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Baby’s apparel can make a baby look cute or ugly. Style, comfort, and colors are some factors that matter a lot in choosing baby clothing. When it comes to girls, mothers should be very careful in choosing the style and color of dresses. Unlike baby boy clothing, baby girl clothing has a huge variety of designs and so the parents often become quite confused when selecting clothes for their little princess. The diverse variety of dresses make the parents overspend on clothes and instead of buying just one dress, they end up buying many pretty and costly dresses for their girl.

Baby pinks are preferred for baby girls as pink has always been associated with girls. Yellow is a neutral color that can be used for both baby boys and baby girls. Lighter and softer hues of colors like blue, green, violet, and red also look good on babies. It is always fun and exciting to shop for babies and if you are shopping for baby girls then it is not going to be a big deal as you are provided with numerous choices.

Whether you are shopping for an infant girl or a toddler, you will find brilliant dresses of soft and comfortable material. Baby girl clothing like frocks, skirts, diaper suits, shirts, and formal long dresses are all adorned with cute ribbons and laces that make them even more feminine and pretty. Unique and funky clothes make the babies more attractive and prominent.

Personalized baby girl clothes are also very
unique. Mums love to buy personalized clothes for their little ones, they get their names stamped on their clothes, or sometimes they get their baby’s pictures printed on them. Colorful clothes leave a very healthy effect on baby’s personality and help in their development.

Designer baby clothes are the choice of many mothers who can afford such expensive clothes. In addition, such mothers think that there is nothing more valuable then their kids so they do not hesitate to buy costly designer clothes. Many boutiques offer brilliantly designed baby apparel that are both hand and machine made, easy to wash, and comfortable to wear.

Animal prints, flower prints, shapes, and television, movie, and storybook characters are some of the designs used to make baby’s clothing more exciting. Printed clothes including skirts and frocks also look adorable. Baby designer clothes can make valuable gifts on birthdays and Christmas. Designer baby clothes are available for all ages from infant to toddlers and to young girls.

Baby girl clothing includes baby pajamas, night suits, shirts and t-shirts, skirts and frocks, hoods, sweaters and rompers, socks, and caps. All these are made of different materials like cotton, silk, and wool. These cute little clothes are very well designed and are beautifully decorated with ribbons and bows, laces and buttons. Frocks for special occasions like birthdays, Christmas, or any other event are simply stunning. Long frocks with laces and bows make the little one look like a real princess.

Your baby’s sex is decided at the moment of conception  and it all hangs on whether your X-chromosome (female) egg is fertilized by an X-chromosome or Y-chromosome (male) sperm. If an X chromosome penetrates the egg first it’s X + X, meaning you have conceived a baby girl.

There has long been debate over whether nature or nurture is responsible for the differences between baby boys and baby girls – but MRI scanning techniques have revealed over a hundred minute differences between the male and female brain and these come into play the minute your baby is born, becoming even more apparent as she grows.

The estrogen in her system affects her brain development, and she also has higher levels of the hormones serotonin and oxytocin. Serotonin affects mood, meaning that your baby girl may be less cranky and more easily soothed than a baby boy. Oxytocin is a hormone produced during sex and while lactating, and could be the key to a baby girl being more receptive to emotions than a baby boy.

What else can you expect from your baby girl?

Nappy changes will be more fiddly : With a baby girl you have to be extra careful to wipe from front to back as this can help to prevent poo from entering her vagina, which can result in a yeast infection (these are common in baby girls), and her urethra, which can jumpstart a urinary tract infection. In her first few days you will notice that your baby girls vulva is swollen and she may pass discharge – this is perfectly normal and results from oestrogen that entered her system from your body via blood passing through the placenta and umbilical cord. She also may have discharge from her nipples for the same reason.

Baby girls are often smaller: Baby girls tend to be born smaller than baby boys, although if you and your baby’s father are especially tall she may be larger than a baby boy whose parents are small. They tend to be healthier too: their skeletons are stronger, making them less vulnerable to injury, and they also seem less susceptible to developing complications from respiratory infections such as bronchiolitis. Premature baby girls typically thrive better than premature baby boys.

Baby girls love to be active! Don’t be taken in by the fact your baby girl may seem less physically strong and active than a baby boy – she still needs to run and climb and kick and throw a ball. You shouldn’t treat her as any more fragile than a boy and a good workout will help her gross motor skills catch up with those of boys her age.

