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1. Motrin: The Anti-Mom? | Shake The Salt pingbacked Posted November 15, 2008, 10:11 pm

   [...] but when I hit play, the screen didn’t change for the entire segment. You can view the transcript here. Be prepared to be [...]

2. Motrin's new ad attacking babywearing | Crunchy Domestic Goddess pingbacked Posted November 15, 2008, 11:28 pm

   [...] to Barb for typing out the ad verbatim: In case they pull the ad from their front page by the time you’re [...]

3. More Outrage as #MotrinMoms Reaches #2 On Twitter : Eco Child’s Play pingbacked Posted November 15, 2008, 11:34 pm

   [...] is the ad copy, hat tip to Barb: Wearing your baby seems to be in [...]

4. Motrin ad bashes babywearing. Video response! « Instinct Parenting, LLC pingbacked Posted November 15, 2008, 11:38 pm

   [...] says (thanks to barb): Wearing your baby seems to be in [...]

5. OMG Like, BabyWearing to Look Cool? Um.. NO Motrin | Mama Divas pingbacked Posted November 16, 2008, 12:54 am

   [...] to Barb for the transcription of the ad, which at this point is still running HERE.  It’s entitled [...]

6. Babywearing Saved My Sanity | A Little Bit of Green pingbacked Posted November 16, 2008, 1:59 am

   [...] my How to Cook series. However I saw something that bothered me enough I had to share this story. Motrin has a new ad campaign that is insulting to moms in general and specifically to moms who wear their babies. After watching [...]

7. Thanks Motrin, I’ll Be Wearing My Baby Anyway. « pingbacked Posted November 16, 2008, 2:12 am

   [...] to Barb for the following: In case they pull the ad from their front page by the time you’re reading [...]

8. A Devout Baby Wearer | Mom Most Traveled pingbacked Posted November 16, 2008, 6:23 am

   [...] is the transcript from the ad, typed out by Barb of Perfectly Natural Photography: Wearing your baby seems to be in [...]

9. If this Motrin Ad pisses you off, say “Aye!” - Mythbuster Beauty pingbacked Posted November 16, 2008, 9:48 am

   [...] Annoyed By Motrin’s New Ad Campaign - Perfectly Natural Photography [...]

10. My second post for today (wow!) « Wife and Mommy pingbacked Posted November 16, 2008, 11:25 am

    [...] case the commercial gets pulled, wander on over to Barb’s blog to see the full text of the ad, [...]

11. Babywearers v. Motrin « Wife and Mommy pingbacked Posted November 16, 2008, 11:27 am

    [...] case the commercial gets pulled, wander on over to Barb’s blog to see the full text of the ad, [...]

12. Blame Me For Motrin Moms « Jessica Gottlieb pingbacked Posted November 16, 2008, 2:34 pm

    [...] Hat tip to Beth for the transcription. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Getting TwitterBeyond the Tweet - How to Effectively Use TwitterTwitter for the over 70 setTrue Story of a Twitter Marriage Proposal [...]

13. Will Motrin prove gone are the days of “all press is good press”? pingbacked Posted November 16, 2008, 7:31 pm

    [...] you haven’t seen the ad, Barb from Perfectly Natural Photography typed out the video verbatim and I’ve included it below. Wearing your baby seems to be in [...]

14. Nursing Your Kids » Blog Archive » Speaking of Babywearing pingbacked Posted November 16, 2008, 8:34 pm

    [...] blogger, Barb, transcribed the ad: In case they pull the ad from their front page by the time you’re reading [...]

15. Moms and Motrin - Motherlode Blog - NYTimes.com pingbacked Posted November 17, 2008, 7:30 am

    [...] began calling for boycotts. Bloggers asked their readers to alert the mainstream press. A few voices chimed in to say they [...]

