“sweetpeace”
I know there are lots of people who will say that they just “can’t live without” this thing, but it sort of horrifies me. It is only mitigated by the fact that the advertisement for it plays more like a Saturday Night Live Skit because it is so insanely obvious that it’s purpose is to never freakin’ touch your child with, ya know, your actual hands or body or anything, ever, for months. Sweetpeace
eta: OK, honestly I can see a limited use for it, like for moms who find it physically difficult to hold the baby all the time, like for the times when my back hurt so bad. However, it is really only useful if you have one child because most older kids would see it as playground equiptment and it would just snap off. I also seriously doubt either of my kids would have liked it…it doesn’t move fast enough. lol. I think the potential for overuse is really high though, so I sort of cringe when I see it.
Oh my stars and garters — I couldn’t even watch the whole thing, it made me feel sick to my stomach. I wish it was a parody, but I know it isn’t. *shudder*
Me, neither. Very sad, I agree, but in somehow TRYING to see a *possible* benefit to this type of thing, my mind immediately went to a baby whose mother was too sick to hold it, or something like that. I know, I know, I’m probably giving too much credit to the “dark side,” but it helps me to not get completely depressed if I can find some small, redeeming piece of hope from some of this stuff…
But basically, I agree with you. Blah.
Holy mother of . . . I want one of those for me!
It’s like Vicodin. Potentially very helpful for a few, potentially very open to abuse for many.
Man – I’m kind of speechless. Glad they are so concerned with giving the baby a “sensory experience.”
Glad you found a support group for AS kids. My eldest’s two best friends are AS, and she has never been diagnosed, but is definitely on the spectrum (Dr. Mom would say AS or ADD-inattentive, or both.) We did a few years of pt/ot.
I hear you about the cleaning/schooling balance.