1.) Describe a popular kids toy or show that you just don’t understand.
Babies are born to suck on nipples. It’s just the nature of the beast. They love the nipple SO much that we even took it a step further and created a fake nipple.
The Pacifier.
Everyone is comfortable with the pacifier. None of us get squirmy when handling the fake nipple because all of understand it’s worth. The pacifier has saved many of us. Thank HEAVENS for pacifiers right? What would we do with our babies in the middle of a line at the check out counter without the help of the pacifier? What would we do with our babies on the long drive home from Grandma’s house without the help of the pacifier? What would we do with our babies on those nights when we come home stumbling drunk from the bars to babies who won’t sleep peacefully without the help of the pacifier?
I support the pacifier. It’s genius really.
But are we crossing the line with these?
It’s a lollipop (an expensive one at that) in the form of a nipple. A mock pacifier…but a nipple all the same. I can’t get passed it.
My children beg for them. “Please!?!” Please may we have a strawberry flavored nipple?? Please??They slurp and suck and dip the colorful nipple in flavored sugar and slurp and suck some more. What a treat!!
My question is simply…why? There is no lack in lollipop variety. In fact, between the Tootsie and Blow Pops alone all your basic lollipop needs are covered. If one insists on infiltrating the lollipop market by creating the lollipop into an image…could ANY other designs have been developed and equally enjoyable? Perhaps a jungle animal? Or a flower? Or a thumb even? But why a nipple?
I just don’t understand.
Brae says
Ugh- m y kids are crazy about these too, and I hate them!!!! They’re a mess. And they act like they’re babies while they eat them- which is something I don’t encourage in my house. LOL. However, I DO have to admit that they ARE yummy. (Being a mom, I get to taste it all too.)
Dianna@KennedyAdventures says
Oh, yes, the Baby Bottle Pop — eww, now the commercial jingle is in my head. Abby LOVED these when she was young.
So, do you abhor Ring Pops??
Jessica says
Why not baby children that much MORE than we already do, right?! Genius if you think about that, too.
Kimmy says
LMAO!! So true….and funny all the same!! Why is it the nipple is so facinating? It was a man that create that, I hope you know. THEY are the ones so facinated with the nipple that they saw no harm in it, as an inuendo. Sick..JUST SICK! LMAO!
Kimmy says
LMAO!! So true….and funny all the same!! Why is it the nipple is so facinating? It was a man that create that, I hope you know. THEY are the ones so facinated with the nipple that they saw no harm in it, as an inuendo. Sick..JUST SICK! LMAO!
Erin says
I am going to make sure to keep the boys away from those little gems!
Erin says
Ohhh don’t forget to go and vote for my story that I am a semi finalist in because of your brilliance in creating writer’s workshop and putting out the Goodnites contest!!
Shanda says
I’ll never look at a pacifier the same way again.
Jessica says
I can’t get past the dipping sugar into more sugar aspect of those. Really. No freaking way I’ll buy my kids that crap unless I am shipping them off to grandma’s immediately after.
Kristi {at} Live and Love...Out Loud says
I hate those things! It’s just sugar on sugar on sugar on sugar. My kids love them and I’ve bought them a few times but no more! I’m so with you on the shape. They could’ve chose any shape whatsoever, but they had to design it as a nipple. lol
I chose the same prompt this week. The kids’ show in question? Yo Gabba Gabba. I just don’t get it. Oh and yes, it’s true…there’s a phallyc reference in my post. Thanks for the inspiration! Haha. Have a great day.
Kristi, Live and Love…Out Loud
@TweetingMama
Jeanette@Bliss says
LOVE the pacifier! And the candy, albeit weird, can have the same affect on the older kids that the pacifier has on the little ones. So I say why not. Flavored nipples for all!
MArcy Able says
I with you on that one Jeanette!
Melissa B. says
Hey, maybe I should ask for one as a birthday present? Come on over and celebrate with moi…pretty please?
Los says
Agreed … the lollipop nipple is weird … even the name is weird. This should not be sold anywhere.
Mama Kat says
You know you have a box of them under your bed Los.
angel says
Ha ha ha ha every Christmas I get my boys the holiday inspired ones. So it’s not just nipples , it’s nipples the tye dyed version roflmbo.. too funny. Ok now to pick a prompt myself.. what to choose.. hmm
Deb Dunlevy says
I’m sorry if this crosses a line, but don’t those pacifier pops just look like something you wouldn’t want your daughter licking? Yeah, line definitely crossed. Needless to say, I steer clear of them in the candy aisle.
