Sluggish growth in baby clothes segment.

Indian mothers (I too) do not have great taste while selecting baby clothes and baby toys. Well, we are not to be blamed at all for this shortcoming.

Not many western baby dresses manufactures have set up shop in India. In fact, even today, I do not know of any exclusive baby shop to sell tastefully designed baby dresses. We simply are not exposed to new ideas in baby dresses.

We see the banal frocks with big fluffy sleeves that I wore 48 years ago! The scene in the baby products industry is very much the same since I know when my son was born 24 years ago.

Why this sluggish growth in baby clothes segment? Why there is no inspiration at all from dress designers? Why are they putting their efforts to satisfy youth only?

I request the fashion designers to look into this lacuna. We don’t lack talent; we simply lack exposure.

Organization of Mothers of Twins!

The news of twins naturally doubled our happiness. After so many anxious months, my friend gave birth to twin males last night in Virginia.

Doctors have diagnosed high BP that put her on lot of restrictions on her food. She was worried that she will give birth to less weight baby. But all are safe now.

She now has to cope up the problems of a parent of twins. She requires a lot of advice on various parenting issues related to twin children. She has to find an experienced nurse first. Then she must look for proper dress for the kids.

Fortunately for her, she can interact with other parents of twins through lilaguide.com, the Internet’s first social networking for moms and dads and Internet’s first search engine for baby products.

Lilaguide.com launches with 32,000 listings and over 120,000 reviews from real parents who want to share their advice on baby products, services, and activities in 5,000 neighborhoods across the U.S. from New York to L.A., Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco, and Miami.

Lilaguide.com begins its relationship with parents before the baby is born by addressing the specific—and multiple—local needs of soon-to-be-moms, from doulas and pregnancy massages to maternity stores and birthing classes.

There is even a club called National Organization of Mothers of Twins Clubs, Inc. that is listed in lilaguide.com