16. Motrin’s ad against babywearing « Trying To Be Greener pingbacked Posted November 17, 2008, 8:06 am

    [...] on Twitter about a Motrin ad about babywearing. Here it is in it’s entirety complements of Barb who seems to have brought it to everyone’s attention: Wearing your baby seems to be in [...]

17. BabyCenter: MOMformation » Blog Archive » Motrin Disparages Baby-Wearing – Moms Fight Back pingbacked Posted November 17, 2008, 9:01 am

    [...]   The folks at Motrin should brace for the storm. The chatter on blogs (like Katja Presnal’s and Barb Lattin’s) and twitter is heating up. There are a lot of moms who have a thing or two to say, and who [...]

18. Liminal states » MotrinMoms: From Twitter to the NY Times in 24 hours. All hail the power of Mommybloggers! pingbacked Posted November 17, 2008, 3:27 pm

    [...] update, 1:15: actually it seems that the highlighted script was first published by Barb on Perfectly Natural Photography — in a post that also has a very good link [...]

19. Motrinmoms: Tying up the loose ends | Crunchy Domestic Goddess pingbacked Posted November 19, 2008, 1:47 pm

    [...] to think all of this began with one little tweet: “hey babywearers, have you seen Motrin’s new ad campaign bashing babywearing??!” Who could have predicted the outcome? Not [...]

20. Motrin: una tormenta en los medios sociales (I) « Mercaderes Asociados pingbacked Posted November 25, 2008, 12:07 pm

    [...] de Fort Collins, Colorad, especializada en fotos de mamás lactantes, critica el aviso en su blog Perfectly Natural Photography a las 5:54 [...]

21. What if a liberal who worked at Twitter got offended over something you posted and decided to censor you? « That’s What He Said pingbacked Posted December 15, 2008, 12:33 pm

    [...] fine morning, about a month ago, a liberal mommy blogger got pissed off at some harmless Motrin ad posted sympathizing with babywearers about potential neck and back pain [...]

Comments

1. Quote
   Keri said November 15, 2008, 9:00 pm:

   Ugh. Reading Motrin’s B.S. ad statements gives me a headache. I hope they have one about taking ibuprofen for back pain caused by toting a 20 pound baby around in a 5 pound plastic baby bucket (carseat) or a headache caused by listening to a baby cry it out because carrying him causes too much back pain.

   Frankly, I’m tired of being told that being and/or becoming a parent should be painless.

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   Lisa said November 15, 2008, 9:41 pm:

   I used their email contact form on their website to complain about it. That really sucks. they should have shown ACTUAL painful things, like the baby bucket, or holding baby on your hip with your arms. How about scrubbing things, that’s painful. Raking leaves. Why did they have to pick on the babywearing. Stupid drug companies.

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   Jennic said November 15, 2008, 9:43 pm:

   Seriously?!

   Wow.

   All that flashing and twisting and turning of all those words gave me a headache, and I wasn’t even wearing a baby. This has got to be the worst ad ever. If moms are who they were hoping to align, gather, convert, whatever, then they’ve just totally blew it.

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   Janelle said November 15, 2008, 9:48 pm:

   I have no idea why Motrin decided attacking baby-wearing was a great way to sell their drugs. Sad, very sad indeed. I had MUCH more back pain with my first child whom I carried around in the typical fashion holding her with one arm saddled to my hip (which you push out unnaturally in order to make some sort of make shift seat). Totally threw my spine out of whack. Second child was in a sling and I could walk with virtually perfect posture.

   Again, just appalled they would use this scenario as a way to sell ibuprofen.

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   califmom said November 15, 2008, 9:52 pm:

   I emailed Motrin my thoughts on their new ad campaign, and also posted about my disgust on my blog. Here’s my email to Motrin:

   “To whom is your new ad campaign suppose to appeal…mothers? I doubt it. When you bash us for baby-wearing, belittle the importance of what we do for our children, and then try to sell us something, we tend to reach for a product other than yours.

