Comments on: Fame or Shame Game #14: Sick Baby Pajamas

By: AJ

AJ — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:44:14 +0000

Greg at DaddyTypes has posted the definitive “Shame,” going so far as to say… “[The inventor]’s a bullshit artist with who has managed to make the credibility of several hundred media outlets momentarily vanish before our eyes.”

http://daddytypes.com/2009/06/19/its_an_illusion_bb_ownerhypnotistlord_totally_making_up_this_babyglow_nonsense.php#more

By: Dallas

Dallas — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:46:53 +0000

Shame. ‘Cause it’s just plain silly.

(Ummm, I think liquid bread is called “beer” in some places.)

By: F.

F. — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:34:40 +0000

Fame because it is hilarious. To me, this is clearly a novelty item/cocktail party story/funny baby shower gift, not something to stock in your first aid kit. In fairness to the inventor it is called “Baby Glow” not “Safe Baby Therm-body-scanner.” If it provided any benefit beyond entertainment that would just be a bonus. Otherwise, it like a mood ring.

By: anjii

anjii — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:38:26 +0000

What Amber said….

Also, at Walmart (at least here in Canada) there are 3 packs of onesies that do the same thing for much cheaper. Sorry, don’t remember the brand (I don’t have them). I’ll check next time I’m there.

By: Amber

Amber — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:33:02 +0000

Fame for hypercolor babywear, Shame for trouble-spotting device.

I would buy this for the cool-factor, not for the is-he-too-hot factor.

;)

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:57:19 +0000

Definitely shame. While the idea of color-changing clothes seems kind of cool, this seems to me like one more step down the “but expensive stuff that you need to replace every 1-4 months” road, not too mention the “extreme over-reaction/ worry-inducing product” road. As was already mentioned, your baby won’t outgrow a good thermometer. Not to mention all of the possible outside influences on the garment’s temp. What if only part of the sleeper turned white? Does that mean that your child only has a fever on the left/ top/ middle? What if your child was in a warm room? Or, on the reverse, what if the room was cool, and you assumed that because the sleeper was still pink that your child was fine when in reality the cool air was keeping the thing from changing color? I’m pretty sure your dr. would laugh at you if you called to tell him your child had a fever, and you knew because her sleeper changed color, and berate you if you said you didn’t check the temp by touch or thermometer because the sleeper hadn’t.

By: Allison

Allison — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:15:59 +0000

Hypercolor PJ’s?! Rock on! Though mine stopped working after too many trips through the washer/dryer.

I vote shame, mostly cause I don’t think it would work reliably and if it did it wouldn’t be all that useful.

As a new parent I was concerned about how I would know if my son had a fever so I might have bought this. Now I see that I was kind of worrying over nothing and now if I suspect a fever I just grab the thermometer.

By: My Boaz's Ruth

My Boaz's Ruth — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:43:33 +0000

Shame. The only way I can see this making sense at all was if ALL your kids clothes were Babyglow (at least the inventor knew enough not to open himself up to Lawsuit by Gerber by calling it the Babyglow Onesie). Otherwise — a thermometer is more generally useful.

And its really expensive and I’d be worried about both chemicals and how accurate it was.

By: Ari

Ari — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:00:39 +0000

Shame shame, because as it IS, taking a baby’s temperature accurately in the early months is important to check for a *real* fever, and this garment does nothing (really) to measure core body temperature…. maybe the room is warm? maybe baby is uncomfortable? both things that can be assessed without the use of a onesie that costs $33 (gasp!)

As we used to say: Shame shame, I know your name. and that name is the Babyglow Onesie.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:49:50 +0000

Shame for sure for all the reasons you mention. And like Jeanne said, if you want to know if your baby is hot, well, touch him. You have less chance of waking him up with a touch than you do with turning on a bright light to see if his jammies have turned white. Also, I think it is pretty common knowledge that with little ones, the docs don’t technically consider it a fever unless it is over 100.4° His sweet baby model also looks sort of stunned. She may not like her new pj’s. Just my two cents.