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Baby’s first dress

April 28, 2011 by Jessica 1 Comment

Well, she’s been out about as long as she was in, and it’s gotten pretty warm here in the D.C. area.

So I went ahead and put my almost-nine-month-old girl in a dress. For the first time.

When my son had taken it out of the box sent by my mom a few weeks back, he channeled Tim Gunn:  “It’s aDORable!”

I have to say, it was pretty cute on, and we’ve been sporting plenty of handed-down girlie get-ups on the warm days that continued after this one.

I don’t do faces on this blog, but trust me that her cheeks make these chubby hams look small!

Check out my post from last fall on gender and baby clothing.

Filed Under: Activism & Politics, D.C. Metro, The Arts, Uncategorized Tagged With: body, body image, fashion, feminism, gender, seasons

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    January 10, 2012 at 11:49 pm

    […] but the same color (red!) and in the same location as her brother’s: party in the back. She doesn’t get dressed much in girly clothing, and I was just resigned to her having the same homely mullet her brother had until he was two and […]

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