Bethany says
I don’t understand those either! Or the GoGurt they came out with a few years ago that was bubbly…or the crushable yogurt the kids are coming with these days. Gosh, no manners needed for that and the yogurt gets all over their faces!
Mama Kat says
“HEY KIDS!! Are you tired of bothering with pesky kitchen utensils??? Do spoons create an obstacle when you eat?? Well do we have a deal for YOU! With the NEW crushable yogurt you can throw those spoons aside…just grab a cup and shove it into your face!!! Works like MAGIC!!!!”
MArcy Able says
I chose to write a 20 line poem about shoes. I like wearing different shoes but often cannot due to my leg braces. So the title ‘Lost Shoes’ could also mean something different than the norm. I had fun with this thanks!
Jenners says
One word: Sugar.
Another word: Soothing.
Some more words: Reminds them of “better” days.
Lisa says
i am visiting you today to do my writing prompt….
The baby bottle nipple is ridiculous you know a man came up with this…
I love all your prompts but had to do the easy one today LOL
I am having a givewaway for a vera bradley wristlet, a webkinz for a child and lancome perfume and chopsticks with a silk holder… come visit
Jennifer says
I linked up two posts today. An old one and a new one. The minute I saw the toy prompt I was reminded of a post I wrote way back when I started blogging and I knew that I needed to link it up.
Ginny Marie says
I don’t get it, either, but kids LOVE them!
Today is my first time participating in WW! ;)
Jen says
Even though they are disgusting, if it still works like a pacifier and makes the kids be quiet then what is the problem? Especially if you can give one to them after a night of heavy drinking and it makes me go away.
June Freaking Cleaver says
What’s a little regression among friends? As long as their mouth is full, they can’t cry – just like the pacifier.
I think they should be part of the Federal school lunch program.
This is just the next step into those giant jawbreakers – nothing says love like a fifth grader with stained lips and drool running down his chin!
Lindsay @ Just My Blog says
This was a fun one to write! Hey, has anyone ever told you that the code posted in your “Directions” post is missing the tag at the end of it?
Lindsay @ Just My Blog says
It’s supposed to say it’s missing the at the end of it. Sorry.
Amanda says
I get the ring pop but other than that…..you’re right….those candies are creepy. I saw one the other day that was a paint brush that you lick and dip into the powder. Whatever happened to normal candy? lol
Mama Kat says
Yes the one with the diamond on it makes much more sense. But no one wears nipples on their fingers these days. It’s SO 1992.
rhonda says
You know, I had never thought of it that way. I’ll never look at a flavored nipple the same way now. lol
Julie@my5monkeys says
Never understoood those toys at all. My kids love them and i’m sure when I was kid I loved it too.
Angie says
This thing is real? I can’t believe it! This is the first time I’ve ever heard about the nipple-lollipop. YUCK. There’s simply nothing good that can come of this. We try to keep kids from sucking their thumbs because it will mess up their teeth, then somebody develops a lollipop that essentially duplicates that effect? Wow. And I really can’t get over the part where you dip it in more sugar! Clearly, a product developed by someone without children. Kat, I agree–I don’t understand this product, either.
Love the prompts this week! I did the second one, but almost did the first, and, like a poster up-thread, would have talked about Yo Gabba Gabba. Don’t get that at all.
Pamela @ 2 much testosterone says
I never saw the writing prompts published on your blog. I kept getting the “404”… Darn!
Mama Kat says
Awww I wonder what happened? You know in the future if that happens just scroll through the posts, it’s bound to be back there earlier in the week. Sorry!
Tina Lane - FL Girl Meets the Midwest says
When we were kids we just had plastic rings that were also popsicles. I don’t remember pacifiers. Although we did have pixie dust, which felt a little like an illegal substance.
Mama Kat says
And don’t forget the candy cigarettes! Man I thought those were cool.
Dianna says
I love candy cigarettes, personally. And they won’t give you lung cancer!
parenting BY dummies says
Ha! I did my prompt wrong. That’s because I’m a dork. But you love me still and that’s all that matters:)
Megan says
I completely agree. I don’t get it. AND I’m sure they taste disgusting too! LOL
Natalie says
They are disgusting! And I never thought of them as nipples, that I guess they are….makes them even more disgusting, actually! Remember those sucker rings from when we were kids? It’s kinda the same thing.
