ges . ▁Because ▁child b irth ▁used ▁to ▁be ▁very ▁dangerous ▁for ▁women , ▁birth s ▁without ▁comp lications ▁were ▁celebrated ▁extens ively . ▁A ▁treat — us ually ▁something ▁sweet — was ▁given ▁to ▁visitors ▁as ▁a ▁supposed ▁" g ift " ▁from ▁the ▁new born ▁child . ▁M uis jes ▁started ▁being ▁produced ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁century , ▁and ▁replaced ▁sugar ▁as ▁the ▁favour ite ▁to pping ▁used ▁on ▁besch uit ▁to ▁symbol ise ▁successful ▁child b irth . ▁However , ▁besch uit ▁was ▁quite ▁expensive ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁and ▁mostly ▁reserved ▁for ▁festiv ities ▁organ ised ▁by ▁the ▁wealth y , ▁so ▁most ▁people ▁instead ▁a te ▁sug ary ▁white ▁bread ▁until ▁besch uit ▁became ▁che aper . ▁When ▁p ink ▁mu is jes ▁were ▁introduced ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 0 , ▁they ▁became ▁the ▁standard ▁with ▁birth s ▁of ▁female ▁b ab ies ▁while ▁the ▁original ▁white ▁mu is jes ▁remained ▁in ▁use ▁with ▁male ▁ones . ▁With ▁the ▁introduction ▁of ▁blue ▁mu is jes ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁blue ▁has ▁become ▁the ▁standard ▁with ▁boys ▁instead . ▁ ▁De ▁Ru ij ter ▁is ▁currently ▁the ▁largest ▁brand ▁in ▁production ▁of ▁mu is jes ▁and ▁has ▁been ▁producing ▁them ▁since ▁ 1 8 6 0 . ▁The ▁company ▁managed ▁to ▁rep op ular ize ▁the ▁d ish ▁when ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 8 ▁the ▁Dutch ▁royal ▁family ▁was ▁given ▁a ▁large ▁can ▁of ▁orange ▁mu is jes ▁(