ACK FIVE: More Bizarre Baby Stuff
By Jackie Burrell
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 at 6:05 am in Just Bizarre.
Thousand dollar strollers, 400-thread count crib sheets … Why, what’s that merry sound? That would be baby accessory manufacturers, laughing all the way to the bank because apparently,we’ll buy anything - uber-Bugaboos, baby perfume, infant penis covers, even baby powder sifters. And now, here’s even more stuff you don’t need…
1. Can we interest you in a Baby Safe Feeder ($6.25)? It’s the product of choice for parents who don’t want their babies to choke - but don’t want go to all the bother of, ya know, spooning up baby food or dicing peaches or something. Now, they can feed their kids through a net.
2. Whenever we change a leaky, stinky diaper, we always think… this would be so much more fun if our changing pad was made of leopard-print fur ($165)…
3. And it would go so well with this luxury diaper pad with body-contouring memory foam insert ($47). Because heaven knows, when you’ve got a 10-pounder atop a diaper pad for oh, 45 seconds at a time, ya gotta cushion “baby’s sensitive pressure points.”
4. OK, every parent has experienced a toddler bathroom emergency at some point and been forced to re-purpose a container for that, er, purpose. (And may we just say that ziplock bags are indeed watertight … thank heavens.) But a Florida mom wants you to buy her Nalgene Pee Pee Bottles ($9.99) and carry them *everywhere* you go, because it helps “reinforce” toilet training.

Um, you’re teaching your child to pee into people’s water bottles.
5. And finally, Boogie Wipes. A scented, saline-drenched wipe designed to remove crusty boogers? Can we throw up now? Oh, we don’t doubt that the wipes work, but folks, do you really need booger-specific wipes? Use a wash cloth and water. From the tap. (There’s no telling where that water bottle has been.)
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May 14th, 2008 at 10:08 am
Okay, these ARE goofy, but the Baby Safe Feeder was definitely useful in our house. My son had feeding problems and oral sensitivies when he was younger. He was in therapy and not only did his therapists encourage these wacky devices, everyone in oral therapy used them as well. There is definitely a niche market for these.