Jen says
I have never seen these, but they are kinda strange. I hate seeing kids over 18 months with a pacifier, let alone school-aged kids!
Katie says
SO,SO,SO happy that my kids don’t “get” these things either! They always ask me why do Big Kids want to suck on a bottle?!
cheri says
i’m sure those taste like fruit, at the very least. the ones found here are so sugary and totally devoid of any fruit flavor.
Yellaphant says
You had me at “flavored nipples.” <3
Megan (Best of Fates) says
I’ve honestly never considered that pacifiers are a stand-in for nipples.
Well, that’s embarrassing.
Ashley says
Hahahaha I never got the trend, but I never thought of them as nipple replacements either! Now everytime my kids ask for one at the store all I’m going to see is a big nipple! LOL
Jessica @ Mommy's Sippy Cup says
These were great prompts!! :)
Loni says
Maybe it’s the dipping part they like?? But if that’s the case, whatever happened to good old original fundip.. you know, the chalky stick you dip in sugar, same idea right?
Loukia says
Ring Pops! Yes my kids love these! They’re like… candy soothers! Haha… I wrote my post on I don’t understand on Yo Gabba Gabba… what do you think about that show? Also thank you for this prompt, always amazing things to write about and it always comes on a day when I’m totally brain-dead and have writer’s block! So thank you!
Dianna says
Apparently, Yo Gabba Gabba sparked a LOT of posts!
ericka @ alabaster cow says
this is the first time i’ve participated! so excited!
Rachel says
Totally do not get the flavored nipple either. How about when they get older and you see those rave type teenagers with real pacifiers in their mouths. I drove by my high school during lunch while all the kids were out and noticed this ~ seriously? Nipple fascination is quite strange.
Dianna says
The rave kids use pacifiers to keep them from gritting/grinding their teeth — apparently its a side effect from the rave drugs. Ecstasy, maybe?
Stacey says
Obviously designed by a man! lol
Lourie says
Yeah, I really don’t get those either. I am all about the ring pops, rock candy, and the like, but these baby things are bordering on something creepy. That’s just my not so HO.
A show I do not get: Yo Gabba Gabba.
The Drama Mama says
My kids LOVE Baby Bottle Pops. It’s funny. I was looking at the one gracing the top of my computer tower last night as I was reading your post.
Michelle says
Yeah, ew. I remember begging for ring pops when I was a kid!
Miss. Candy says
I will NEVER be able to buy my kids thos again after reading that! I never thought of it that way!!!!
Trippin' Mama says
Could we put candy necklaces in this category, too? You’ve been wearing that thing around your sweaty neck, the color is starting to stain your skin, and you eat it? GROSS!
Christy
Allison @ Alli 'n Son says
hahah, this totally cracked me up, and grossed me out at the same time.
Momlissa says
I don’t get it either. It’s just wrong. I know that the few times my daughter has been exposed to these, she went freaking *insane* over it. I guess it satisfies the oral fixation while simultaneously providing a sugar high. I guess I can get the attraction there. lol.
Bethany @ Imperfect Mom says
I’ve seen plenty of adult and teen women with these. I find that disturbing…
Dania says
I’m new to the workshop, but I’m glad my first time included the kid toy/show prompt. I could have written at least 20 different posts on stuff kids like today that I just don’t get.
Am looking forward to next week, and so is my hubby who laughed at (and agreed with) my post. You should have a prompt about not getting people who blog. My hubby would love to write on that subject ;-)
joann downie says
I think this is terrific!
Jennifer@Musings of a BLonde Mom says
LOVE the prompts! You should totally check out my poem to stretchy pants!
And I HATE those bottle pops! Regular suckers are soooo much better!
Dawna says
I am officially addicted to your blog as well as chocolate and my laptop. I stumbled across it several hours ago and have only left for brief intervals in order to a) go to the bathroom b) eat chocolate or c) read someone’s post for your writing prompt section. My eyes are burning!
Emmy says
Sad I missed these prompts this week as hello have you seen Max and Ruby?? Where are their parents???
Sam_I_Am says
why arent ring pops good enough anymore? kids these days.
Anna Maria Junus says
I remember a few years ago the teenagers were sucking on pacifiers. I couldn’t figure this craze out, until I discovered that it was a new way to get drugs. Yep, something was on the nipple that made them high.