Emblematic Exegesis

BABY, it says, in case I can't remember that this is, in fact, made for a baby. I don't understand why so many items these days have to have emblems and themes. Whatever happened to a simple embroidered teddy at the chest? What happened to "feetie" pajamas without pigs or dogs or fire hydrants stuck on out of patch material? How comfortable is all that "stuff" hanging off your clothes? Probably, not very.

My biggest pet peeve when Elena was a baby was when I got clothing that was of this ilk. Just for her first birthday, we got pajamas with a giant Care Bear face on the front. Even if it is to sleep in! When I peek in at night on Elena, and she is curled around her blankey, I want to focus on her simple beauty. I want to imagine her as a baby outside of time. I don't want one of those perma-grin, creepy characters smiling up at me from the crib.

Can someone please make pajamas without the product name across the front? Or, like the sweet boy in the picture, not detract from his cuteness, by feeling the need to announce that he is a BABY or that he is CUTE. As if we can't figure out, from his dimpled face and wide, innocent eyes, that he is one. We don't need advertisements in every single arena of our lives.

It won't be long before this little guy is asking for emblems. Team emblems on baseball caps or brand name sneakers and clothes. Until then, let's not pollute the innocence of his babyhood with stuck on adornments. He is just precious as he is. In fact, he might be MOST precious completely "nudie butt" in his birthday suit!