"Real Mommies Don't Wear White"

Spurred by a recent Sunday circular distributed by a nationwide department store chain, I was compelled to start a column called "Real Mommies Don't Wear White." Although this store is one of my favorites, the picture on the front of the circular made me snicker to myself. In promoting their baby sale items, the photo depicted a woman(presumably a mother) dressed in head-t0-toe white, with an infant in a carseat on the floor beside her(also decked in white). Are they serious? Now, this is not some high-class department store, catering to the Celebritariat and those with too much money to know better. I would like to assume that I was not the only middle-class Mommy
to be laughing at the thought of spending a day(let alone five minutes) wearing a matching mommy-and-me-sized napkin! I would look like a used Swiffer wipe by the time I had put on both of my shoes. Ok, so it is deceitful of me to put forth that I never wear white. I just don't wear anything, regardless of the color, without the thought of "What new color will soon be adorning this?" crossing my mind. If you are conscious enough to be able to keep you clothes spotless while wearing them, I question the amount of time and energy you are focusing on your child. Circular-ad mommy and child may look spotless, but are they truly happy?