1 Just wait, Sarah.... The clothes for girls become more ridiculous as they grow older. I have a hard time finding appropriate clothes for my 6 year old. Everything is low cut and WAY too short. Not sure why we think little girls need to dress the way even adults shouldn't.

2 It is amazingly difficult to not spend an arm and a leg and still dress your daughter appropriately.  And, by appropriately, I mean age-appropriate in the non-2009 "find your inner hoochie" sense.

Talbot's kids was great, but they are defunct now.  Land's End, some Old Navy and Osh Kosh are usually helpful.

I also detest sayings on children's rears and the like.  Ick. 

3

I have a friend(?) who just had the most adorable baby girl.  While visiting to see the baby for the first time, she showed me all of the baby stuff and every damned piece of clothing had something written on it.  Of course I did the obligitory "smile" and "cute", until she showed me a onesie with the saying " I LOVE MY DADDY" and underneath it said "even though he is an asshole". 

Well, I guess she saw the horror on my face and said "What? What?".  So, I expressed to her how unappropriate I thought that was, and she laughed and said "...yeah, he (the daddy) hates it too, so I'm going to make sure she wears it alot."

I don't think I will be visiting her and that adorable baby in the future.  What a shame. 

4 Taste.  What happened to it? Everything has been dumbed down, lowest common denominator for humor even on baby clothes.  We are in ancient Rome, anything goes.
Sorry to be so cynical, Sarah, you and those like you are the only hope for our future.

5 IF we ever finally have a baby, regardless of gender, I'll find a way to get it an "Evil Dictator In Training" outfit :-)

6 Three cheers for you. All of those baby clothes remind me of the bumper stickers I see that say "BITCH." Your kid's the boss? Daddy's just a piggy bank? Your daughter's a diva? That's a character flaw, folks, a problem that needs to be worked on, not something to proudly proclaim and flaunt!

7

Yeah, messages on kids' clothes are almost NEVER good - even for boys. I want my son to know he's more than "Mommy's little mess-maker."

Never has learning to sew cute little jumpers & stuff sounded SO appealing as now ...   (That Fig Tree place is one heck of a start, btw!!!)

8 I bought Henry a shirt in DC that said Future President, he was in kindergarten, and it was elcction time..

Cor ahas one that says Girls hunt too, and Daddy is my Hero

9 I worked at a Carter's store for almost a year and a half after graduating with my M.Ed.  It was something I could do to help pay the bills and still be able to substitute teach.  They (generally) stick with tasteful stuff.

I've seen my niece in a black "Barf Vader" t-shirt, and more recently one that says "My daddy's the big kahuna", and one in a pink camo "PRINCESS".  Of course, I don't see her every day.  I'd thought about making some baby clothes for her, but she's growing so fast, I wouldn't be able to keep up.  She's only 14 months old, but she's already fitting into 3T stuff...

A young lady my sisters and I know from the ballpark (she's still in elementary school, and she's going to be my sister's flower girl in 2 weeks) likes to shop "Justice for Girls".  Yeah, that's one of the places that sells stuff with writing across the butt.  Her parents are divorced and she lives with mom, but it's dad that takes her out to the ballgames.  I have had to stop myself from saying anything to dad, since he's not the one taking his daughter shopping for clothes...

10 My dad has been into MMA before it was really called that...they used to call it street fighting, real world combatives, etc...

At any rate, when he had my little brother a few years back MMA had started to become mainstream and a lot of the clothes they bought for him reflected my dad's interest and skill...

1) My dad can choke your dad out
2) Snap, Tap or Nap...actually, just the nap
3) It's not a crib...I'm training for cage fighting
4) Future Champion of the World

Some of those are only funny or cute for MMA fans.  I added in a few "geeky" math joke ones to cover my side of the deal but I was just glad there wasn't any of the sailor outfit or Easter outfits...my little bro should grow up tough and smart...

11 I agree with you wholeheartedly on the inappropriate clothing for little girls. My youngest is twelve now and everything in every store is designed to start these girls on the road to recreational sex at the earliest age possible. We never buy anything with writing on the rear end even when she was a baby and now we're just trying to keep her boobs, bellybutton  and nether regions covered. When you do find something even close to suitable, it's so tight it looks painted on. Aaaarrrggghh.

Now my daughter is having the same problem with my 1 year old granddaughter. Difficult to find just plain clothes.

And even though she has Mimi wrapped around her teeny, tiny perfect little finger, I will never let it be put on her clothing. It's our little secret.

12 I'm not universally opposed to all writing.  In fact, I can't wait to buy this shirt.  But most of the writing is crap, or offensive, or slutty.  Who designs that?

I could always get the shirt I saw that said MY MAMA LOVES OBAMA...

13 I tend to buy my daughter's clothes in the boys' section anyhow. One, they tend to have fewer sayings on them. Two, she actually likes rockets and dinosaurs. Three, I didn't have to worry about low-cut, short-short shorts ON MY INFANT. Seriously. Go to Target, and pick up a pair of boys' Circo shorts and a pair of girls' Circo shorts, in the same size. Notice the difference in cut. Crap, half the time the girls' shorts wouldn't have covered her diaper!

14 I do love the geeky humor, and some of the "little boy" humor. I have a few shirts I found at Walgreens that were pretty funny:

"Diaper Loading, 75%" (With progress bar)

"With a Shirt this Cool, Who Needs Pants?"

"Hey dude, your girlfriend keeps checking me out."

We also have a onesie from our friends that says, "Shh . . . I'm downloading" and another I got at his shower that has a little muffin with muscle arms that says "Stud Muffin". SO cute!

I wanted to get him a Baby Trogdor onesie, but they were sold out at the time.  Might have to check availability again. http://www.homestarrunnerstore.com/babytrogdor.html

I do agree, though, that most of the shirts with words are kind of silly, especially for girls.  And I HATE the words-across-the-butt trend.  That's just wrong for any age.

15 I have a few onesies that say things like, "handsome" and "cutie pie", or "little monkey", but typically really small under a picture of a monkey holding a banana or something.  Not bad.  And I have one that says "Daddy Loves Me" that I bought specifically for r&r.  But yeah, I went to buy something for my friend's baby girl, and yes, the boy stuff is way better.  The "daddy loves me" kind of outfits were the only wearable (imo) sayings, the rest just best to avoid words altogether.