There is a Stephen Colbert icecream? And I didn’t even think to look for it when Corj and I went to Port Angeles last week. RAMPAGE!
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Oh Mommy bloggers…
Watch this video: Motrin’s Where Your Baby Commercial
I played this commercial for Coral last night and asked her what she thought. She said, “meh, its a commercial.”
“Do you feel outraged!?!” I demanded.
“no.”
“Did you think it was cute?” I queried?
“no.”
“Did it make you want to buy Motrin?” I perplexed?
“What is Motrin?”
So I showed her the story about all the outrage this ad caused.
How Twittering Critics Brought Down Motrin Mom Campaign
She said…. “oh, you don’t want to poke any fun at a woman who thinks wearing her baby is the end all. They take that pretty seriously.”
here is the thing… wearing your baby DOES hurt your back, and make you hot. It sucks… that is why Coral and I don’t do it. Maybe they should have directed this ad at Dads, because I would have killed my self if some Dad on the commercial said, “I have to wear my baby because my wife read in a magazine that it is better, but because it sucks, I got to be the one the lugs this kid around to all the organic farm fairs we hit every weekend. I need drugs to medicate, pass the Motrin.”
These bloggers need to take a Motrin an settle down. Its a commercial.
But I’ll tell yeah… one day you’ll have a kid and you will enter a world where there are a lot of people who will tell you how to live your life… and generally be outraged on how you choose to do things. I think it is human nature. If the person’s heart is in the right place, they have a kids or are related to me or Corj… then I’ll listen. If you are a crotchety old codger in a jazz restaurant… then you need to zip it!
That said, there is lots of good advise too… and some of it is designed to keep your kid alive. Doctor people for example, they have lots of good ideas. So you got to take the good with the bad. As a rule, I avoid commercials for my baby rearing advise.
Go with yourself.
The Morning After 
Oh dear, I can’t help but apologize for my previous recommendation. (re: stroller comment) Will you ever forgive me? 😉
what stroller advice? the only stroller advice I remember form you guys was get a smaller one… which we later learned and did! so you were right. haha
There’s the thing though – babywearing, when done properly doesn’t hurt, unless you have a pre-existing back issue. Really, it doesn’t. Cheap-ass Snuglis have given it a bad name, so that when your baby gets around the 20 pound mark, you can handle an hour or two. The moms that got literally enraged and posted their own responses and stuff? Those guys got the GOODs. Like the Ergo that I could never afford, but still covet and would totally use if I got one.
I hear that. We had a Baby Bjorn. It was cool enough… but Coral and I would always have to trade off on who had to wear the thing. It was also getting to be summer when we were using it most… so it was sweaty!
I am all about the stroller.
Space Cowboy and I enjoyed some awesome Colbert ice cream when we went to Sasquatch this year
I completely agree with Zoeyjane! Snuglis and Bjorns are horrid! We stopped using ours after only 5 months…then bought the Ergo before the ridiculous price jump. We used it on our trip to Europe last year and it was fab, though I admit that after 14 full days of using it, my back started to kinda complain, but I’m pretty sure there were other contributing factors. Anyways, my previous advice can be found in the comments under you post about selling the stroller. OH…and if you’re still looking and you don’t mind the price, the Maclaren stroller is THE small stroller to get. I’m saving my money for one!
I’m still looking for the Colbert ice-cream or any Ben and Jerry’s! Damn Europeans and their Magnums.