Andrea’s Weblog

So one of the reasons we didn’t find out the sex of the baby is so we
wouldn’t get bombarded with too much girlie pink stuff. I didn’t think
I cared if anyone knew she was a boy or girl based on the color she was
wearing. Does it really matter if they’re a boy or girl at this age?
Will people treat her differently if they know she’s a girl? So why then
did I find myself in Walmart buying a package of clip on bows?

One reason is that they are like a clip-on personality. You attach such
a silly thing to her head and suddenly she looks so cute and happy.
It’s like when you put a dog in one of those costumes and say “he just
loves wearing reindeer horns, doesn’t he look so proud of himself.”

I also figure “if you’ve got it, flaunt it.” She’s definitely got hair,
so why not make the other 5 week olds jealous.

Another reason is that the cuter she looks, the more attention she
gets, the less attention I get. Believe me, when I don’t have time to
dry my hair and end up slapping on a ball cap I don’t want the
attention. Before I paid for the bows, I slapped one on her in the
store. I turned around to look at the toothpaste and when I turned back
around, an old man was making googlie eyes at her.

I guess if she attracts too many old men with her bows, I might have to
reconsider the bow thing…