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to think this is the worsrt item of baby slogan wear i have ever seen

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McHappyPants2012 · 06/09/2012 22:43

gothamist.com/2012/08/18/finally_a_50_shades_of_grey_tie-in.php

why would you put that on a baby Shock

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TroublesomeEx · 07/09/2012 10:03

Peevish I know what you mean.

I get the same.

Cars, trains, tractors, blue for boys - yawn (although DS did love Thomas)
Fairy's, princesses, butterflies, pink for girls - also yawn.

God I hate those "Here comes trouble" things for boys.

Girls are princesses and boys are trouble. Really?

TroublesomeEx · 07/09/2012 10:03

Grin @ RuleBritannia

TroublesomeEx · 07/09/2012 10:10

God bigsista00. The worst thing is I can see my BIL and MIL thinking some of those are hilarious! Shock

That pink/stink one. I get it. Is that an expression then?! I don't expect to learn something like that from a babygro that's for sure!

bigsista00 · 07/09/2012 10:12

Absolutely no idea?!

The Marijuana costume was what made me post the link... HORRIFIC!

JustSpiro · 07/09/2012 10:15

Having seen the last post i think we can safely say that the '50 Shades' babygro's are not that horrendous after all Shock.

I don't mind 'tame' slogan stuff tbh, I wouldn't go out of my way to buy it, but if it was given to us DD would wear it. The only exception was something about 'attitude' that DMum gave DD when she was about 4. It was quite subtle - a kind of graffiti print with other stuff as well but it really irked me and she only wore it once or twice when I'd run out alternatives.

I can't really imagine that anyone with half a brain is going to 'judge' or form a perception of your child based on a few words on their top.

Zwitterion · 07/09/2012 10:18

From the opposite end of the spectrum my parents bought DD a t-shirt bearing a quote from Midsummer Night's Dream.

She does wear it but I fear for the catsbum mouth one day and frankly I wouldn't blame them

TroublesomeEx · 07/09/2012 10:20

It's not about having half a brain though, JustSpiro, or people being judgemental.

It's just about how you choose to position yourself within the available discourses.

TroublesomeEx · 07/09/2012 10:20

Or rather, how you choose to position your child. Which will impact on how people perceive them, which will influence how they position themselves within the available discourses as they grow up.

TroublesomeEx · 07/09/2012 10:21

What's the quote Zwitterion? Grin

HereBenson · 07/09/2012 10:21

Folkgirl are you sure Beatrice and Eugenie wouldn't? (Wear something that says Princess I mean)

bigsista00 · 07/09/2012 10:23

JustSpiro They will be if sent to a FD party as a giant marijuana leaf! Hmm

Why would that design have even been given the go ahead?!
Shocking...

As for 50 shades, someone (when i told them i was PG) has already said to me "ooo!! i KNEW you'd enjoy those books" and then winked at me!! Confused

TroublesomeEx · 07/09/2012 10:23

Fair point, they might HereBenson.

Zwitterion · 07/09/2012 10:24

Folkgirl She may be small but she be fierce.

Or something along those lines.

It's just the same as those "tiny but loud" slogans, but middle class so of course totally acceptable.

TroublesomeEx · 07/09/2012 10:30

Absolutely Zwitterion! Grin

EmmaBemma · 07/09/2012 10:33

when I saw this thread title I knew it was going to be about that 50 Shades Of Grey onesie! Horrific, isn't it. Before that, the worst I'd seen was "Footballer's Wife In Training".

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 07/09/2012 11:00

Many years ago (IIRC) the GLTC had T-Shirts with
Little brother/Big Brother/Biggest Brother and
Little Sister/Big Sister/Biggest Sister

I bought the Big brother and Little Sister for my DC (In my defence they were 2 yo and 4 yo) and looked cute Grin

But those T-Shirts are nasty

BasilPrimula · 07/09/2012 11:22

Lambzig, I don't think that sounds mad at all. I quite agree it's up to baby to decide what message she wants to convey to the world. Although at the moment mine is teething and fractious with it, so I very much doubt it would be anything jolly!

RevDebeezWoodall · 07/09/2012 11:30

Some are awful. I do like the bib which says "These fools put my cape on wrong!".

sovery My son often wears band T shirts. But he's having a Stone Sour and Metallica phase. Not me trying to look cool. Some children do like music outside of One Direction, no one comments on a One Direction T shirt on a child, and he does have a clue who James Hetfield and Corey Taylor are Grin I was glad as I'd previously been sitting with him at JLS concerts going "Yes DS, they are great aren't they!".

DizzyKipper · 07/09/2012 11:52

"I don't want a word written on a t shirt to influence the response she elicits from other people. "

Isn't whatever she wears going to elicit a certain kind of response from people? If you dress her in something cutesy, something bland, something stereotypically male etc. Surely there's no way not to, however unintentionally, influence the way people respond to your child by the clothes you choose for them?

This all seems a bit judgemental to me really. You see a child dressed once in a certain kind of thing and are therefore assuming what sort of person the parent is. One day you may see me and DD she might be in a pretty little dress, another day you might think I have a DS because she's gone out in boys clothes. What would you assume about me as a parent based on which day you caught us on?

Almost all the clothes DD has have been given to us by other people, there are very few things we've bought ourselves. If I buy something it tends to have animals on since I love animals - this has included boys t-shirts and booties because I don't think it matters if I put her in green or blue. I don't feel like I'm indoctrinating her into animal worship by dressing her in these things, it just makes me happy because it's something that matters to me.I think some baby clothing is in quite bad taste, but ultimately I don't think the way a parent dresses a child is going to be more important than how they actually treat them, and I don't think you're really in a good position to judge how they'll treat them based on one snapshot from their life based on what they were wearing.

DizzyKipper · 07/09/2012 11:52

Sorry Folkgirl, first paragraph was in response to your point, the rest was just in general - I wasn't trying to pick on you honest Smile

TroublesomeEx · 07/09/2012 12:07

Smile That's ok!

You are right, whatever she wears is going to elicit a certain kind of response from other people.

That's my point exactly. I would just rather both of them elicit a favourable (to me) response from other people.

It's not about judging really - that's got such negative implications. It's about being a person and making inferences and deductions about another person based on all the cues we have at our disposal. We do it all the time - not just about people, it's why so much money is spent on marketing.

DizzyKipper · 07/09/2012 12:21

I agree, but I do think we need reminding at times that we may have so few cues at our disposal that it may be better to refrain from making any inferences at all if we can avoid it.

TroublesomeEx · 07/09/2012 12:37

I know the feeling! I can always tell when I've spent too much time on here because I get a bit free with my opinions Wink

That's the thing though, we can't avoid making those inferences.

It's not really about making a judgement about the person/family regarding class, social group, education, wealth, or that sort of thing, it's more about how people react to the child.

It just comes back to all the gender stereotyping stuff really.

blisterpack · 07/09/2012 12:45

These are horrific. But I think that there'd be very few numpties people who'd buy such trash.

Some slogan t-shirts are nice though. Even baby ones. My sister sent me a photo of my newborn niece wearing a body suit with a picture of the earth/globe and the words Hello. I'm new here., which I thought was really cute.