I'm not so good with accessories. I want to wear scarves; I think they look lovely on women, particularly as we grow older. But they are bothersome around my neck and never the right length. And they are costly. I like shoes. Black shoes and brown shoes. I recently branched out into red. My flat feet don't do heels and I generally find one pair of shoes and wear them all the time. And then there is jewelry. (Sigh.) A few years ago my body decided it could no longer tolerate metals and started to rebel against me when anything metallic came near it. I can still wear a necklace but again, necklaces are like scarves. Difficult. And earrings, the one accessory I used to wear with ease, now cause my ears to flare up into painful red lumps within a few minutes. I'm just a very plain and simple woman.
Babies have lovely accessories. Even their socks are so cute they count as accessories. And my babies have been gifted with an assortment of lovely things. Only they take a lot of time to get on and they rarely stay on. Ben quickly decided he didn't like hats. So with Kyrie and Everleigh I determined to keep them in hats while young so they would like them. The only problem is that apparently my children don't have heads that tolerate heads. They just keep falling off. So we are surrounded by some of the most adorable baby hats ever. That are never worn. Ditto for baby shoes. I have promised never to buy shoes for a baby gift unless they are for at least 6 months or older. Babies feet are in constant motion when they are little and shoes stay on for 30 seconds, at best. And when we wear shoes out of the house, I'm forever retracing my steps in the grocery store to find the missing shoe. Sigh.
Everleigh has some lovely little clothes that involve buttons and collars. I was going to dress her up and take her picture. I have tried a few times, and she promptly requests an outfit change within the hour (well before we get to pictures). So, just like my other two, she wears those practical footed outfits that don't require socks and go on with a lot more ease than anything else that requires baby contortions.
It seems that my lack of determination to keep my babies in socks, shoes and hats wears off. I now do battle to convince my children they should wear socks in the winter and even my shoe-lovin', clothes horse daughter will not tolerate things in her hair. So we have a drawer of barrettes and bands that go unworn as well.
Ah well.
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Mikea had huge feet as an infant and it seemed like socks never stayed on for long. I know I horrified several people when they'd see her barefoot. She was (and still is) a very warm little body so it never seemed that necessary unless it was cold outside and we were going out.
Hooray for footed clothes! Simple outfits are the way to go, especially when you have 3 (or 4) little bodies to help get (and stay) dressed!
Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway once responded to a challenge to write the shortest possible short story with:
"For Sale: Baby shoes. Never worn."
The people who exclaim over the poignancy in six short words never had my kids. NONE of their baby shoes were ever worn, and no tears shed.
Toddler shoes are another story.
Jacqueline will not keep her shoes or socks on either. The only shoes that have stayed on are Old Navy tennis shoes...which eventually came off about 5 hours later. Yea, she's not one for accessories either. :)
Some of us still hate hats and shoes and I know Mom tried hard to make me a "little lady". Poor mothers.
Judy
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