The problem with babies is that they have a bad habit of failing when you need them most. It's probably the reason we don't employ them in other jobs. One diaper commercial she handled hired three babies, even though only one would appear in the ad. While that may seem like more babies than anyone would want, one for the shot plus two spares is more like the bare minimum. They should have hired even more, but the law says that studios need a nurse for every three babies at that age, so hiring one more would have doubled nursing costs.
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"Baby 1 got a rash on its face," says Jody, "and the nurse couldn't make it go away fast enough, so they were out. Baby 2 was great, until the mother informed us at the last second that they were allergic to dogs." Baby 3? "Couldn't stop crying. The morning was ruined." The next time they tried, two of the babies again broke down. The third refused to crawl, and while it looked adorably badass sitting up on the sofa and squinting at everyone, the shoot was a total wash.
Thus is the life of a Hollywood child wrangler.