Ba ba Elmo!

[mytwogirls]

Maybe someone has already mentioned this, I don't know, but have you seen the new Elmo? Ba ba Elmo...comes complete with a bottle to feed him. He will say, "Elmo want ba ba." My girl wants one for her birthday, but I will avoid this particular item I believe.

[MissMommyNiceNice]

I saw the commercial. Blech. The newest elmo mania brainwashing our babes.

[thixle]

I saw the commercial a few days ago
I've been working so hard with dd about bottles and nursing, and Ba Ba Elmo is the last thing I wanted her to see (she goes to Early Head Start, where all the babies she sees are bottle fed- some EBF! but never gets to see others nursing)...
oh, and dd is convinced Elmo is a girl, too

[p1gg1e]

Animals don't breastfeed on SS anymore...they all have bottles..I just noticed that..so yeah not surprised :

[AdinaL]

Gack. DD loves Elmo. Loves him. And he has seemed harmless enough, we don't have any Elmo products or anything. I will be steering far clear of this one. Though my DD would probably chuck the bottle and holler "Elmo! NURSE!" and nurse him, or give him to me to nurse.

[sunnymw]

LOL... If I did electronic toys I wouldn't mind it--just take away the bottle, as I've heard of many babes who refer to nursing as "ba-bas" and it would do people good to see a toddler nursing an Elmo!

But I'd have to say that when I heard the d*** thing say he wants his baba for about the 10th time, I'd chuck it outside and let the neighbor's pit bulls give it babas.

[scifimama]

i saw that commercial too. but i don't think that ds would even know what to do with a "baba" he's never used one and he's never been around a baby who was bottle fed before. but i do wish i could find a baby doll for him that doesn't come with a stupid bottle or a nursing mama baby doll set or something to prepare him for his new brother that's on his way.

[icxcnika]

(Aside from the important breastfeeding/bottlefeeding/cultural norm conversations...)

Do I live under a rock or does thirty dollars seem like a lot of money to pay for a toy like this?

[sunnymw]

Originally Posted by icxcnika

(Aside from the important breastfeeding/bottlefeeding/cultural norm conversations...)

Do I live under a rock or does thirty dollars seem like a lot of money to pay for a toy like this?

Yeah, it's ridiculous.

[yarngoddess]

Being as it seems we cannot avoid babies with bottles, I have taught my kiddo's that bottles are for Juice and Water. Babies need "mama's" to get their milk. They think it's so funny that their babies will cry after drinking a bottle (crying supplied by me) because they still need their "Mama's". I have pic's of my 3yr old nursing 6 babies, and all the babies came with bottles- they will tell you it's juice or water.


ETA: I too think it's very sad that Sesame Street doesn't nurse anymore. I think with all the "Breast is Best" push they would follow suite, but *sigh* they too are "sold" by the dollar figures, and are too scared to be honest with children, because breasts are sexual- and WE didn't get that memo.

[mytwogirls]

Yes I agree. I have this sinking feeling my daughter will get one of these for her birthday. My MIL LOVES to buy her Elmo toys and although I have told her my feelings on the issue, she simply replies, "Oh, it is just a toy. It can't hurt her." (She was the one who kept telling me she wasn't getting enough to eat when my first girl was born. I am the FIRST one in the family to properly use my boobs as they were intended. Everyone else, including me, was FF.) GRRRRR! Guess I will try the "bottles are for water" trick. Sounds like a good one....good idea!

[gini1313]

Originally Posted by mytwogirls

Guess I will try the "bottles are for water" trick. Sounds like a good one....good idea!

You are going to run into questions when dd sees someone feeding a baby formula or EBM in a bottle (that isn't water, mommy). Why not just tell kids the truth... Mamas milk from mamas is best for babies, but some mommys or daddys feed their babies with bottles.

I have always worked with both my kids, so to ds bottles have always been for daddy to feed the baby mamas milk. Although, when I had to wean ds at 13 months (medical problem), he started taking cows milk from a bottle. I allowed him to self wean from that, which he did just after his 4th birthday. When I was pregnant with dd, I tried to make sure he knew he would have to share bottles with dd, and he told me that bottles aren't for babies, babies drink mamas milk. Lol... I don't think he had ever seen a baby drinking from a bottle (or at least didn't notice it in a store, lol) so he thought they were only for big kids.

I don't choose to get my kids dolls/toys with bottles, but wouldn't worry about it that much. I think my role modeling is so much more important to what will be natural in their minds than what elmo may be doing. That said, when grandma said yesterday that she was going to get dd a doll for her first bday, I did ask her to take away any bottles or binkies that came with it

[mytwogirls]

That sounds like a good idea as well. My youngest DOES get breast milk in a bottle when I am away (very seldom!) and my oldest knows that.

[nummies]

This drives me crazy. I was just watching SS today and they were singing a song about being a baby and they showed a baby drinking from a bottle and sung about it. Made me sad that they didn't represent nursing (like they used to). I just want my kids to know that bottles should not be the norm.

[Ruthla]

My daughters, when they were younger, used to hold doll bottles under their shirts and "pump into them."