When I was a kid eggs or robo-newborn dolls served as baby simulators for teens taking health class. Theoretically it's supposed to teach them how insane caring for an infant can be and how much attention a child requires. I guess it works but all I really know is baby simulators are a familiar plot and perhaps even legally required storyline in sitcoms involving teenage characters.
Anyway. After watching the following video I couldn't for the life of me figure out who would need or want one of these baby simulators? Surely it's too cumbersome for a teenager to parent.
Actually I don't even know if it's even for sale but it has been created and it's the freakiest baby simulator I've ever laid eyes on. There is a new imitation baby on the block and it's name is Yotaro.
The video is a bit long but just check out the first minute where you see his HUGE head. YOU WILL OBEY THE HEAD. And apparently want to wake it up often which if you think about it is pretty cruel. Poor Yotaro, fake babies can never catch a break.
Okay, why are they rubbing & poking that poor fake baby.
Also in my town you had to carry around a 10# bag of flour that you diapered and clothed. It was crazy and incredibly messy if you dropped your baby. I mean babies don't explode like a bag of flour does.
Posted by: domestic extraordinaire | 02/19/2010 at 01:31 PM
Eeeeeeh creepy. Is this another sign that I am not fit to be a parent?
Posted by: Suebob | 02/19/2010 at 03:18 PM
My school used bags of rotten milk. Trust me, you did not want to drop your "baby" on the bus.
Posted by: Howie Montgomery | 02/19/2010 at 03:26 PM
I also had a flour baby. I left it at home one day on accident and would have failed - but luckily my mom drove it in to me. Cut to 16 years later - my mom babysat my son today. Some things never change.
Posted by: Val | 02/21/2010 at 01:21 AM