Tiny Goods
Over the past weekend I was plunged headfirst into the world (and accompanying economy) of baby goods at our local, giant warehouse of a Babies R Us. We were feeling entirely too prepared for having children so we thought it would be best to visit a store that would go out of its way to make us feel completely unprepared and overwhelmed. Job done.
We traversed the endless aisles of miniature (safe!) things for miniature people, scanning the barcodes of items to add them to the baby registry. It is quite remarkable how manipulative the manufacturers and stores can be while putting forth such an innocent and caring face. Being a good parent is not cheap, being a great parent is downright expensive and you might as well give up on being the best parent in the world because you'll never attain that kind of wealth. Nonetheless we fought off these shameful, guilt-inspiring attempts and chose some wonderful things for our baby. We decided to pick only the more practical items for now and leave the cutesy-clothes-choosing to the imagination of our family and friends. I'm sure that by August I'll be waist-deep in onesies and pajamas with the feet in, all decorated in patterns of Pooh and the like.
Since it was decided that the baby shower would be an exclusively female event, there have been some rumblings about a more masculine "baby storm" to take its place for the men. Details to follow as they become available.