So it is just over a week until Christmas - I grab the Mumsnet News email to find out the latest must-have.....

[ParanoidSurreyHousewife]

...and Mumsnet are plugging the "funpod"!

OK girls, there are 7 or so of you - how many of you actually own a funpod and really think that it is ingenious? Please tell me that someone is paying you to say this...

Whats a funpod?

Funny you should ask.

Watch out they're selling out quickly!

so. it's a highchair for children who won't sit down?

a mailbox for babies?

eh? whats wrong with a chair?

or a 'chop-a-baby-in-half' prop for budding magicians?

Looks neither fun nor podlike to me, TBH.

I think this is meant to be safer than a child standing on a chair, it'll get the kid to the right height, it's harder for the kid to fall off of (in theory?), and harder to tip over.

Still, £150?!? I think not.

if it wasn't so expensive i'd actually buy one! dd cannot stand on a chair in the kitchen without falling off (inherited mommy's clumsy gene unfortunately) but she loves to help, and letting her play in the sink is a great way to keep her busy for an hour! bloody stupid price though

I guess that it could be a very small playpen.

But how dangerous is falling off a chair really?

And RRP of £165? Why? I thought that the Bumbo was overpriced, but now I really see that it was a bargain.

blardy hell!! LOL at humph though, neither fun nor podlike!!

erm..stand on a chair !! and the price of it !!

god mine constantly fall off chairs

hopefully someone will invent a padded jetpod soon so that they can float everywhere in case they might trip over

'But how dangerous is falling off a chair really?'

onto tile floors? onto the radiator? cracking head off door handles on the way down?

dd has managed all of these, sometimes several at once...... think this is one of those situations where if you don't have an accident prone child you probably won't get it! she's fallen off 2 chairs today, sitting both times, not standing. the first time she cracked her chin and face off the computer desk and is all red and bruised, the second time she fell between that chair and another one and got stuck and also cracked her head off the second chair. and did i mention the tile floors [nervous wreck emoiticon]

i'm such a wreck i'm loosing the ability to spell...... emoticon!

btw, i'm not advocating spending 150 quid on one but am seriously contemplating having my dad make one for me!

we have stone floors

no major injury here (I don't count bruises as major injuries)

leaning backwards on a chair and it falling and cracking your head on the cupboard, yes - dd2 did this once and will NEVER do it again

how old is she pinktinsel?

2 in january, i have a 4 month old ds i'm bfing so can't always get to her when she climbs on a chair to get something to get her down safely

I must say we 'upgraded' to extremely heavy wooden chairs for the kitchen which never tip over or shift about - they help

oooooo your so lucky to have one that learns from her mistakes, dd fell of the first chair, cried, was plastered with arnica, had a cuddle and went straight over to the other chair while i was picking up ds!

£150 for a box???????????????????????????????? Dont see the point..keep a safety gate on kitchen and dont let them in..its the only peace I get...

£150 for a wooden box?!?!

More money than sense springs to mind

I'm actually feeling a bit cross with the company really - £150 - honestly??? that has to be one of the biggest rip-offs I've ever seen. I wonder how many they have sold.

My fil could make them I bet. £150 what a con!

..and what if they try and climb out (which they surely would) - way more damage than falling off a chair i should think. Honestly who buys into this nonsense?

the curse of Paranoid Parenting and More Money Than Sense..