Comments on: Mirena follows in Motrin’s footsteps

By: phdinparenting

phdinparenting — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:45:39 +0000

A.B.

Personally, I think it is the people who take the time to leave an insulting comment on a two year old post who make the world a crappy place. So I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree.

By: A.B

A.B — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 01:08:59 +0000

Whoever gets insulted by these ads needs to take a moment to realize you are the kind of people that make this world such a crappy place, wouldnt it be better to see the ads as what they are ment to be? A time to chuckle and look back on to moments similar to the ones they are displaying? Instead of nagging about them and starting campaigns to take them off? I took both those ads like haha I can relate and maybe I can use Motrin when I get pains from my hectic life, or Mirena sure why not I can wait another 5 years until I don’t sleep comfortably again. Or better yet I wish my husband was like that

By: angelaH

angelaH — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:24:17 +0000

yknow i saw this ad today in todays parent magazine and i thought what the heck is an ad like this doing in a magazine about babies and children.. its terrible!!!!! I found it totally disturbing on so many levels. Instead of recognizing the child as a precious gift the ad talks about not making anymore of them…SOOO SICK!!! we co sleep and we love it….its not for everyone but still i think that this company can use their brains and come up with a better way to sell their product.

By: Erin W.

Erin W. — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:39:16 +0000

How do I always miss these ads?! After reading some of the comments that say that they don’t see the ad as being an attack on the family bed (I particularly liked the one who said You’ve already got your hands full – Take a break and have more kids when you’re ready) I can see those points. But my first reaction to the ad was just like the person who said. “Do you hate your child, and wish he’d never been born? We can fix that!”
Honestly, I think that this ad is a bad idea in general. Upon first reaction, it looks more like an attack on kids in general. “They’re gonna wreck your sleep and likely the rest of your life. Here, take some birth control that will last for 5 years or cost you hundreds of dollars to have removed early so you don’t have to worry about it!”
No thanks, Mirena.

By: phdinparenting

phdinparenting — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:07:22 +0000

@Nicole: Um, did you see the real Motrin ad or are you referring to my “mock” Motrin ad above? If you are referring to mine:
(1) I don’t carry my child all the time and she prefers to walk most of the time.
(2) if I use the right carrier and use it properly it doesn’t hurt.
(3) I didn’t have a smaller baby to use for the picture…gotta work with what you have sometimes.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:02:55 +0000

I think too much is being read into this ad. I see it more as saying that you have your hands full already, take a break for a while and then when you are ready have another kid. I don’t see this as an attack on the family bed at all. And as for the Motrin ad, if you are carrying your child (especially one that size who should be using the legs God gave her) everywhere maybe you will have some pain. There comes a time when you need to get real and put the child down.

By: PrettySprinkles

PrettySprinkles — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:53:31 +0000

Yeaah I don’t get it. What are they trying to sell? Duvet covers or blankets maybe?

By: Kayris

Kayris — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:53:50 +0000

I never had a problem sleeping when mine were babies and in the bed with me and my H. The problem developed when they got older and larger and started kicking me in the ribs. We have coslept, but we’re currently not, for lots of reasons. We do it when it works for us, and our kids sleep in their own beds (in the same room together) when it doesn’t work for us.

However, I think the Mirena ad misses the mark. How will getting an IUD get your child out of your bed (if that’s what you want)? Sure, it will keep you from having more babies, but it won’t do anything about the one you already have.

Sorry Mirena, this one’s a big FAIL.

By: Maria

Maria — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:44:58 +0000

Co-sleeping kept us nursing well past a year, and as a result, I did not get my period for 17 months. That was the BEST birth control ever, and now, we use natural methods. There is no reason to chemically or physically alter my body in order to prevent pregnancy, and gasp! There is no problem worrying about birth control interrupting our time.

Personally, what i don’t like is the implication that kids are so exhausting and disruptive that only a method of birth control would be needed to prevent another’s presence in my life. When The boy is in bed with us, we are more rested and better able to function– not less able.

By: Family Anatomy

Family Anatomy — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:27:24 +0000

This is a bit off-topic, but there was nothing I liked better than taking a nap with my infant son lying on my chest. They’re both too big to do that now, though!