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a pram that has built in speakers and ipod docking station. so now they can really annoy you on the bus, in the doctors and while your shopping!!!

what is the point??

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What a load of old bunkum. :mad:

What happened to keeping the child amused in the buggy by having a conversation with them? Pointing things out along the journey etc?
It must be too much trouble for some. :rolleyes:

The gaps between the conversation can be filled with.....nothing.

Let the child look around and observe......kids don't need to be bombarded with music/muzak all the time. One of the things I noticed when my two were babies was why does everything have to make a noise?

I struggled to buy anything for my babies from toys to potties that didn't play a tune.....and a very annoying tune at that. It's always pop goes the weasel or London Bridge is falling down.

It's enough to drive you to a nervous breakdown after a while. :(

Manufacturers......we want silence! :alright:

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Poor kids:rolleyes:

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its one of those prams that faces away from you so conversation is difficult...... i suppose its the travel alternative of sticking them in front of the tweenies lol..... it'll be built in dvd players soon!

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Stupid idea but you can bet there will be plenty buying them!!!

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Conversation is easier in a pram that faces you but I should think the child can still hear you in the facing away kind......even if you do look like you're talking to yourself as you walk down the street. :D

I find it sad that some would rather subject their child to a constant stream of mindless noise than make the effort to talk.....I used to love chatting away to mine when they were in the pram, not that I don't like talking to them now of course. :D

You're probably not far off with the built in dvd players. You can already get them for cars and there was a suggestion a while back about putting them on supermarket trollies. :eek:

Again, what's wrong with involving the child in the shopping? Pointing things out, asking them to look out for the apples etc.

Much better for all concerned than staring down at a Shrek dvd on the trolley handle. :(

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ya just highlighted the difference between good parents n couldn't care less uns lilly.;)

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Ah, devils advocate here, Music can very good to soothe children to sleep, classical particularly is known to help. I can see the logic behind it.

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I'm all for a little bit of Mozart in the evening before the child goes to sleep. As you say, some find it soothing.

This is not the same as being bombarded with a tune in your ear all day.....in the car, playing with toys, in the pram, in the bath etc.

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Most babies will settle without music if they are fed and changed. Just takes parents to spend a little quality time preparing them for bed, a nice bath and a story helps baby to relax. In fact get the televisions and noise machines out of the kids bedrooms, it is well highlighted by the experts that they aren't needed!!

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[quote=BERNADETTE;610190 In fact get the televisions and noise machines out of the kids bedrooms, it is well highlighted by the experts that they aren't needed!![/quote]

Hear hear, Bernadette. :alright:

I've heard of children as young as 2 or 3 with televisions and dvd players in their bedrooms. :eek:

My eldest is 7 and he hasn't got anything like that in his bedroom and he won't have for quite some time yet. My kids' bedrooms are like tombs, they're so dark as I have blackout blinds and lined curtains at the windows, no electronic gadgets just peace and quiet.

I've never had any trouble with them at night. They just get into bed and go to sleep.

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Siobhan has had a hifi since day 1.

She had a lullaby CD that she liked to go to sleep to that we played each night. In fact it worked rather too well at times and became an almost pavlovic response.

She doesn't have it now as she prefers stories and has done for about 9 months.

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She would have gone to sleep without it though, it is just what she got used to.

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classical conditioning?at least when you talk about children and cognitive development i know what your on about lol

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i am the devil:dflam: just what percentage of those purchasing this garbage, can you see having Mozart fer em?:D

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nah, they will be playing the usual boom boom boom

<fx: ARRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH I've turned into an "owd ******!" >

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Never mind the poor kids.............I WANT ONE........now if only i could persuade the missus to push me round.......;)

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Be careful with the stories, my daughter loved a bed time story every night. By the time she started school she promptly fell asleep every time they had an afternoon story. The teachers used to let her sleep (well, she was the youngest in the year), thankfully she grew out of it by the time she went into the juniors:D. It was soooo funny, I still tease her about it.:angel:

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Don't think thats a daft as you make it sound pipinfort, if they've come up with a childs push chair it won't be long before there is a wheelchair in the shops for old rockers like me:D:rolleyes:

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I know your question is rhetorical, but 1% comes to mind:rolleyes: And another 3% have actually heard of Mozart.:(

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I love it .... racing down the sidewalk in your wheelchair with Steppenwolf's "Born to be Wild" blaring away:theband:

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Too Expensive for a chav though dont ya think? ;)

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And what exactly is a Chav .... and why don't we have any here:confused:

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You most likely do have Chavs, just called something else - Chav a short definition

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Ok ... we have some .... tho' not many in K-town.

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I remember looking at these when expecting the boys, I dont think that they are that bad an idea, fair enough where you can talk to your child your should but shopping etc is just boring for them, all they can see is legs!!! I talk to my boys and have on more than one occasion been caught singing to them in town too. I dont think it's chavvy (and no im not a chav either) I think its just another one of these things that move on with time, Might be beneficial for a child , you can play nursery rhymes, abc's etc through it not just chavvy bounce music. The speakers are near the child not the mum so it will be the little one listening really, and doubt that it would play too loud, they must have thought about that, so that it plays no louder than the allowed level of say a childs toy

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Single parents / low income parents (under a certain threshold) qualify for a maternity grant of £500 to buy things for the baby, this isnt any more expensive than a lot of the prams on the market really, have seen many "chavs" in town pushing round £300+ prams