It’s your friend’s baby’s birthday and you have to gift them something nice. You are totally overwhelmed with the options and confused about what to buy. Fret not, you have got company. A vast majority feels that buying a gift for a child is complicated. On the one hand, it’s something that the child should like yet not possess beforehand, on the other hand, the parents too should be alright with the gift. And to make things worse, if you a non-parent or if you are gifting something to a child completely different from your own child’s age, you are likely to be totally out of touch with their tastes.
While there are plenty of articles to guide you what to gift, there are not many that guides you what NOT to buy. We hope this short sweet list will help.
Toys With Button Battery
   
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Whenever I get an opportunity to bash button batteries, I don’t miss it. I think it is high time we ban toys with button batteries. Doctors in major city hospitals see at least one incident a week where a child is brought for swallowing a button battery. I would have lost my nephew hadn’t we found in time that he put a button battery inside his nose. Once ingested this horrible thing corrodes and eats into the stomach lining causing fatal internal bleeding. That is why toys with button batteries top the list of things you should never ever gift children.
Chocolates
Gift my child a box of chocolates for his birthday party and I will send my son along with you as my return gift! The last thing that I or any parent for that matter would want is a sugar laden hyper kid running around during a party.
Musical Toys
The biggest problem with musical toys is that kids love it and parents hate it. I mean who really wants to listen to the annoying screeching noise 24×7- as if homes with toddlers are in dearth of hustle and bustle. You know what’s the worst category though? Toys with no switch to turn off the music!
Statement Onesies
Statement onesies are cute and funny. No doubt! But it’s better left for parents to decide because not everyone has the same sense of humour. I mean I find the below onesie funny. But will everyone like it? We never know!
Pets
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Planning to gift your friend’s child a small fish bowl? or love birds? You may want to rethink unless you want that friendship to go down the drain! Caring for kids itself is huge work and no one would really want to add more to it unless they adore pets (something we never know for sure). Moreover, not every child would be able to handle it if something unfortunate happens to a pet under their care. So, it is better not to risk it.
Unsuitable Toys
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There are certain toys popular toys that are best left ungifted. At the top of that list comes toothpick cross bow, toy guns and stuffed toys with flammable fillings. Next, watch out for toys made of cheap plastic, toys with sharp edges, string and small loose parts that could pose choking hazards.
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So, the next time, spare a minute or two and think what would really suit the child you are gifting than just buying stuff off the shelf!
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Vaishnavi Venkatraman
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