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Siobhan

11-01-2007, 12:48

My pregnant friend sent me this.. I though some were bizare!!

http://www.shiveredsky.blogspot.com/2006/12/top-10-most-ridiculous-products-for.html

Footie_Chick

11-01-2007, 13:02

woah, some of them are really weird.

Kim

11-01-2007, 13:49

Yeah, like that baby keeper. It looks like they've actually been hung, or something.

alan45

11-01-2007, 14:43

My pregnant friend sent me this.. I though some were bizare!!

http://www.shiveredsky.blogspot.com/2006/12/top-10-most-ridiculous-products-for.htmlI think we'll blame it on her hormones. Obviously an American site. The sad thing about this is some folk will actually buy this crap

Jojo

11-01-2007, 14:54

Ok - I am going to say here, that I have had baby reins, and I remember my photo being taken in them aswell when I was a baby. The baby bucket - a number of my friends (not me) have them and think they are fantastic especially for newborns - they are kept at Maternity Hospitals too and they demonstrate how to bathe your baby in them.

Subliminal learning cd - so am I pathetic / daft / stupid or whatever for playing both of my oldest children abc, 123 etc tapes when they were going to sleep when they were younger and now both of them are 2-3 years ahead of their age group in their abilities?? I'm not forcing them into anything, and at the end of the day - children will always take the paths that they want to take. You can't force anyone to do anything.

Siobhan

11-01-2007, 15:22

Subliminal learning cd - so am I pathetic / daft / stupid or whatever for playing both of my oldest children abc, 123 etc tapes when they were going to sleep when they were younger and now both of them are 2-3 years ahead of their age group in their abilities?? I'm not forcing them into anything, and at the end of the day - children will always take the paths that they want to take. You can't force anyone to do anything.

I think the CDs are more that just ABC, 123 tapes.. it is subliminal messages so it would be nice music with other stuff chucked in.. I read all the time to my kids and like your, they are ahead of their age groups.. Charley is in 2 year at school and she is only gone 5 since sept.. everyone in her class is 6 and 7...

I do think sticking a baby in a bucket is a bit mad!! As for baby reigns, there is better thing out there that doesn't look like, as the guy said, a leash. you can get the new hand straps that keep your kids with you but it doesn't look like you are taking them for a walk

Jojo

11-01-2007, 15:30

My friend who has a little tyke for a 2 year old - put on the wrist strap and she manages to take it off - so in that respect, its far better to have something like that on them, than to chance them running off / getting run over etc.

The bucket thing, I find strange, but apparently for a newborn, it imitates being in the womb still and is extremely calming for them, they feel safer and secure apparently.

I think the dummy is hilarious though - I wouldn't buy one thats for sure, but cracked me up when I saw it :rotfl:

Siobhan

11-01-2007, 15:37

I think the dummy is hilarious though - I wouldn't buy one thats for sure, but cracked me up when I saw it :rotfl:

that and the toopee :rotfl::rotfl: .. my boyfriend was saying to get the sling and it can be use as an alternative to the naughty step :lol:

Jojo

11-01-2007, 15:40

that and the toopee :rotfl::rotfl: .. my boyfriend was saying to get the sling and it can be use as an alternative to the naughty step :lol:
A friend of mine *coughdebscough* said about putting the toupee with the dummy!!! :rotfl: I'd be laughing for weeks with that sight!!

Can you imagine hanging them over the toilet door though - or you could put hooks on the door frame and turn it into a swing!!

Siobhan

11-01-2007, 15:47

Jojo

11-01-2007, 18:53

DEBS!! :eek::eek: I am shocked!! put that on a baby just so you can have a laugh!! you would scar the kid for life

lol - only pictured it - not to actually put on a baby.

Katy

11-01-2007, 19:01

It was that last one that freaked me out and the bucket the rest were reasonable normal.

CrazyLea

11-01-2007, 19:10

Ok - I am going to say here, that I have had baby reins

So did I. I personally don't see anything wrong with them :searchme:
Some of the other stuff is hellish weird though.

Meh

11-01-2007, 19:13

I have to say, the Zaky pillow is freaky. *shudders*

di marco

11-01-2007, 19:53

Ok - I am going to say here, that I have had baby reins

So did I. I personally don't see anything wrong with them :searchme:
Some of the other stuff is hellish weird though.

i had baby reins too and the wrist strap ones i think as well. how else are you meant to keep your kid from running off?

Chloe O'brien

11-01-2007, 20:47

I had baby reins and a wrist strap for Marley when she was a baby. But the other stuff is just freeky. I was out shopping on Saturday and I saw a baby in a buggy with one of those dummy's with the false teeth no lie. :rotfl:

pookie1968uk

13-01-2007, 08:58

i dont see anything wrong with baby reins either and lots of people still use them but some of the other stuff was just OTT!

Chloe

18-01-2007, 13:40

My brother and I both had those reins when we were kids - does anyone else remember "skydiving" rather than hitting the pavement when you fell over as your mum lifted them up quick?

Jojo

18-01-2007, 14:33

I used to do that to my eldest! And my mum to me!! No scrapes on my knee as a toddler!!!

soapyclean

18-01-2007, 20:44

My siblings and I had baby reins and they are much safer than the wrist strap, as was demonstrated one time when it's slack anyone can undo it and take the child. With reins it's easier to keep the child within easy reach, and pull the child out of harms way.

As for the rest who dreamt up this stuff???

willow

21-01-2007, 21:46

i use baby reins for niamh its the only way i can keep her under control!!! most of the other stuff is a bit odd!!