Contest: Occupy Your Baby, Or Else
When I was young and childless and really enjoyed grocery shopping, I recall once asking my husband why anyone would bring a small child into such a peaceful place as a grocery store. Ditto for a restaurant. He responded that sometimes they just had to. It didn’t make any sense until years later when I too had to cart unruly and unwilling children off to Safeway or my favorite sushi haunt. Sometimes I just had to.
I used bribery of the food kind. Once, when I really, really, really needed the special kind of torture that is TJ Maxx, my son went through an entire bag of Goldfish. One at a time. As well as that worked, now we have something better. It’s called an iPhone! And if you thought Scribble rocked, wait until you check out Occupy Baby.
Occupy Baby is an iPhone/iPod app that plays a continuous animation of a farm with animals that moo, crow and oink. That’s WAY less annoying to your flight mates than a whining toddler. To make it even more convenient, there’s another new product: iBends. This is a stand for your iPhone or iPod Touch. And the beauty of this gadget is that it’s made from a rigid piece of plastic that easily bends into use, and then goes right back to flat for easy storage in your wallet, purse or pocket so you can always have a place to hold your iPhone when you need it. iBends are great for watching movies on the iPhone too. Or even setting up your phone on your nightstand so you can see the time without have to reach for it or creating an instant night light anywhere.
Cool, right? You totally want these don’t you? If you have an annoying baby, the answer had better be yes!
Good news! I have three sets of iBends and three free app codes for Occupy Baby to give away. To be entered to win, all you need to do is share this post on Twitter or Facebook, and leave a comment telling us about the time you most needed these handy new tools. I’ll choose the winners at random next week!
Thanks for playing, and I can’t wait to hear your stories!
by Lela Davidson on August 27, 2009
in motherhood, Rugrats, Tweens, & Other Offspring
Luckeeee. Back in the olden days we had to take molasses sticks and REAL farm animals to entertain our younguns at the five and dime.
Without elaborating, let me just say it is dang near impossible to stuff a live pig into your purse.
I totally want all the toys you’re describing, minus the ‘neutralize baby’ app. Unless there’s a way to do it from a distance? Like, two tables away?
I’m visiting my local Apple distributor, like, immediately.
First, in the interest of full disclosure, I love grocery shopping with my kids, particularly our 11 mo old. She and I go shopping most every day and it’s usually just the two of us.
But where apps like this will really come in handy are on Mondays. My wife and older daughter go to yoga and I usually miss out on jiu jitsu because I don’t want to put too much pressure on my 13 year old son. He’s game for babysitting but I know it’s stressful. Something like this would really make a difference.
We are also planning to fly from Seattle to Orlando in February. Hook us up and, as you say, everyone on the plane will live you! :-)
you wouldn’t happen to be giving away an iphone as well, would you?
It wouldn’t be for me, it’d be for my boss! She’s always talking about taking her son places and him getting bored so quickly. Please give it to me- perhaps I’d get a raise!!
Anything to keep my youngest busy during soccer, doctor appointments, waiting at a restaurant, without her feeling the need to push the buttons and rearrange all of my icons!
Contest Results: Okay, dear readers – in my highly scientific random drawing, the winners are:
jessica
down pillow
Missy
I’ll be contacting you shortly for delivery details!
Hey down pillow, please email me at ldavdison98 AT gmail.com
Thanks!
Oh, damn. I thought I was a shoe in! :D