"BTW does anyone know the origin of the custom of dressing baby boys in blue and baby girls in pink? It seems to be a modern innovation."
I don't know about blue is for boys/pink is for girls but I've heard of a contrary custom, and right in the formerly great state of Massachusetts (but thanks folks for taking Kerry back!). Maybe it was prevalent amoung many Irish americans. I was told by my grandmother that back in the old days, in Mass, the boys were in pink and the girls in blue, because the Cardinals wore red and blue is associated with the Virgin Mary.
I have no solid proof of this, but no reason to doubt the story. This was NOT the grandmother who was the "leg puller" and my dad backed her up.
But of course, all the old pix are in B&W!
This is English custom