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Bizzy 
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Posted: 29 October 2007 at 4:49pm |
I nearly burst into tears today in Pumpkin Patch.
No, not at the prices....although that could reduce you to tears...
I went and couldnt see the newborn stuff, only found one stand so asked the counter girl where the newborn stuff was...Well she took me to a couple of other stands that had pretty little (dolly sized) dresses and pants etc and i said "no the baby stuff". She looked at me like i was mad and said "this is the baby stuff" as she showed me the NB label on this tiny little shirred elastic topped dress. 
I was shocked and couldnt imagine putting that on a newborn, nor the jeans they had and the other much more grown up clothes.
Anyway the tears came when i realised that the reason i wouldnt is probably because i am OLD! Too Old to be becoming a mummy to a little person - girl or boy! 
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Posted: 29 October 2007 at 4:55pm |
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i wouldnt put a new born in that and i dont think i am old(is 21 old). i dont believe that babies shoud be dressed up as lil dollies.but thats just me.
we did have a couple of nice outfits for tash but we were given those.
once she got to 3 months we started putting her in jeans on the odd occasion and she had a special dress for special occasions. but she pretty much lived in stretch n grows. or ont he really hot days she was in just a nappy.
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Posted: 29 October 2007 at 4:55pm |
Not too old! I AGREE! The clothes look like they are for dolls are do not look comfe for a newborn! Maybe for a very special occasion but not for every day wear! Bring on the all-in-ones I say! Newborns need to be comfe and warm and P&P clothes have too many seams and ruffles etc.
You are a great age for having another baby...you are wise and yet still vibrant. Besides, if it helps at all I was just thinking the other day that you do not look your age...you have such beautiful young skin and no noticable wrinkles! I have more wrinkles and I'm only 27!
Whooopsy, sounds like a tellig off...sorry! 
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Posted: 29 October 2007 at 4:57pm |
 You are not!!
I'm all for cute little versions of grown up clothes on older babies (but not skanky ones, ugh!) but I prefer baby clothes on teeny babies!
Snuggly all in ones and stuff!
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Posted: 29 October 2007 at 5:21pm |
Oh Thank God someone else mentioned this I was starting to think I was turning into my Mum. I agree babies need comfy clothes without heaps of seams. But I really am old. I'm 38 now and was thinking the other day that if I had started earlier I could be a Nana now!!!!
I would have been 100 years ago
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Posted: 29 October 2007 at 5:48pm |
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when jake was born - like two weeks old - we went to visit my step-mums niece who had a little boy a few weeks older. he looked adorable - dressed in a little airtex shirt, jeans and adidas shoes - also looked cold and bloody uncomfortable. every time i picked him up, his shirt rose up in the back. the jeans were marking his waist. Jake was in a stretch and grow. i felt pretty unfashionable then - but hey, my bnaby was happy
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Posted: 29 October 2007 at 6:16pm |
I was also in PP last week and I was shocked at some of the clothes... they did have the Valour? all in ones etc but there was some pretty "fussy" looking clothes!
Maybe you should try places like T&T and Farmers... they have nice things that are practical AND cute.
(Although some of the PP girls stuff was adorable...but could be I am sick of all the boys clothes!!) 
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Posted: 29 October 2007 at 6:20pm |
I have som e little jeans (well actually they are meant to be shorts but he's too short) and other "boy" stuff for Tom and some days I dress him in that and others I like him to look like a wee bub in stretch and grows.
We mainly wear the "cool" stuff to go out when he is just sittingin his buggy and at home he sloths around in his jammys! (like his mum )
And how old are you??? I'm 35
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Posted: 29 October 2007 at 6:50pm |
Nope I turned 26 today and I have the same feeling - babies are best in stretch and grows. I have nice clothes like that in the small sizes (mostly 000) but that was only for going out.
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Posted: 29 October 2007 at 6:51pm |
I totally agree with you! And I'm 24 Well, at least buying from Farmers and TnT is cheaper
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Posted: 29 October 2007 at 7:00pm |
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Yeah i also agree and I'm 27. We have some going out clothes, but mostly he just lives in stretch 'n' grows. Baby factory are good and have loads of sales and we love the warehouse (sad but true)
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Posted: 29 October 2007 at 7:45pm |
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I must admit I've always loved being able to dress Maddie in the PP type clothes when we are going out though I do like them to at least be suitable to the weather. Around home though she was usually in stretch and grows.
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Posted: 29 October 2007 at 8:08pm |
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I love the boys stuff from PP, most of it is pretty "practical" stuff I've found. The girls stuff does look a lil dolly though.. as a newborn we dressed Daniel mostly in farmers and baby city stretch n grows. Now hes mostly in tshirts (either long or short sleeve) and just track pants. Jeans are a pain to put on cause they don't stretch very well.
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Posted: 29 October 2007 at 8:53pm |
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Thats why I havent bought any new baby stuff from PP...
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Posted: 29 October 2007 at 9:19pm |
No offence to anyone, but the newborn PP stuff is for gifts from impractical people that have no kids
It's all very cute and we have some jeans and tops from there (all from kid-less "aunties") but it's just wrong dressing a teeny bubba up like she was 16! 
There are plenty of nice outfits you can get that are age appropriate.... and now I sound like my Nanna and I'm only 30
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Posted: 29 October 2007 at 9:24pm |
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well i think i am older than you DEB!
and I am sure you have seen Gabriella in her little embroidered jeans and smock tops and she was still wee bubba cute! I do dress her in baby all in ones for DC a bit but I like her in jeans etc....
BTW i realised today that the jeans which are my absolute fave are only 6-9 months and dont really fit her anymore sob sob sob.....they were the cutest ever!!! (not PP tho) - they get SOOOO big SOOOO fast!
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Posted: 29 October 2007 at 9:25pm |
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Eek, I had the gremlins in Patch stuff from about 6 weeks, little denim shorts and shirts and skirts and t-s, but not all the time, just when we went out, but it did make nappy changing a big mission!
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Posted: 29 October 2007 at 9:28pm |
 Bombshell wrote:
well i think i am older than you DEB!
and I am sure you have seen Gabriella in her little embroidered jeans and smock tops and she was still wee bubba cute! I do dress her in baby all in ones for DC a bit but I like her in jeans etc....
BTW i realised today that the jeans which are my absolute fave are only 6-9 months and dont really fit her anymore sob sob sob.....they were the cutest ever!!! (not PP tho) - they get SOOOO big SOOOO fast! |
Wow! How old is she? My Elle is still in 6-9mth stuff now at 14mths! LOL. She is outgrowing some of it though.
I think the jeans are super cute but often seem uncomfe even now.
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Posted: 29 October 2007 at 9:29pm |
BS - I can highly recommend the Jack & Abby jeans I got at the P&C show yesterday (jeans & 2 tops for $25  ) The sizing is way off though! I bought Cailtin 6-9 months and they're a perfect fit Lovely and soft so they don't cut her in half.
Wish I'd bought the next size up now!
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Posted: 29 October 2007 at 9:29pm |
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Oooh, we got some super comfy looking jeans at the show yesterday from a place called Jack and Abbey, they are really soft denim cargo-style, soooo cute, and practical too.
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Nearly cried in PP today
