A few things not on my holiday list.

Here are a few breastfeeding items I'm not planning on purchasing this year.  All well intentioned, I believe, but not for me.

First, to the right is a "scientific nursing top," which is intended to develop babies' brains with several black images on the front.  Might as well get started on multi-tasking in infancy, right?  My fantasy is that every woman who orders one of these will instead receive a copy of this book.

To the left, in the tradition of the pet rock, comes the pet breast.  Gotta love Japanese inventions.  These are called Funwari Milk Chans, and they are little plush stuffed breasts, available as dolls and in a smaller key chain version.  They each have different personalities and faces, and one of them even has a piercing.  They live in Milk Village where they speak Milk Language, and... I don't think I can finish this paragraph.

And, as my son would say, the "bestest of ever" breastfeeding item I don't plan to buy is the breast scarf shown to the left, sold through an Etsy shop.  Thanks to reader Amanda for pointing this one out.  Here's the funny part: I just showed this picture to my husband, who said "Ooooh! Our friend Zoe would love that!" and proceeded to buy it.  So this very scarf is now on its way to our house.  No, I will not be modeling it for you.

If you're looking for breastfeeding items I would buy, see these posts on gifts for the nursing mom, books on breastfeeding, and nursing gifts to bring to a baby shower.

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Comments

[crunchy domestic goddess]

OMG, those are hilarious! and even funnier that your husband bought one. c'mon - you know you want to model it for us. ;)

[Beth]

Thanks for the laugh! I have heard of the Funwari Milk Chans, but hadn't seen them. They're a little...weird.

The scarf is hysterical, but I could not even imagine wearing it. I can imagine some women in this area proudly wearing it though!

The scientific nursing top, well, it ranks right up there with certain DVDs & CDs that claim to make babies smarter.

Evenb though you posted this as a list of things not on your holiday list, Tanya, I found something to add to mine! I just added "Einstein didn't use flash cards" to my very long list of books I want to read. Thanks!

[tanya@motherwearblog]

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Great post!
I vote 3 stars for the book alternative, have to inquire more about the milk chan and say I'm sure Zoe will be the talk of the town with that scarf . . . but I won't be showing up at wearing it, don't worry!