   The aches and pains of NOT wearing my babies, or from carrying them in my arms without the aid of a baby-wearing harness/sling or the like would have been unbearable. I never had pain from wearing my babies, but your new ad campaign certainly causes me pain.”

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   Stephanie (subscribed) said November 15, 2008, 10:10 pm:

   Thanks, Motrin. I really needed to hear that using a baby sling is a bad idea. Honest.

   How do they think we should carry our babies? Or maybe we should carry them as little as possible. Wouldn’t want to have aching backs, after all. Unless we’re only after the “official mom” title.

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   Christy said November 15, 2008, 10:21 pm:

   http://shakethesalt.com/2008/11/motrin-the-anti-mom/

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   crunchy domestic goddess (amy) said November 15, 2008, 10:24 pm:

   Thanks so much for calling this to my attention, Barb. It’s ALL over Twitter at the moment and moms are up in arms. I encourage everyone to email Motrin to express their outrage. https://www.motrin.com/page.jhtml?id=/motrin/include/email.inc I am going to do that now and will likely blog about it as well. (BTW, I was having trouble viewing the ad on Motrin’s site briefly, but it’s working fine for me now. Disgusting is a word that comes to mind.)

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   Emily Jones said November 15, 2008, 10:29 pm:

   Hi, I was linked to your blog. I made a blog post about it, if you’re interested. Thanks for the heads up!

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    Beth said November 15, 2008, 10:53 pm:

    “makes me look like an official mom’
    That is part of the ad? Don’t they know moms are the biggest buyer of their pills? Do they think we are idiots? Give me a break! Buy generic.

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    Lauren A said November 15, 2008, 11:13 pm:

    I posted a reply about the ad too! Someone should be fired! BAD MOVE MOTRIN! Thanks for posting about it!!! http://instinctparenting.wordpress.com/2008/11/15/motrin-ad/

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    Lucretia Pruitt said November 15, 2008, 11:19 pm:

    I weighed in over on shakethesalt’s post - but seriously - who green-lighted that monstrosity?

    I can only figure the woman doing the voiceover wasn’t a Mom yet - or she would’ve been laughing too hard at how absurd it was to do the “momalogue” in question.

    Seriously… way to make sure I reach for store-brand Ibuprofen over the branded Motrin every time.

    How I wish my daughter would’ve taken to baby-wearing. You know what causes aches and pains? Trying to do everything one handed with a squirmy, protesting baby.

    Oh, and I know they meant baby-wearing devices, but my husband pointed out that he took “these things” to be a reference to babies… which sadly sounded right in line with the tone that ad had toward babies. Bod? my Kid? Yeah… that’s so not copy written by a mom.

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    crunchy domestic goddess (amy) said November 15, 2008, 11:35 pm:

    Here’s my post about it: http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2008/11/15/motrins-new-ad-attacking-babywearing/

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    TopHat said November 15, 2008, 11:49 pm:

    I wrote up a post here: http://itsallaboutthehat.blogspot.com/2008/11/i-need-tylenol-now.html

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    Dave Taylor (subscribed) said November 16, 2008, 12:12 am:

    Sorry, but as an attachment parenting Dad who has carried three babies in slings, on a hip, on shoulders and in other contorted positions for years and years and years (I have a 12yo, 8yo and 4yo), I am unclear what is so upsetting to y’all about the Motrin ad.

    It’s clumsy, yes, but it’s not ghastly, in my opinion. I mean, parenting is huge amounts of work and much of it is physically exhausting (not to mention mentally!) but isn’t that a reasonable thing to address in an advert for pain relief?

    Let me ask all of you this: if you were going to do an advert for Motrin that targeted attachment parenting / carrying babies in slings, wanted it to be witty and were trapped with an uptown Manhattan sensibility, what would YOU write?

