Brazenmom

One of my most favourite things to do is dress my now six-week-old daughter in animal suits. She has two reindeer outfits (that she wears even though Christmas is over) and my favourite is a gorgeous cat suit. She also has a cow snow suit and a pink sheep suit, both of which I am dying to dress her in when she has grown to fit them. One day, my child will either thank me for adding to the cute-factor when she was a baba or she will grow up with an identity crisis and end up in a zoo. At least we will never be short of costumes come halloween. Most costumes appear in stores on special occasions and I simply cannot wait for Valentine’s Day or Easter to get my costume fix. So I consulted Mr Google who came up with a most fabulous solution: Annie’s Costumes, which boasts a range of the cutest (halloween) costumes for newborns and up. Halloween-shmalloween – what’s the point in having babies if you can’t dress them up whenever and wherever? Here are a couple of must haves: Read the rest of this entry »

No matter how emphatically new moms may deny it, they absolutely can’t wait to dress their babies. However, more often than not, the joy of having a real life doll is soon debunked by those so-and-sos who insist on talking practicalities. They are the types that will tell you that it is pointless wasting money on funky clothes when babies grow so fast; they say that white is best because stains can merely be bleached out; they say that a new mom will be so tired and preoccupied that her baby’s attire won’t actually matter; and my personal favourite: bright colours are a no-no and pink is for girls, blue is for boys. HUH! There’s nothing like a good spoilsport. I am an alternative mom-to-be: I listen to metal, I like bright colours … and black, I go to concerts and I hate being practical. I want to have a funky-punky baby oozing attitude and I have found some online stores to help me do it: Read the rest of this entry »