20 Baby Products Great For Traumatizing Infants
Raising a baby is a tough gig. "Experts" declare at every turn that the wrong decisions on nutrition, napping or enrichment will render your child emotionally barren, homeless, sexually deviant and, worst of all, short. It's no wonder child rearing products are such a huge industry. Here are 20 products perfect for developing little tykes ... into adults who want to murder their parents.

The Zaky Infant Pillow will simulate your touch to soothe your child into rest, provided the baby is accustomed to being palmed by disembodied sausage-fingers.
They are weighted to remain firmly positioned, which is useful to parents who don't want to baby's first memory to be "The time mommy's massive foreman hands mercilessly pinned me down"

This is a dangerous idea. Not because it looks unstable or poorly constructed, but because its utility is too seductive.
Once the parent realizes how freeing this is, it will never stop with bathroom breaks. Want to vacuum? Slap that squirming bundle of modern art up on a closet door for a few minutes! Not enough room for the groceries and the child safety seat in the car? Use those hooks on the bumper and make an impromptu side car!

This product, previously named My First Auto-Erotic Asphyxiation Trainer , appears to be primarily designed to protect the baby's head in the event of shark attack.

It's not just a mechanism to block rogue urine sprays , it's a festive party hat for your baby's junk!
We noticed they are sized so adults can wear them too, but you might consider not breaking it out at the next office shindig. You don't want your last name being synonymous with HR's "Penis Hat" precedent for inappropriate conduct.

This product is a bit befuddling, since "new baby smell" is cherished by adults nearly as much as "new car smell". Strangely enough, the secret to both is liberal application of Armor-All.
Even stranger, the perfumes come in a series of food-flavored scents such as marshmallow, pear, almond, citrus and raspberry, meaning these perfumes may end up serving the dual function of a marinade if you enter dingo country.

This is a great way to teach your children "I trust you exactly none." Think of it as a renewed umbilical cord designed to transfer shame instead of nutrients.
Note: this product is NOT recommended for joggers. That's a mistake you'll only make once.

Helmet jokes are too easy and, frankly, a little unfair. Babies learn to walk with a drunken stagger that invariably gravitates towards peril in all directions. A little protection is sensible enough while they are too young to be scarred by it (babies don't develop the shame gland until 18 months).
However, this emblem from the site goes too far:

First head gear? If your plan for parenting involves scaling their walkabout helmet yearly you might as well send them to school pre-wedgied.

If you're concerned that your toddler doesn't have enough dipping sauces for their zwieback crackers, this is ideal. In fact, we kind of want one of these for our car and easy chair both. It looks convenient as hell.

Sure, you could provide "horsie rides" without it, but then you wouldn't have a baby toy that doubles as an accoutrement for submissive sex play.
Not many kids toys come with the advisory "Don't leave children unattended with this toy. Also never forget your safeword."

Technically speaking, wouldn't this be a veal costume?








#13.3rd Arm- For you future Doctor Octopus Supervillan.
Reply#5- Hell my younger brother has those, just drink plenty of beer and don't get any exercise.
#1- Helping prepare your kid for their future as either a bank robber or perhaps biker.
The po-knee actually looks kinda cute.
ReplyThat snot sucker made me feel genuinely ill...
ReplyMy mom probably could have used the leash, I was always scurrying off.
ReplyWhatever happened to kids just dressing up in mom's clothes? Why do you need kid high heels?
Reply#5 was from "Meet the Fockers." Robert De Niro's character
ReplyThis was hilarious
ReplyMy mom used #15 with me when I was a kid.
ReplyThe very first one, the Zaky, is actually a pretty great product. It's for preemies stuck in incubators. Mom sleeps with it close to her skin so it smells like safety, and then it's tucked in with the preemie to hold it propped up so that the tubes are positioned right.
ReplyThe baby wig things remind me of that SNL skit about baby toupees.
ReplyI wish someone invented the mop one for cats... it would be highly efficient on chubby kitties!
ReplyBaby Mop. WANT!
Reply"The instant someone opts to sit on it the joke will take a horrible, strangely poetic turn" is probably the funniest sentence I've read...ever...
ReplyAdmittedly, I laughed my ass of at the swimming neck ring. Just the picture was enough to make me burst, but the accompanying explanation just made it better.
Replya child leash is one thing, looking like you're trying to reel your child back into the womb is a whole new level of humiliation. surely anyone could see how embarrassing that could be for the poor kid. also it's really obstructive compared to a harness
Reply#8 you forgot to mention "Her first walk of shame".
ReplyBahaha we have the Tattoos for Babies at the store I work at. I just bought some for my friend who is having a baby.
Replyactually, I like the hanging baby thing too. Why would it be bad for me to hang a kid up while I vacuumed? Maybe its good that i don't have kids yet
ReplyI don't think the kid leashes are a bad idea, especially if you have to take a small kid shopping in a crowded area, like around the holidays. Its not that you don't trust your kid, its just harder for them to wander off/ be kidnapped if you have them attached to you thus. I mean, yeah, you could hold their hand etc, but if you take your eyes off them for a SECOND...
Reply Hide All See All 3 RepliesThen you leave the crotch monsters at home with the other spouse while you shop. Geez, next thing they're going to make are retractable leashes for children.
I think kid leashes are a great idea, but that one seems designed to pull the kid over. I think the reins that attach to the back of a harness round the kid's chest are a better bet.
My mom got one for my sister because she was constantly running off and wouldn't stay in one place when we went to the store. Of course, she used to try wrapping it around displays...
I like the backpack ones they have now with stuffed animals -- the leash is the tail!
Metallica lullabies... f**k YEAH. I'm also getting the kid a miniature explorer
Reply"Enter Sandman" would be perfect