Comments on: Blender-shaped baby-bath http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Mark Levitt http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html#comment-93709 Mark Levitt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93709 Well, having a tub that means the baby can't slip down under the water is comforting, particularly when they are too young to be able to lift their head. Laugh now, Cory, but you'll soon see. :) Well, having a tub that means the baby can’t slip down under the water is comforting, particularly when they are too young to be able to lift their head.

Laugh now, Cory, but you’ll soon see. :)

]]> By: J-Po http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html#comment-93720 J-Po Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93720 Doh! You FOOLS! If Clarke taught us anything in Childhoods End, its that our culture's inability to let go of cultural icons only hold us back in our evolutionary adaptation....If we could just accept the shape for the purpose intended, we can throw off the chains that hold us back...from...evolving..and...irradicating...humanity..as..we..know..it. Wait scratch that. Damn blender. Doh! You FOOLS! If Clarke taught us anything in Childhoods End, its that our culture’s inability to let go of cultural icons only hold us back in our evolutionary adaptation….If we could just accept the shape for the purpose intended, we can throw off the chains that hold us back…from…evolving..and…irradicating…humanity..as..we..know..it.

Wait scratch that. Damn blender.

]]> By: Illuminatrix http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html#comment-93980 Illuminatrix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93980 @Cory - Thanks! Now the world knows who stole the lolrus' bucket! And to all here: I actually prefer the TummyTub to those lying-down/baby reclining tubs. The baby's whole body gets to be in the water, so neither his front nor back gets cold, and I always make sure to hold him firmly so his head is above water. @Cory – Thanks! Now the world knows who stole the lolrus’ bucket!

And to all here: I actually prefer the TummyTub to those lying-down/baby reclining tubs. The baby’s whole body gets to be in the water, so neither his front nor back gets cold, and I always make sure to hold him firmly so his head is above water.

]]> By: Amphigorey http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html#comment-94003 Amphigorey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-94003 What do you mean, "too much"? What do you mean, “too much”?

]]> By: woodka http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html#comment-93781 woodka Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93781 Just getting us ready for the Matrix..... Just getting us ready for the Matrix…..

]]> By: Doomstalk http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html#comment-93548 Doomstalk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93548 I guess this leads us to the inevitable question: will it blend? I guess this leads us to the inevitable question: will it blend?

]]> By: TheBlessedBlogger http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html#comment-93551 TheBlessedBlogger Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93551 The base looks unstable and there's to much water in the 'tub' to be safe. It's a waste of money and it looks like it would be difficult to wash the baby's back/legs in this contraption. The base looks unstable and there’s to much water in the ‘tub’ to be safe. It’s a waste of money and it looks like it would be difficult to wash the baby’s back/legs in this contraption.

]]> By: mamadelucia http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html#comment-173938 mamadelucia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-173938 I like it! I like it!

]]> By: iburl http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html#comment-93555 iburl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93555 Do they not have sinks, baths or buckets already in Britain? Do they not have sinks, baths or buckets already in Britain?

]]> By: Mim http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html#comment-93558 Mim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93558 This is great - because babies need more exposure to heated plastics! This is great – because babies need more exposure to heated plastics!

]]> By: danegeld http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html#comment-97910 danegeld Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-97910 the tot is in the pot! the tot is in the pot!

]]> By: Bonnie http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html#comment-93559 Bonnie Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93559 Worst cocktail ever! Worst cocktail ever!

]]> By: joe http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html#comment-93560 joe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93560 How do you fit a hundred babies in a... Oh I just can't do it; too easy. How do you fit a hundred babies in a…

Oh I just can’t do it; too easy.

]]> By: arikol http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html#comment-93562 arikol Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93562 Will it blend? Will it blend?

]]> By: Illuminatrix http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html#comment-93564 Illuminatrix Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93564 My in-laws sent us a Tummy Tub from the UK. I love it, especially because I don't have the space to wash the baby in a bathtub or sink. I agree they are pretty overpriced - but they're made of special magic plastic or something. Thank God it was a gift. My son <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2dv5tt">loves his Tummy Tub.</a> We didn't get the weird blender base, though - just the tub itself. You gotta check out the Tummy Tub website and watch the videos of the European babies having a great time. My in-laws sent us a Tummy Tub from the UK. I love it, especially because I don’t have the space to wash the baby in a bathtub or sink. I agree they are pretty overpriced – but they’re made of special magic plastic or something. Thank God it was a gift.

My son loves his Tummy Tub. We didn’t get the weird blender base, though – just the tub itself. You gotta check out the Tummy Tub website and watch the videos of the European babies having a great time.

]]> By: agnot http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html#comment-93569 agnot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93569 I am guessing here, but it looks like the design makes it hard for baby's head to become immersed. That might be a good thing, even if mothers would never think of leaving baby alone in the tub. I am guessing here, but it looks like the design makes it hard for baby’s head to become immersed. That might be a good thing, even if mothers would never think of leaving baby alone in the tub.

