Tummy Tubs???

Springcurl · 08-17-2009, 09:46 AM

I guess they're all the rage now, but I find them a little

scrills · 08-17-2009, 09:49 AM

I cant see the pic because I'm at work so I googled it. So funny....

but i would just use a bucket, LOL

ducky · 08-17-2009, 09:55 AM

and you lift your kid out by the head, according to that picture.

rileyb · 08-17-2009, 09:55 AM

OK, maybe because I don't have a baby but... I don't get it? What is that? It looks a little uhh dangerous.

Springcurl · 08-17-2009, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by rileyb

OK, maybe because I don't have a baby but... I don't get it? What is that? It looks a little uhh dangerous.

I have a baby (well, she's 21 now) and I don't really get it, either. I guess it's supposed to relax them more or something.

A woman on the NutriSystem message board has a pic of her baby in one as her avatar, which is why I had to research it. I dunno, man.

http://www.tummytubusa.com/site/index.html

nynaeve77 · 08-17-2009, 10:02 AM

Weird. Seems like a lot of work to bathe a newborn that way. I wonder how much one costs?

amiira · 08-17-2009, 10:06 AM

Haha! From their website, "babies naturally adopt the fetal position" in these things... probably because that is the only way they will fit inside! lol

RedCatWaves · 08-17-2009, 10:10 AM

Seems like it would be hard to wash their butts in that thing.

gemini · 08-17-2009, 10:11 AM

:lol It looks like a bucket with no handle. I'm sure people will buy it though. Just another gimmick, on par with Rachael Ray's "garbage bowl."

cympreni · 08-17-2009, 10:12 AM

It seems like it'd be more work and stress. The water wasn't the problem with us, it was the cooler air outside the bathwater, and the slipperiness of a soaped up newborn.

rileyb · 08-17-2009, 10:26 AM

Good lord, they are $50! On what planet can you sell a bucket for $50 and call it a tummy tub and people will buy it? Oh, that would be $100 if you want the stupid flower looking 'stool' it can perch on. I am in shock.

LL~2009 · 08-17-2009, 10:30 AM

alright.. well as far as assisting them in acclimating to the outside environment- Maybe- but i'm tending to think here it goes a little into the area of ridiculous - I mean, really- how does one get the little nooks and crannies clean???

Josephine · 08-17-2009, 10:36 AM

Doesn't look efficient for cleaning but looks like it could be relaxing. Who is actually paying 50 bucks for a see through bucket? Seriously?

LL~2009 · 08-17-2009, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by rileyb

Good lord, they are $50! On what planet can you sell a bucket for $50 and call it a tummy tub and people will buy it? Oh, that would be $100 if you want the stupid flower looking 'stool' it can perch on. I am in shock.

Yeah, gotta say it's definately a play for the *natural* living movement that has now become just another target area for marketers of any such stuff that appears to be good for baby. What's funny is the necesary equipment for a healthy baby is all pretty simple. God forbid someone wash their baby in the kitchen sink!

geeky · 08-17-2009, 11:01 AM

I had a similar one for Nadia:

It was only $20 or so. I liked it. She liked it. I think it's good for the newborn stage where babies really don't like being on their backs. I wans't worried about washing her butt, because I cleaned her butt well with wipes at every diaper change and before the bath *shrug*

$50 is ridiculous, though. And the tummy tub looks very tippy. I liked that the one I had was very sturdy.

Josephine · 08-17-2009, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by geeky

I had a similar one for Nadia:

It was only $20 or so. I liked it. She liked it. I think it's good for the newborn stage where babies really don't like being on their backs. I wans't worried about washing her butt, because I cleaned her butt well with wipes at every diaper change and before the bath *shrug*

$50 is ridiculous, though. And the tummy tub looks very tippy. I liked that the one I had was very sturdy.

Guano - your daughter's name is Nadia?? nice name!

subbrock · 08-17-2009, 12:43 PM

ridonkulous.

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Originally Posted by gemini

Just another gimmick, on par with Rachael Ray's "garbage bowl."

just as ridonkulous!

im going to start "inventing" things...

Residual Haunting · 08-17-2009, 12:45 PM

So weird. The baby is really cute though, but wondering what the hell is going on.

scrills · 08-17-2009, 02:22 PM

am I the only one who wants to throw in some carrots and celery?!?!?!? (ok, just kidding)

I love the concept of a garbage bowl (and sometimes I use one) but who in the heck pays $20 for one?!

PartyHair · 08-17-2009, 02:28 PM

My mom used the white trash version of the Tummy Tub: The kitchen sink.