not sure I get this

redshoegirl

Clicky.

How is this safer than just holding the baby? I'd be worried about accidentally rolling them out of the blanket. Then again, I'm pretty clumsy... Maybe it's useful if the person has tremors or arthritis or something? (Looks like you can get one for free right now, so if anyone orders one, let me know what you think - I'm really curious!)

lola808

Huh?  Are you even touching the baby, or do you just cradle it like in a hammock?  And how would you pass baby from person to person in this thing? 

It doesn't look safe or practical to me.  They don't even explain what's so great about it.

redshoegirl

lola808:

Huh?  Are you even touching the baby, or do you just cradle it like in a hammock?  And how would you pass baby from person to person in this thing? 

It doesn't look safe or practical to me.  They don't even explain what's so great about it.

Exactly! I don't understand how this is supposed to be safer than just holding it with your hands. I guess I could understand if it was meant to be used by someone with very arthritic hands (so they can't grip a baby normally), but it makes it sound like it's for everyone. And I'm with you on the "they don't even explain" thing - I clicked the About link and it just had the same info as the homepage! I was hoping for an explanation for why this was designed...

lelekay

My impression is that they mean "safer" from a germ standpoint.....people aren't actually touching your newborn.  But I still think it's weird, and I'd feel safer with them washing their hands and actually holding him, rather than this contraption!

 

Married2MrWright

Effin' ridiculous.  I am so annoyed by all of these baby gadgets that are supposedly to increase safety...WTF did we do before all of this stuff?  I think it makes new parents feel like they are compromising the safety of their baby(ies) unless they buy and use all of this crap and really, that thing you posted looks totally unsafe.  Not to mention that babies need skin-to-skin contact with their parents hands.

MrsNJSwimmer

lelekay:

My impression is that they mean "safer" from a germ standpoint.....people aren't actually touching your newborn.  But I still think it's weird, and I'd feel safer with them washing their hands and actually holding him, rather than this contraption!

This was my impression also.  But it seems weird to me.

MrsNicole&Brian808

Wow, the "About Us" link doesn't offer anything helpful.  I would think you'd need to have some pretty strong arm muscles to use this thing.  Scary. 

lisakeiko

It's one of the silliest looking things I've ever seen!  I don't get it either!