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to think this 'concept' is bloody ridiculous not to mention dangerous and to ask if anyone else would like to give some feedback?!

327 replies

QueenOfFarkingEverything · 23/11/2012 17:40

The Bottle Bib - for those who don't have time to sit and feed their baby Hmm

They have a questionnaire inviting feedback. Please do join me in giving some Smile

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Aspiemum2 · 24/11/2012 13:01

Glittertwins, I disagree - no way would I have used anything like this for my twins. Yes it's tiring but it's only for a short while

Glittertwins · 24/11/2012 13:07

I didn't say all so please don't read that as that. I wouldn't either in the same way as I did not touch that weird podee bottle system thing either but I have come across people who have so there obviously some kind of market whether we like it here or not.

BiteTheTopsOffIcedGems · 24/11/2012 13:13

I am holding my baby now. I just clicked on the link and I feel sick. Its horrible.
I can understand if you have a disability where you might need if or if you have triplets (and a sensible person in those circumstances would supervise the feeding properly).
Other than that this device is perfect for lazy parents.
I hope nothing bad happens to a baby that is fed using this.
Is there anywhere we can report it to e.g. Trading standards?

Aspiemum2 · 24/11/2012 13:21

Sorry glittertwins, I didn't mean to snap I just don't see why a baby should miss out on valuable cuddle time and physical contact just because he/she had company in the womb! I agree that twins are incredibly hard work, can't imagine triplets, but this is most definitely not the answer!

katykuns · 24/11/2012 13:26

I know it's extreme but consider the damage doen to the Romanian orphans who were denied any physical contact as babies, left alone in cots. I expect the people who were in charge of the orphanages would have welcomed your products.

That was exactly what came to mind when I saw the product. Those babies rattling around in their cots alone, terrified of adults and completely starved of any affection.

I will admit to finding feeding intensely boring sometimes, but if you have a comfy chair, you can sit back and read a book or surf the net etc. I use it as a time to chill out. You could also be more mobile and feed them if you use a sling. It's hardly the end of the world...

Glittertwins · 24/11/2012 13:51

I admit I have come across some really bizarre parents of multiples and beat a very hasty retreat!

MammaTJ · 24/11/2012 13:55

Someone I know had triplets and had similar but less scary looking contraptions. Hers were more pieces of foam cut the right shape!! She needed them as there was no way she could have fed all three with just the normal two hands she had been issued with at birth!

3littlefrogs · 24/11/2012 13:57

Presumably she supervised the feed, though, MamaTJ, rather than leaving them too it whilst putting on her makeup?

MammaTJ · 24/11/2012 14:04

She certainly did. I don't think she really had time for make-up, or need it as she did look amazingly fresh faced, even with baby triplets and a toddler. Envy

They are all school age now.

VisualiseAHorse · 24/11/2012 14:09

Bites - it's just a concept at the moment, not a real product (yet). Although there are similar things on the market, like these

Extra Hand

Baby Bottle Holders

GrumpyCynicalBastard · 24/11/2012 14:13

Am I being thick? Where is the FB page or has it gone?

MurderOfGoths · 24/11/2012 14:56

Jesus... DS has an annoying tendency to nod off while still drinking, causes him to cough. At least if I'm holding him I can remove the bottle and sit him upright. If he was strapped into one of those contraptions he'd choke :(

How can anyone be so stupid to design something so dangerous?!

Bunnygotwhacked · 24/11/2012 15:25

not overly keen on their snugglebundl either

insancerre · 24/11/2012 15:42

What about burping the baby?
I feel another invention coming on- the baby feeder with automatic burping hands

CuriosityKilledTheCrap · 24/11/2012 20:17

That link on Amazon with the twins is quite cute...

but they are obviously a bit older, and it still isn't right!

VisualiseAHorse · 24/11/2012 20:32

Yeah, I think the bottle holders on Amazon are quite cute, but I still wouldn't use them!

PessimisticMissPiggy · 24/11/2012 20:37

FFS

Valdeeves · 24/11/2012 20:56

That's funny - got to be invented by a man with a toddler already! Needs hands free at bedtime (or to surf iPhone) so invents bottle bib. Can't believe a mum would make that - be maybe I'm just sexist.

SantasStrapOn · 24/11/2012 21:03

Oh dear, they shut the questionnaire page down. Grin

Idocrazythings · 24/11/2012 21:28

Makes me think about the "Bonsai Kitten" website!

Catree · 24/11/2012 22:05

Tried to tell them how horrible it was, but questionnaire page was shut down!

Feeling a bit smug that MN was probably responsible for that!! Smile

Blu · 25/11/2012 09:41

Valdeeves, as soon as I saw it I assumed it had been thougt up by a man, albeit by a Daily Mash guy, and as an experiment I showed it to DS and DP, with no introductory outrage, just 'oh look at this'. Both went 'that looks so cool', and commented on it's high tec design, and what a great gadget etc. I know, though, that no way would DP have actually strapped the infant DS into one.

Or do I?? Hmm

Sokmonsta · 26/11/2012 12:06

Glitter - whilst I am very lucky to have dd, as I'm sure you will have seen there are far less restrictive products out there. The podee bottles, cradles which can hand on the handle of the car seat to hold the bottle. I'm sure you're in agreement that it is this contraption which is most absurd of all of them.

MaiFraser · 27/11/2012 11:06

Congratulations MNs, you should be very proud that you bullied and harassed whoever owns this business (her livelihood) into quitting fb and twitter. You should also be proud of yourselves for identifying why a product which you personally don't feel is for you but may suit individuals with disabilities or someone else, and absolutely tainting this product in your masses.

I don't normally comment on threads like this, but am very proud to share a gender with individuals as sensitive and constructive as you when it comes to sharing opinions and comments, which I have no doubt you would be able to share in person with this woman who felt there was a need for this product, with a similar no-holds barred attitude.

Women in business start off on a back foot anyway, which we all ask ourselves 'why'-and I think the attitudes displayed here answer a lot of that. I am not saying the product is brilliant...just be constructive, or say nothing at all. The thing that worries me is that you are parents of people who 'may have a brilliant idea' in future, and I would love you to express some of the comments you expressed in this thread to your children, then next time they come up with an idea.

Whatever happened to 'do not buy it, if you don't like it'. Not sure why everyone has to be so nasty about it.

Well done whoever started the business for identifying the need for such a product, perhaps it's not the right thing for the main stream market at this time. But well done you for getting off your arse and doing something. We need more women who take risks on a punt for my DD to look up to. Well done for trying.

FYI I do not know this company/the owner or am not affiliated with it in any way.

HecatePropylaea · 27/11/2012 11:17

I think it is extremely constructive to point out when a product is potentially dangerous, as that one is. Not only for the person trying to flog it, but for those people who might have bought it thinking well, it must be safe, or it wouldn't be sold...

A sensible person listens to feedback. When lots of people are telling you that your product is dangerous and why - you listen to them.

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