| I always keep telling my daughter that my generation | | | | Today's almost there Mamas are spoilt for choice. |
| is one that has witnessed maximum change, from | | | | There is a plethora of choices and the parameters |
| state run limited hours television programming to the | | | | have widened from the friendly neighborhood tailor |
| abundant bouquet of channels we get today, from | | | | with his clacketing sewing machine, to entire stores |
| embarrassingly above- legit decibel limit 'trunk calls' | | | | that offer different clothing lines for babies. There |
| from well meaning relatives to the casual Skype | | | | are baby designers who create trends in baby |
| international video calls that we make today... well the | | | | clothing, making today's infants hip and with it. If it's |
| list is endless. A case in example is baby clothing! | | | | pastels and button down collars one season, it's |
| Could our grandmothers have ever imagined that | | | | animal prints and tiny denims the next. Colors, |
| there would even be a category of clothes for the | | | | textures, prints...the sheer variety boggles the mind. |
| newest entrants into the world and that the | | | | Baby clothing has gone beyond simply being apparel. |
| category would be labeled "baby clothing". Their | | | | It has become a lifestyle statement. |
| generation would actually refuse to shop for the | | | | In fact companies manufacture entire lines of |
| newborn. It was a superstition, engendered by earlier | | | | products based on particular color combinations and |
| generations that until the child was born and had | | | | parent requirements. An offshoot of this has been |
| spent a good couple of months making her presence | | | | interior designers who have clambered onto this very |
| felt, no clothes were to be bought. Can one | | | | lucrative baby bandwagon to offer the creation of |
| imagine..no booties to be exclaimed over, no baby | | | | nurseries for the newborn that have a theme around |
| shower to be planned, no layette to be eagerly color | | | | which the decor, clothes and even the nanny's room |
| coordinated and put together!!In fact from personal | | | | revolve!! |
| experience I would say, that the last couple of | | | | In keeping with today's well informed and computer |
| months of pregnancy, when one feels just a little | | | | savvy parenting generation, entire baby clothing lines |
| larger than a double decker bus in slow motion, is | | | | have been showcased online allowing the new |
| possibly only made bearable by the eager anticipation | | | | parents the luxury of browsing top of the line baby |
| brought about by accumulation of tiny smocks, | | | | products from the comfort of their homes. Shopping |
| booties, caps...oh the sheer joy and the smell of new | | | | for the baby is now possible at the click of a button. |
| baby clothing. | | | | |