Target crib sheets advertised in CIO-until-vomiting article

[D_McG]

Mods please move this if need be - I'm just not sure where it fits.

I was very upset to read this article on the nest.
http://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/b...hen-upset.aspx

Since you can’t change his reaction to crying, we recommend making the cleanup as quick and undisruptive as possible. Start by investing in the genius Ultimate Crib Sheets (available at Target). They are flat, waterproof crib sheets that you can literally remove in 30 seconds by snapping them off crib bars to reveal another dry fitted sheet underneath. That way, when your son vomits, you can walk calmly into his room, take off the “top sheet,” wipe him off without saying a word, and walk back out.

The 'ultimate crib sheet' is a link to the Target website. A click through - Target is paying for the advertizing (I assume?).

I actually emailed Target and got a response today (they called me, surprisingly). They said that they "are not offering an opinion on childcare with this article". As in - their product being linked is not an endorsement of this kind of 'childcare'.

I'm pretty disgusted personally. Maybe I am overreacting.

[mytwogirls]

Just reading that makes ME want to vomit! How sad!

[texmati]

How can anyone actually write this drivel! That is horrible.

[claddaghmom]

[Cutie Patootie]

OMG!

Okay, reading it more closely, Target isn't the one who said this, right? Some other ignorant fool is just using one of their products to demonstrate a crap style of parenting. :

[Drummer's Wife]

:Puke

wtf?

[bigeyes]

Originally Posted by mytwogirls

Just reading that makes ME want to vomit! How sad!

and cry.

How sick.

[Freefromitall]

Originally Posted by Cutie Patootie

OMG!

Okay, reading it more closely, Target isn't the one who said this, right? Some other ignorant fool is just using one of their products to demonstrate a crap style of parenting. :

I think so, and as much as that makes me shudder, I don't htink I would hold target responsible for someone elses *cough* opinion

[Siera]

Just reading that was appalling to me.

[D_McG]

Originally Posted by Freefromitall

I think so, and as much as that makes me shudder, I don't htink I would hold target responsible for someone elses *cough* opinion

But the target site is linked. So that means that Target is paying for the advertising (you know thenest.com is not going to link the target site for free). So to me that is an endorsement.

[artgoddess]

Originally Posted by D_McG

But the target site is linked. So that means that Target is paying for the advertising (you know thenest.com is not going to link the target site for free). So to me that is an endorsement.

Of course they would link them for free, that kind of thing is done all the time.

[mirlee]

Originally Posted by D_McG

But the target site is linked. So that means that Target is paying for the advertising (you know thenest.com is not going to link the target site for free). So to me that is an endorsement.

I don't that is in an endorsement of that practice. Many places pay to place advertising. I don't think they would actively endorse this. The article is one person's opinion and does not necessarily reflect the corporate stance.

[Jemmind]

I'd like one of those ultimate crib sheets, but for avoiding having to change crib sheets in the middle of the night from leaking diapers....not for vomiting due to CIO
I seriously don't think this is an ad for target...or that they paid for it or anything like that.
The person got pretty blasted in the comments though, hopefully other readers take note of that.

[just_lily]

That is really awful. I can't imagine my child crying so hard that she vomits, and my biggest concern is changing the sheets!

Because you know, the worst thing would that your child learn that if they cry until they vomit you would actually comfort them. The horror!

[D_McG]

Originally Posted by artgoddess

Of course they would link them for free, that kind of thing is done all the time.

really? it's an official nest article (or bump or whatever they are called). Written by a staff member.

[IloveAllMyBabies]

that totally makes me want to vomit

i think it is poor advise to make a kid cry it out until they vomit it just wrong that just means they need there mommy

[Jemmind]

Originally Posted by D_McG

really? it's an official nest article (or bump or whatever they are called). Written by a staff member.

And I don't mean this in a mean tone,
Do you think the writers of the article get a question in their site, and then they contact Target and say, if you pay me for advertising, I will mention your name in a post so that people will buy your ultimate crib sheets? I don't see that happening.

[D_McG]

Originally Posted by Jemmind

And I don't mean this in a mean tone,
Do you think the writers of the article get a question in their site, and then they contact Target and say, if you pay me for advertising, I will mention your name in a post so that people will buy your ultimate crib sheets? I don't see that happening.

I really don't know. That's why I posted to being with. I'm just not sure what their involvement is.

[peainthepod]

I seriously can't imagine any circumstances under which I would find my son sick and crying, clean him up and then leave without saying a word. The thought gives me cold chills.

What is wrong with people?

[Tofu the Geek]

This advice disgusts me. I wonder if the "experts" on that site are getting their info from Alyson Schafer (this lady preaches about sleep training using CIO and has a short article on vomiting which sounds very much like the response given here, although she describes why the vomiting is happening basically saying it's due to weak stomach muscles so not to worry about it!). Google her if you want to be really annoyed!