Thudguard Helmet For Bouncing Babies April 08, 2008

Good lord. How has the human race survived this long without the Thudguard. It surely is a miracle.

if you are looking for a gullible, cash rich,(or maybe granny is) more money than sense customer base willing to spend money on stuff "because I care"; parents of young kids are IT!

speaking professionally, the number of head injuries that are of significance is a very long way short of half a million p.a. and sadly most of the those are caused by the parents themselves. the other more minor head injuries, thankfully, the good Lord has designed us appropriately to not be significantly affected by. that's why the skull is quite so solid.

another viewpoint is that, equipped with such protection, Junior may not recognise the true risks of various manoeuvres/actions and thus continue to engage in activities that a previous bump on the head would have taught him ('cos its boys) to avoid.

Bet the Dragons' Den would have supported this!

I thought it was some form of a Mickey Mouse cult, look at those ears, lol!

... he he he ...
Now I'm waiting for 'husband' version .. you know guys ... angry wives throwing dishes straight to your head :-)

Ugh, yet more coddling nonsense for the 'cotton wool' generation. Why don't we just not let them outside the house, or even run around. There, problems solved.

'Developed' ??? - it's a helmet !!

DURRRRRRRRR......

I need one of these for everyday living. You never know when you might get kicked in the head by a ninja, so this could come in handy. Give me 12 of them for family and friends. Christmas shopping finished early this year!

Developed by a Scottish mother of three...hehe...she was too busy downing wiskey. She had to get creative.

I got an even better invention, put a leash on the kid tie him to the stairs so close he wont fall ---how about that!

Kids run around, get hurt, and learn from it. This completely eliminates the lesson that smacking your head on the coffee table teaches you.

Ya know there's another invention that could be "developed" to protect our precious snowflakes... A plastic bubble, that would cover germs and with proper padding all of lifes little bumps...

Pain is an educator, no pain, no education. You can't reason with Jr. when he/she is this young. However a little bump and sharp sensory input will do wonders.

Dave I hope my wife aims for my head with dishes... I'll be perfectly safe as long as she tries to hit me... She tries to miss and I'm dooooooooooomed.

Falling down and hitting your head is a very valuable experience. It teaches you things like: get out of the way, don't hang on that, don't push people, and just because you can reach, doesn't mean you should pull it off the shelf. Seriously. Homo sapiens puppies have been banging there noggin going on 50,000 years. It's not a big deal.

These kids will be riding the shortbus to school once they get a bit older.

Is it just me, or does the kid in that shot look like he's already past the point at which this thing would help him?

I saw this when my kid was young (the bottom picture especially), and every time he banged his fool head on the corner of the table, I laughed and thought "Should have got him a thudguard!". Never did. He'll get over it.

All of this kids limbs and torso are exposed! Don't the parents care?! Where is the bubble wrap? Where is the face shield!?

Looks like my drinking helmet. I am not allowed to leave the house on weekends without it.

Next devlopment, neckbraces to prevent shakenbaby syndrom.
The combonation of these, along with a nerfed-up suit of armor(compleate with family arms for a extra 35 pounds) and little Thadious will be ready to get out of bed in the morning.

Soon to be legally required and mandated by the Ultimate Nanny State...

I nevr woar a helmit wen I was yung and I turnd out alrite, and I hit my hed alot.

This is truly an amazing and innovative product. However, I would like to see it available in adult sizes. I have a loved one who can benefit from wearing such a device. And if it can be embroidered with a small seal or monogram ("GWB" for instance), that would be even better. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Not a new idea. In fact, a remarkably OLD idea, all considered. The Daughters of the American Revolution Museum in Washington D.C. has a 19th century example of such a device called a "pudding cap" (which I just blogged about and am shamelessly linking to here: http://www.robzazueta.com/blogchives/609.php). Not only that - they put reins on their toddlers to keep them upright.

So, before you continue with the old "coddling our precious snowflakes" line of complaints, keep in mind this ain't that new - we've always coddled our precious snowflakes.

FARKED!

I can just imagine this on dragons den. That's a pitch I'd like to see hehe.

So having a child not afraid of hitting his head is a good thing?

How are we going to teach our children to live in the REAL WORLD when we keep making their world FAKE? Video games, anti-bacterial soaps, helmets... Don't forget- "everybody plays" sports games where there is no score, and no winner or loser, artificial flavor, artificial color, artificial life! How did we survive for 50,000 years?

What's next? Impact tested, protective foam nappies to protect your child's sensitive bum? Why not just dress them up with knee and elbow pads and wrist guards too?

Is there a night time version for nocturnal crib roll-outs?

Direct result of the wussification and loss of the British Empire...

burn mits for hands and they wont lear HOT?, add a mouth guard so they wont put everything in their mouth, knee pads for the boo-boo's, bum pads for when they fall, Wait - Ive got it! a Michelin Man suit for the all over protection, or maybe an old English Knights armor, yeah that'd do it. Then grammie would strain her hernia picking the child up.....

I'm hoping this is some FARK joke! Surely to heaven parents aren't actually this stupid.

So this is the age in which you pick up the nickname "DORK"!

In 20 years we will all be wearing helmets everywhere.

Ha ha, My friend Brian in the West Midlands could have used one of those when he was a kid. Too late now!

Why not go all out? Knee pads, elbow pads, gloves, slippers, mouth guard, soft foods, ear plugs, enclosed in a plastic bubble with filtered air and UV protection. Baby's safe now.

Is this some kind of stupid joke? A comment about the average IQ of Republicans, maybe?

You know, there are kids who actually would need this kind of technology. The child's skull is still a bit vunerable, and some children do need extra protection from say, seizures. That doesn't teach any lesson that I'm aware of. I do understand that for any normal, functioning child that this is ludicrous, however, remember the children who are less fortunate and have illness that they do need protecting from.

Speaking from sad experience of parting company with motorcycles, full-face helmets are the only ones worth wearing.

Of course little Johnny probably doesn't have to worry about losing teeth just yet, so maybe it's ok.

I think it is brilliant and I would feel a lot better if my son had this. Do you know how it feels to be sitting the ER for hours waiting to have the scan results for a one year old who split his head wide open on the corner of slide?

You're about forty, forty-five years too late with this thing. I had a teacher this woulda been GREAT for.