]]> By: noen http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html#comment-93570 noen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93570 The design is intended to be "womb-like" and supposedly helps babies to feel safe and comforted. "Q.Should I stop bathing my baby in the TummyTub® when it is 6 months old?" "Although the TummyTub® was originally developed for babies from birth to 6 months, many midwives and parents tell us that their children love being in this familiar and trusted environment for much longer." You have to wonder if that's really a good idea. How long before we have tummytubs for adults? The design is intended to be “womb-like” and supposedly helps babies to feel safe and comforted.

“Q.Should I stop bathing my baby in the TummyTub® when it is 6 months old?”

“Although the TummyTub® was originally developed for babies from birth to 6 months, many midwives and parents tell us that their children love being in this familiar and trusted environment for much longer.”

You have to wonder if that’s really a good idea. How long before we have tummytubs for adults?

]]> By: Lauren O http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html#comment-93577 Lauren O Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93577 <i>You have to wonder if that's really a good idea. How long before we have tummytubs for adults?</i> We already do. It's called grad school. You have to wonder if that’s really a good idea. How long before we have tummytubs for adults?

We already do. It’s called grad school.

]]> By: chef http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html#comment-93579 chef Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93579 "Do they not have sinks, baths or buckets already in Britain?" Yeah, but you can't plug them in. I dunno if it's necessarily a blender though, since it looks like there's space underneath for a sterno can, which can only mean one thing: Baby Fondue. “Do they not have sinks, baths or buckets already in Britain?”

Yeah, but you can’t plug them in.

I dunno if it’s necessarily a blender though, since it looks like there’s space underneath for a sterno can, which can only mean one thing: Baby Fondue.

]]> By: agnot http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html#comment-93582 agnot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93582 Father Brown: Correction to my post #9 <i>That might be a good thing, even if mothers</i> <b>and fathers</b> <i>would never think of leaving baby alone in the tub.</i> Lauren O: <i>We already do. It's called grad school.</i> LOLOLOLOLOL Father Brown: Correction to my post #9

That might be a good thing, even if mothers and fathers would never think of leaving baby alone in the tub.

Lauren O:

We already do. It’s called grad school.

LOLOLOLOLOL

]]> By: Simon Greenwood http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html#comment-93584 Simon Greenwood Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93584 Noen@10: No, but I've just patented the idea and will be developing one and two person models for sale next Christmas. Instead of water I'm thinking of a body temperature gel. Noen@10:

No, but I’ve just patented the idea and will be developing one and two person models for sale next Christmas. Instead of water I’m thinking of a body temperature gel.

]]> By: Philbert http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html#comment-93586 Philbert Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93586 I have one (also without the base, which does make it look eerily like a blender) and my son loved it when he was still small enough to fit in. So I am a believer in the theory that the confined space makes the baby more at ease. It worked for him anyway. Still, I wouldn't use it with that base, it looks unstable, we just put the tub upon a special baby-bath stand. I have one (also without the base, which does make it look eerily like a blender) and my son loved it when he was still small enough to fit in.

So I am a believer in the theory that the confined space makes the baby more at ease. It worked for him anyway.

Still, I wouldn’t use it with that base, it looks unstable, we just put the tub upon a special baby-bath stand.

]]> By: Cory Doctorow http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html#comment-93590 Cory Doctorow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93590 Illuminatrix, that is the greatest kid photo EVAR. Illuminatrix, that is the greatest kid photo EVAR.

]]> By: stuart kaufman http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html#comment-93594 stuart kaufman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93594 I didn't see it as a blender. I saw it as a potter's wheel. I didn’t see it as a blender. I saw it as a potter’s wheel.

]]> By: rosyatrandom http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html#comment-93608 rosyatrandom Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93608 Having missed being the 1st to go for the Will It Blend angle by a looong way, can I request that someone who's photoshop-literate please put it in, ad-style? Having missed being the 1st to go for the Will It Blend angle by a looong way, can I request that someone who’s photoshop-literate please put it in, ad-style?

]]> By: cubejockey http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html#comment-93610 cubejockey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93610 Great. Now all they need is a lid. Great. Now all they need is a lid.

]]> By: Fortyseven http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html#comment-93622 Fortyseven Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93622 #19, it's not precisely what you wanted, but will this do? http://pics.livejournal.com/fortysevenbteg/pic/000kahhq #19, it’s not precisely what you wanted, but will this do?

http://pics.livejournal.com/fortysevenbteg/pic/000kahhq

]]> By: romwell http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html#comment-93891 romwell Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93891 #1 - YAY! #11 - Hilarious =) Also reading 'married to the sea' ? That was one of my most favourite ones ! #1 – YAY!
#11 – Hilarious =) Also reading ‘married to the sea’ ? That was one of my most favourite ones !

]]> By: RugerRedhawk http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html#comment-93636 RugerRedhawk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93636 This doesn't look very easy to use. Just use an infant tub. This doesn’t look very easy to use. Just use an infant tub.

]]> By: Santos http://boingboing.net/2007/12/16/blendershaped-babyba.html#comment-93901 Santos Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-93901 I own a tummy tub. They work great. I own a tummy tub. They work great.

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