Post purchase dissonance (not)

Mummy splurged on toys for you today. Splurged. Like had difficulty carrying the lout to the car even with daddy's help, splurge. ISETAN GOT SALE. Good buy, must buy.

I was never one to believe in toys. Much less to say, spend tonnes of money on plastics which really ain't gonna last that long. I mean, it'll definitely last past your attention span but yeah, you get the drift. I vividly recall how I got an extremely rude shock when I first checked out the kids department at takashimaya when I was pregnant, you know, just to recce. Like my god, somebody replaced the price tags on all those toys while I wasn't looking (granted, they were hardly the same entity and I hadn't been looking for 20 years). I was convinced my baby wasn't gonna need all those  cause I will be the most entertaining mother, ever. Like discovery channel, disney tv, okto, rolled into one entertaining.

Well, I wasn't wrong. It did happen that way and stayed that way for the first 4 months. And then, something happened. You started going through this "phase", you got tired of playing on the floor, tired of sitting in your rocker, even getting tired of sitting on mummy's lap. You were suddenly becoming acutely aware of your lack of mobility and getting very impatient your psychomotor development was not catching up with your cognitive development.

I mean, look at the kid! HE IS OBVIOUSLY BORED. The kid, is bored.

In a desperate attempt to relief your mounting boredom...may I present, your very first "extravagant" toy. The EXERSAUCER: Splash marine series. This, my boy, is a stationary play centre which bounces when you bounce, rocks from side to side when you shift your weight, and swivels a full 360 degree allowing you to choose your preferred activity at any one time! Unlike traditional walkers, this is safe and does not require constant supervision. WHICH MEANS...buying mummy some much needed reprieve. Laundry anyone?

Mummy was half expecting daddy to protest when I insisted on buying you one of those activity centers. Daddy's the "check and balance" guy around the house. "We have no space at home for this! He doesn't need such an expensive toy! He is gonna use this for one month and we will end up chucking this aside!" Yup. But not this time round, he didn't. In fact, he even picked out a very futuristic looking musical mobile, tummy-time play mat and caterpillar for you! We are now officially fans of Fisher-price and Lamaze toys!