She’s keen to communicate with you: Baby girls are entranced by faces, and your baby will love nothing more than to be held up close to your face and will maintain eye contact with you for longer than a baby boy. It may be one reason why girls are better at reading emotions as they grow. Her fascination with watching your features express emotion makes her a great mimic – from just a few hours old she may copy you if you slowly poke out your tongue at her.

Baby girls are good with their hands: Baby girls are better at fine motor movements performed with the fingers so your baby girl will probably be able to hold and control a piece of chalk or a crayon with more dexterity than a boy her age. They are better at playing with toys that require a degree of manipulation, such as twisting movements, and more proficient at using a spoon when it comes to self-feeding, and holding a pencil for writing later on.

Baby girls talk sooner: The fact she’s watching you that bit more closely and better able to register your voice means your baby girl is likely to understand what you are saying to her earlier than a baby boy would, and she’s more likely to try to communicate back with hand gestures such as waving and pointing, sooner too. She’ll talk sooner too: at around 12 months as opposed to around 14 months for a baby boy. By 16 months or so, your baby girl will know and be able to say up to 100 words, while a boy the same age will typically average around 30. She’ll string words together to form sentences earlier, and once she reaches preschool age she will use longer and more complex sentences than a boy.

Baby girls are better listeners: Baby girls are better able to hear noises in a higher register. The fact your baby girl is more attuned to your voice should mean that she is more inclined to listen to you (though we can’t guarantee it once toddler tantrums rear their ugly head!)
The fact her hearing is more acute means you can expect your baby girl to be more easily startled and upset by loud noises than a baby boy would be, and when it comes to toys that make noises she will prefer gentle sounds like music rather than the wailing sirens a baby boy would favour.

Baby girls are more sociable: Baby girls have better social skills than baby boys, mainly because they are better at communicating, and at empathizing with others. This means your baby girl might well be more independent than a baby boy would be, less apt to get upset if she isn’t in your presence and more inclined to play with other children a further distance from you than a boy the same age would be.

There’s no doubt that boys and girls are different and that working with those differences can help you be a happy parent raising a happy baby girl. But do bear in mind that your baby girl is an individual and be prepared for some exceptions to the rules.

Here are some parenting tips to help you raise daughters who will be successful in all aspects of their life. Parents strive to raise girls who will be independent, confident, and self-reliant. In a society where it can be more difficult to achieve success as a woman than a man, parents often feel the need to start their daughters on the right path at a young age.

Be a Good Example. Whether we like it or not, children learn from what we do, not from what we say. Fathers should treat all women with respect and equality and mothers should demand the same from men. It is also important for mothers to show their daughters that they are proud to be a woman and embrace imperfections (that means no derogatory comments when you look in the mirror). Being in a healthy, loving relationship yourself will help your daughter to expect the same when it’s her turn to select a partner.

Provide Good Role Models. It’s important for girls to have other women to look up to. Help her to find strong, successful women whom she admires (in addition to her mom, of course).

Encourage Interests. The only way for children to learn what they are passionate about in life is to try different things. Encourage your daughter to participate in different activities and let her decide what it is that she likes.

Don’t limit her to traditional “girly” toys and activities. If she wants to try skateboarding or football, let her go for it.

Set Educational Expectations. Make it clear from a young age that you expect your daughter to attend college. Make learning a priority and try to make education something fun rather than boring. At the same time, be prepared to accept that your daughter’s career choice may not be traditional. That is okay, as long as she’s motivated.

Promote Self-Worth. Show your daughter that she is special and unique. Applaud good grades and success in sports and activities and don’t focus on failures. Remember that all children are different and your daughter’s interests and accomplishments may be completely unlike what you had envisioned when she was a baby.

Spend Quality Time. Make sure that each parent spends solo time with your daughter. This gives you a chance to bond and gives her the opportunity to talk about anything that she wants to talk about without worry of her little brother or sister butting into the conversation. It can also help you get to know her better and recognize the things that make her unique.

Encourage Independence. Although it can be hard for parents to let their little girls go, it will inevitably happen. Prepare your daughter to be able to handle whatever life throws at her so that you won’t have to worry about her 24/7 (although you probably will anyway).