to be gutted that my LO asked for brand-name shoes at 2;6?

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In Clarks, choosing shoes for LO and she turns to me and asks "Mummy can I have Lelli-Kelly shoes?"! How sad that advertising can reach children at this tender age!?

Needless to say she did NOT get lelli-kellis but was equally delighted with her Clarks (which she refers to as lelli-kellis despite being told they're not- but hey she's happy) and there'll be no more channel 5 in this house.

What age did advertising start working its magic on your DC?

milkshake is banned here too.

DS1 watched that advert once and he wanted them. He has no concept that Pink is for girls because I am an anti-colour facist

My 2 year old dgs was singing mooooooooonpig .com before he was 2

hey fairlady, couldn't we get them on trade descriptions "magic wand" indeed!

That moon pig advert is nearly as bad.

I suppose all some of the adds could be accused of mis-advertisement....i.e. making you believe that they can do the unbelievable, and therefore they could be in trouble...not saying this well, sorry...but a friend of mine told me, that they are not allowed to use lots of fake lashes, etc....when advertising for mascara, as that is misleading....
however, if that would be really so, I'd say all advertisement could be acused of that, lol....it's all lies...

My DS1 is at the moment obsessed with bloody Cillet Bang!

BANG and the limescale is gone.
BANG and my brother is gone.
BANG and my brain is gone!

Barry Bithal et all bang and they are gone....

Sorry pippylong but that is really funny

Cbeebies only around here. Does the job!

I'm still from a recent thread in which Lelli Kellis were described as blinged-up Doodles.

As for marketing ... we got a Freeview box for wall-to-wall CBeebies after DD (who was about three at the time) announced 'I'm loving it' as we drove past a MacDonalds. No more channel 5 for us.

Ooooooh..., this makes me think of those magic shoe things that came with a secret key or something when I was little....

i binned my cillet bang ..bang and the bath was almost gone terrible fumes its like acid my ds 16 has autism he loves compare the meerkat.com advert always laughs out loud at it

I have no idea what Lelli-Kelli shoes are but when dd1 (now 14) was two, she sat in House of Fraser trying on shoes and said, 'but I wanted Gucci shoes, mummy' - I have never seen a Gucci shoe in my life but had won a Gucci handbag in a competition and she'd obviously heard me talking about it.

follow the link to the 'fashion sandals' or 'high canvas'. tasteful footwear

I'm dreading this phase. dh will not allow lelli kellies in the house.

My dd1 is very very susceptible to any advert. She is 5. At mothers days last year she wanted to buy my mum some 'Cillit Bang and the dirt is gone' and some 'mild green Fairy Liquid'

dd2 has just turned two and is still oblivious to any advert that is not to do with The Night Garden.

Argh - they are indeed revolting. I absolutely hate the idea of little girls wearing even the slighest hint of heel. Shudder.

We just watch CBeebies here but my parents have Sky and DD (2.5) watches Nick Junior there. I heard her tell the playgroup leader this week that her new sandals were Lelli Kellis (which they are not) and she also loves the Cillit Bang advert - much to my parents' amusement .

DH will kill me if I allow any Lelli Kelly's in the house. I was in Jones' the Bootmakers the other day to look for some summer shoes, and came across these ones, and they were, get this £35 quid!!! £35 quid???? I haven't spent that much on a pair of shoes for years!!! Ridiculous!

We now get her shoes from Sports Direct!

Oh god, I just knew it was going to be Lelli Kellys! DD (2.9) also obsessed with the ads. Luckily the shoe shop we go to doesn't stock them and she's happy to accept that so far. It's only a matter of time before she realises we could go to a different shop, though!