So as my pregnancy has gone on I have probably fallen pray to one too many cute scratch mits or blankets but I have also become increasingly annoyed at things that shops do to make us buy twice the amount of stuff than we need.
For example:
Maternity clothes, very few will be any good for the early days of breast feeding.
Genderfication of everything, why does a bath support need to be pink or blue, oh yes so I will feel like I need a new one next time.
Baby grows with "2011" on them, that'll be useful next time not.
Plus the massive lists of 'must haves' in the in house magazine of mothercare, boots etc.
Anyone else got examples to help me avoid falling into the traps in the coming months?
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Ways that shops try to get us pregnant women to spend more on baby stuff.
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grottielottie · 22/08/2011 10:15
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