Today, safety advocates have won a serious battle against the rich and stylish. Pacifiers that are encrusted with Swarovski crystals have been recalled due to the possibility of swallowing one of the precious crystals and aspirating.
Thank goodness.
Have I missed something, or is there something wrong with a plain old Gerber pacifier? And what parent would seriously put something with jewels encrusted into it into their infant’s mouth? Isn’t that just common sense? Apparently not. Because I found jewel encrusted bottles, pacifiers, pacifier holders, rattles and toys after googling online. Everything and anything that can have a jewel stuck on it. . .does.
Call me a cynic but I’m not sure what the purpose of giving your baby Swarovski is. Couldn’t that money go towards college, or traveling or even expensive clothing? But I suppose I’m missing the point. I suppose that if you have the money to buy pacifiers with Swarovski crystals on them, you also have money to burn on traveling, paying for the most expensive college or even super organic, hand embroidered baby blankets.
There seems to be however, a growing trend to be entrenched in the throws of mother hood without looking too mothery. Even diaper bags these days are chic and stylish. When I had my first child, the free diaper bag they gave in the hospital was yellow with a Peter Rabbit theme. With the twins, I got a chic black bag that you couldn’t even tell was a diaper bag. The last time I went shopping for one I found some in silk, brocades, and all shapes and sizes.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m all for being stylish and I’m all for dressing my baby up in cute things. I would like to think though, that even after I do win the lottery, I’d put my money to better use than to buy pacifiers with Swarovski crystals on them that may actually choke my baby.
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