To think this is an inappropriate gift for a newborn baby girl?

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I am fully prepared to be told IABU and maybe I am, but I was in Argos yesterday (that's not the unreasonable bit).
I was looking for a present for a 2-year-old girl and stumbled across this:
www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/9248612.htm?cmpid=APPSOCIAL01
It says "suitable from birth". I kind of get the concept but is it just me that thinks it's inappropriate and stereotypical, and the wrong impression to give a little girl? Almost that it's all about the accessories and no baby is too young to be indoctrinated into the world of pink and fluffy.
I can't even put my finger on why it annoyed me so much, maybe it's the pinkness, but I am just uncomfortable with it.
Is there any logical reason why I should feel like this?

I kind of get the concept as babies love playing with handbags and taking stuff in and out of it etc, might be less yucky in nice bright colours and a bit more gender neutral.

Oh lord that's hideous

I know someone who would probably buy it for their newborn DD though

But why not have a pink and lilac zebra and a black and white one?? A girl could buy the black and white one and a boy could buy the pink and lilac one. It is parents who buy into the whole "thats for boys", "thats for girls" that is the problem.

My DD would have had the pink one (if she had had one) as she likes the colour, but so would DS1. DD2 has the black and white which he picked. If he had picked the pink one, then fine.

I really don't get why it is something to get your knickers in a twist over. If the shops only sold the pink one to girls and the other to boys then yes, but they don't.

It seems the new thing (not meaning anyone in particular on this thread but in general) that people will not buy a single thing that is pink for girls for only this reason.

I wouldn't buy that for a newborn, but I don't have a problem with it at all.

Both my DDs loved pink, princesses, and other "girly stuff"

DD2 in particular wanted everything to be as pink as possible, if it wasn't pink she wasn't interested, now aged 21 she still likes pink, and that's fine, it's who she is.

Both girls have grown up to be strong minded, independant young women, both doing well in their chosen careers. They just happen to both still like pink.

Buying and liking pink toys has had no ill effect on them whatsoever.

That's not so bad. Yes it has a mirror and it's garishly pink but it also has keys (usually a boy stereotype) and a teddy is child centred. Mobile phone is fairly unisex.

I really can't get upset over gender specific toys like so many do. I'm not girly and despite my best efforts, my DD is.