dressed to quell

i don't know why i still can't seem to put "normal" clothes on e.m. we're still going strong with the white lap shoulder onesies. we've relinquished the muscle tee onesie (my absolute but unexpected favorite this summer) and are now wearing short and long sleeve, depending on the day. sometimes i add in white baby legs if it's chilly, other times robeez. she has a couple of sweaters and hoodies but it looks so weird to me that i immediately take them off. even socks don't look right.

i noticed in the pediatrician's office on monday that even newborns were wearing entire non-baby baby outfits, like elastic waist sweatpants that look like jeans, message tees, hats...i couldn't get over it.

maybe i can't dress my kid because she doesn't have much of a personality yet. it also makes her look older and it doesn't seem right that a 4 month old baby is dressed like a second grader. in addition, too many baby outfits look like costumes. and lastly, what's the use of putting on all of those clothes when you sleep 17 hours out of 24? it's like people i knew in college who dressed up on sunday mornings just to skip church and go to lunch. i may have done it a couple of times around the same time when i was trying to fake a texas accent.

meh. i guess jeremy and i are like that, we wear a virtual uniform every day of t shirts, jeans and rubber soled shoes unless there's a good reason to get dressed up. the echols are not in-betweeners.

i have gotten on board with the occasional hairband, which i think are pretty cute.