Saturday, March 28, 2009

How To Find Great Baby Boy Clothes

By Paula Heron

Until relatively recently, baby boy clothes were traditionally available in a very narrow range of colors and styles. Of course there were white and pale blue for the plain footed sleepers but even the romper suits for summer came with very limited choices. The main source of anything even remotely special came from friends and family members who resorted to knitting or other creative approaches.

Nowadays the choice of baby clothes for boys is nearly as great as for baby girls. Gone are the plain pale blue or white, now there are vibrant colors like orange, green, purple and dark blues to name a few. But its not just the colors that have changed, so too have the range of styles available.

Alongside the greater choices in styles and colors, and probably the main driving force behind it, has been the rapid increase in the number of retail outlets selling baby boy clothes. From department stores (Sears, J Penney, Macy's for example) to clothing stores (Old Navy and Gap) and even onto designer stores, there are more and more places to choose from when you're shopping for kids clothes and baby clothes.

Even newborn baby boy clothes are trendy with everything coordinating from the body suit to the socks and to the coat. Some stores even have named collections, for instance Gymboree has newborn outfits called "Catch of the Day, Little All-Star and Revved Up" to name just three. When you get into the 3 month old and older age group there are even more cool "themed" outfits.

Then there are stores such as Ralph Lauren has some really cool outfits for baby boys like the rugby coveralls and for warmer weather the different styles of "shortall". And if you shop online sites such as Pottery Barn has a wealth of different outfits for the discerning baby boy. Another online site to look at is Ooh La La Mama as they offer some really cool designs on their range of clothes.

If designer baby clothes are too expensive for your budget or if you think they just don't represent value for money, have a look at online stores such as Amazon.com or Main Street giants like Wal Mart or Target. You will find an excellent choice of day to day baby clothes with all types of decorations to suit every baby boy and his Mom - including favorite television characters, planes, cars and animals.

As part of the development of more and more variety, manufacturers and stores have produced baby-sized versions of popular adult clothes. So you can now dress you baby boy in jeans, khakis, long or short sleeved shirts, camouflage trouser and twill pants when your son has reached the age of about three months.

The extent of the drive to add color and themes is even so complete that humble socks are part of the process. Are you dressing your boy in a car or boat or plane or cartoon or sport theme today? Well, you can keep his feet warm and complement the whole outfit at the same time!

So the variety of choices available in today's baby boy clothes is virtually limitless. Only the constraints of time and budgets will prevent you from finding exactly what you want.

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