http://finance.yahoo.com/news/luxury-market-babies-toddlers-back-190137831.htmlAh, the foolishness displayed in articles like this.
Its all about the parental ego trip, as the little one probably can't tell the difference between a cotton sack and
...a $70 LemLem sleeveless cotton onesie and a cotton Appleseed sweater from Tane Organics that retails for $83.
The little one also couldn't tell the difference between a hand me down or inexpensive stroller and
Peg Perego...with its $800 strollers. And when the Bugaboo Frogs stroller was featured on Sex and the City in August 2002, it pushed the entire stroller market up, says personal finance expert Helaine Olen. “Suddenly, a $700 UppaBaby stroller looked reasonable.”
I can't think of the name for it (the placing a stupidly expensive item next to the outright ridiculous to make the stupid items seem OK by comparison) off the top of my head but
Unless you’re well-off, you probably won’t shell out $70 for a onesie. But that $35 organic-cotton baby dress that Gisele Bündchen’s daughter was photographed in starts to seem completely affordable.
Uhhhhh, no, it's NOT affordable at $35 for an item the kid will wear only a few times before growing out of it.
Oh, and lets exploit chemo-phobia as well.....and make some serious bucks in the process:
“A lot of cribmakers are having their cribs Greenguard certified,” author Fields says. The process, allowing companies to guarantee their furniture doesn’t contain dangerous chemicals, raises the price of a crib from about $200 to at least $600. Fields estimates that organic crib bedding is 15 percent to 20 percent more costly than its nonorganic counterpart.
Because junior is going to eat those metal parts of the crib and we have to make sure there's no lead in 'em.....and triple the price, and the profit margin, as well.
Remember, if you don't spend big bucks on the newborn, you obviously hate your child. ;-)
(edited to fix typo: Was "bugs" fixed to "bucks").