The TV ads and the mega shopping sales and
the many alerts from the countless shopping sites have only one agenda – to get
you to buy!!!!!
As a new mom, and admit it, it has nothing
to be a first time or new mom, and even those with more than one kid do this
all the time (read, me, as well as you, yourself), we always end up getting
sucked into these crazy marketing gimmicks that end up manipulating our brains.
They tell us what is really really important for your babies and kids and you
end up believing them, heart and mind and soul!
Recently, I even saw something on a baby
site that told parents ‘to not be their baby’s toy themselves but to buy them
some interesting toys for real.’ Okay, that was really marketing gone overboard
and in your face.
With so much peer pressure and so much
pressure from so many different quarters, it is very difficult indeed to figure
out what your baby or growing child really needs and what can easily be
ignored. As a parent, you do not want to leave out anything for your kid, you
want to give them all there is that is the best, that will help them in
achieving their milestones and help them in motor development and education and
learning and stimulating their senses and what not.
Agreed.
But who says that buying all that there is
out there will do that?
The ones who are selling it say, who else?
Most often than not, your instinct is the
best guide to buying for your baby. Forget about what all the sites and stores
are saying. If you think your baby needs it, go and get it right away. If you
have the slightest of doubt, hold on.
Here are the 10 most commonly advertised or
bought items that are actually not needed for your baby at all!
