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A Compromise

When I have kids, I am willing to forgo peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in their lunch bags, if you vaccinate your kids.  Deal?

ETA:  Not sure what I think about this site, but worth a look.

Hipster Baby Clothes

I pass a lot of kids dressed in hipster baby clothes and see the clothes being hawked in store windows all over town.  I generally think the clothes are innocuous but not something that I would necessarily purchase for my future-imaginary child.  I feel like a lot of people receive these items from their single or newly married friends who don't have kids and think it is kitchy.  That said, I was surprised last weekend when I saw a Transfomer/Che t-shirt.  I do have a somewhat romantic view of Che from the movie The Motorcycle Diaries, but the reality is that he wasn't the nicest guy.  He was a revolutionary, so is that why there is a Transformer drawn on his face?  I just don't get it.   I don't think I dress my kid in that shirt.  It really puzzles me.

Recently, I saw the Blondie dress, below, in a window and laughed.  I don't really think that three year olds listen to Blondie.  Maybe that is part of it for me.  I don't really want to make my child a billboard for my interests.  I hope that my kids will figure out when they like or don't on their own.  I don't think that I am comfortable making them into a joke or conversation topic based on clothes that showcase my interests.  I feel like kids should develop their own personalities and interests.  No doubt, when I actually have children of my own my ideas on this issue will evolve. 

The Gilda Radner onesie is very strange to me.  I love Gilda, don't get me wrong.  I see that onesie and immediately think of her tremendous talent.  Quickly, though, my thoughts turn to her tragic death and Gene Wilder's love for her.  I wonder how it feels to be alone and left behind. I don't want to think of tragedy and death when I look at a child.  I don't think it is cool or hip.  I think it is sad.  Maybe, if I saw a baby wearing the onesie with skinny jeans and look generally unclean.  That would be a look, an entertaining look.  A sort of bike messenger chic hipster baby, only missing a Dunhill pacifier.  lol.

The "produced locally" onesie is entertaining and my local produce loving, organic food farmers marketing self likes the concept. Again, I am not sure I would buy it for my kid.  Sex Pistols?  I think I would want to keep my child away from the word "sex" as long as possible.  I love Cash, but I am not moved to purchase and clad my child in that. 

Batman, Superman, Spideman, I guess this is where I cave.  A onesie featuring Dick Sprang art.  That might just do it.  Wonder Woman, maybe.