: since your having a girl they have a lot of cute baby cloths (some are pink sorry) on http://www.beyondbedding.com.
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Maybe my babies just have big heads, since no one else has mentioned it, but I can't stand the fact that so many shirts, onesies, etc. that go over a baby's head are so tight that baby ends up screaming getting dressed! Okay… maybe this is more common when they get a little older, but I have run into it with infant clothing, too. Would it be so hard to make the hole a little bigger? Drives me nuts!
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
i always seem to be able to find a style/color that i like for my daughter but the fact that i pay alsmost as much if not as much for her clothes as i do for mine annoys me.
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
I have to agree. There is such a POOR selection for boys. It's like clothing manufacturers Think I want to dress my boys in "Character" clothing. The only place I find great boys clothing is at expensive stores that I can't afford anyway.
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Wht annoys me is when you find the cutest outfit and then you can't find the right size. The colour annoys me aswell. What is wrong with green, purple, yellow, orange etc. It all seems to be pink pink pink.
Kirby, i have had that so many times too. But what is more annoying is one day a middle aged cupple up and started saying how cute my son is. Well for starters i don't have a son (working on it though)and second my daughter was wearing a plain as day PINK jumpsuit. So frustrating.
April 20th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
snaps and the fact that everything is made of lead & from china.