What Makes Funky Baby Clothes Funky? A Look at the Way Design Pleases Parents

Article Posted By Albert Jakeman

Do funky baby clothes help define the personality of a child? Do non-funky clothes define a child’s personality? Traditionally kids were always dressed in pink and blue clothes – pink for girls and blue for boys. These days, it’s possible to get baby clothes in pretty much any colour or design you could imagine.

From tiny football kits to pop legends; from designer patterns to recycled or organic materials – parents can find any kind of sleep suit or baby grow for any sort of child.

For all baby clothes, the first priority is comfort. The material from which the funky baby clothes are made must be kind to young skin, able to wick moisture away and to keep skin as cool and dry as possible.

Comfort is reflected in the design of poppers, buttons and fasteners too. That’s why baby clothes don’t tend to have zips. A zip can catch young skin in it, and to lie on all day can be very uncomfortable.

So what is it that makes funky baby clothes different from any other baby clothes? As adults we already know the answer to this – it’s what they look like, and potentially what they’re made from as well. Beyond the ability of certain organic materials to be very kind to the skin, though, it seems entirely unlikely that baby cares what his or her baby clothes have on them, in terms of patterns and colours.

We know that babies like bright coloured things and interesting shapes. So there are some elements to the patterns on funky baby clothes that may be directly stimulating to the child. Putting small pictures all over the baby grow or the sleep suit can attract the interest of the child in the same way that pictures on his or her covers and wallpaper may hold his or her attention for a while.

Overall, though, it seems the majority of patterns and designs present in and on funky baby clothes are all aimed at pleasing parents, which, when you think about it, is not such a bad idea.

Being a parent is hard. Children may inspire love unbounded – but they also inspire years of sleepless nights and inevitable battles of wills as they grow and have to be taught not to be selfish. Giving birth and raising a new child for the first time is a daunting and exhausting experience. So having a little light relief in the shape of a baby grow that reminds you of your favourite TV show is no bad thing.

Parenting is a vocation in the truest sense of the word, as hard as it is rewarding. The designs on funky baby clothes can bring a smile to every adult in the child’s life – ideal when he or she may just have kept his or her mum or dad up half the night with his or her wailing. Plus at the start of a child’s life there’s very little personality to hold onto. The funky baby grows steps in to fill that gap until a recognisable person begins to emerge!

Albert Jakeman is a freelance journalist. He specialises in areas of fashion; from the latest accessory trends to funky baby clothes. For more information to visit http://www.molliebee.com/baby-clothes