Get ready for the madness of shopping for baby clothes. Your wife has waited and waited for the opportunity to utterly control the life of another human being since you got together and it's all culminated into playing dress up with a real baby. Normally frugal women, I'm not saying I know any, throw their money-saving senses out the window. Your wife, her friends, in-laws and people you barely talk to will all contribute to the hysteria of cute little tiny clothes that could only have been created by magical elves in Honduras.
I know I'm approaching this with guy logic, if you're paying more then you should be getting more. Whereas the women are willing to forgo the college savings plan for a little more cutie patootieness. But I can never justify spending $20 for shoes, the kid can't even stand. Why would he need Converse? I guess we're all just slaves to fashion and the female need to accessorize.
The average baby outfit has been ranging from only $3 on clearance at Baby Gap to $30 at Babies R Us. The clearance clothes at Baby Gap are reasonably priced, but they're a little sneaky in making you buy everything separately which can add up quick. 20 bucks for a shirt?! But I do have to admit the Baby Gap clothes are more stylish and clever. Don't know how much clever matters if your kid throws up and gets poo all over the nice $40 outfit. I guess that's why they make OxiClean, rest in peace Billie Mays.
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According to the United States Department of Agriculture and MSN Money the average household with an income from 40K-70K will spend $9,840 from 0-2 years of age, of that 9 THOUSAND dollars $410 will be on clothes. And that's after they get here, throw in the medical expenses (extortion money) you've already paid and you've spent well over 10k in exchange for 3,500 dirty diapers. That is some serious return on investment.
Guy Recommendations:
- Run interference on any display showing tiny baby shoes. You know how many shoes she owns, just imagine what she could do with unlimited closet space.
- Give your wife some leeway on shopping and buying a few onesies, sleeping gowns, socks, hats, galoshes, blah blah blah, it means you don't have to. Score one for the dads!
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I must admit, I am shocked by this blog. How can you not like tiny Converse?! Think about it. They're Converse... but they're TINY! I don't see how anyone could complain about that. Haha but I'm not gonna lie, women do have a strange compulsion to buy baby clothes. I only have a NIECE and I still have to stop at every tiny shoe display that I walk by. There is no explanation, it's just the way it is. Get used to it.
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