New Tummy Tub for Babies, a Womb like Bathing Experience

Fads come and they go. Trends flood the market, and then they disappear. Today I came across such a trend, a trend that actually freaks me out to the point that I would be shocked if this stupid concept actually took off.

It is called The Tummy Tub. Basically it is a plastic bowl that you plop baby into for a bath.

It looks like some futuristic test tube baby when you view the photos, and it sort of bothers me a tad. Whatever though, it's a trend, and moms all across the UK are buying the Tummy Tubs up like they are out of style. I figure in due time this idiotic invention will hit shelves here in the USA as well. If they already haven't.

In my opinion, the Tummy Tub is just another one of those dumb, but cute gimmicks that company execs stewed up around the water cooler, because honestly thats what the Tummy Tub looks like. A water cooler with the top melted off of it.

However according to the site, and the testimonials the Tummy Tub has been nothing but a baby bath time blessing. The tub supposedly mimics what a baby would feel in moms womb. (yes hard plastic wombs, we all have them I guess) This 'in the womb' feeling supposedly calms down the baby while it is getting his/her bath (yes after viewing the photos I could see why; it's because they can't move).

My question to all of the fools out there is this; why the hell would you spend so much money on this expensive plastic bowl, when you could just go to Walmart and buy a mixing bowl and put the kid in it?

I'm just baffled by this plastic bowl tub for babies. Looking at it, I can 100% say we have a bowl shaped like this in our cabinet. We put cereal in it.

I mean if it works for some, it works, but honestly, it is nothing more than a cheap plastic bowl, with a pricey price tag slapped on.

What bothers me most about the Tummy Tub though is how it is shaped. In the photo I provided, it looks like the baby would only have to rock or splash around a bit, and he's going to come spewing out of his... capsule. It's just too ridiculous, and I question how safe it is. Not that you would walk away and leave you baby in it... (unless your a jackass).

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