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    Merrycricket said November 16, 2008, 12:14 am:

    Here is a link to my post: http://merrycricket.blogspot.com/2008/11/would-you-like-some-insult-with-your.html

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    Jessica Gottlieb (subscribed) said November 16, 2008, 12:21 am:

    1. Don’t take Dave Taylor’s bait and write free copy for motrin.
    2. Fathers don’t know what the first years are like for mothers, your comment is proof of why companies must engage mothers to market to other mothers, if we have to explain to you every detail of why it’s so offensive then please buy Motrin. We women gasped when we saw that, we were sucker punched by a company that wants our money.

    I say, don’t feed the trolls. Dave, I know you’ve got a zillion followers are you’re a self-titled “web guru” but I won’t be dismissed by a Dad who carried a kid. I’m sorry, that just doesn’t hold water here, nor should it be acknowledged.

    So, MotrinMoms, please don’t feed the trolls, we’re right, and we know it.

    Plus, we do the grocery shopping.

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    Azúcar said November 16, 2008, 12:28 am:

    I tweeted it.

    I love how they made it seem like baby wearing is something new. It’s not new. It’s the furthest thing from new.

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    Jennifer Taggart said November 16, 2008, 12:53 am:

    Just finished post. Have to say, contrary to Dave up above, my husband, who also wore our babies, found it offensive. His comment - “What stupid f##k approved that ad? Don’t they know women are the ones that buy their product?”

    Here’s the link to my post:

    http://www.thesmartmama.com/bg/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=185&Itemid=23

    Jennifer
    http://www.thesmartmama.com

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    Lucretia Pruitt said November 16, 2008, 1:01 am:

    Dave? your actually addressed your own confusion before you even got to the first comma: “attachment parenting Dad.”
    This ad wasn’t directed at AP Dads. It wasn’t directed at men at all. Not “parents” either. It was directed at moms - and specifically moms who practice baby wearing.
    It suggests that they do it for frivolous reasons - because it’s fashionable.
    It suggests that it’s hard but they feel obligated to do it because it’s “supposedly” better for their children - calling their decision into question as not even necessary.
    It suggests that moms who practice babywearing cry more than moms who don’t.
    It pretends that Motrin is “sympathizing” with these poor duped moms who wouldn’t be seen as “official moms” unless they did it. Is there another type of mom? an “unofficial mom”?

    If someone had targeted an ad at you when you first started advocating AP as a Dad implying that you were only doing it because it was trendy, that doing so was clearly silly but that you were only doing it because otherwise people wouldn’t give you any credibility as a parent - would you have been offended? I’m going to guess yes. Even if you didn’t give this person credibility - would you be inclined to buy whatever it was they were trying to sell you by telling you that you were a silly, trendy, insecure person who was martyring yourself in order to be perceived as a real Dad? Because I’m totally not going to believe you if you say yes.

    The ad is atrocious. It insults the intelligence of moms… and then it implies that we’re all in on this great “wink, wink, nod conspiracy” to look cool when we know that we’ll only come across as crazy and exhausted - so thank heavens there’s a product that will help us not feel the pain of our martyrdom.

    Before you think I’m taking this personally? I didn’t wear my daughter - she wanted nothing to do with that thanks. I’m not an AP parent. But as a mom? I sure find that ad appalling. And yes - you know? I could write better copy. But if you think I’m going to post it on the internet as a primer for some 20-something male copywriter at an ad agency to pickup and rework into his pitch? You are sadly mistaken. Motrin wants to know how to market to Moms? It might consider asking them.

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    Jessica Gottlieb (subscribed) said November 16, 2008, 1:09 am:

    Lucretia Pruitt is my new girl crush.

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    Rose said November 16, 2008, 2:03 am:

    I wrote up a post about it as well:

    http://www.alittlebitofgreen.com/2008/11/16/babywearing-saved-my-sanity/

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    Miriam said November 16, 2008, 4:05 am:

    Because I needed something new to be pissy about before my vacation. Thanks Motrin! And the ad goes so well with International Babywearing Week. Oh the irony…

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    Artie Isaac said November 16, 2008, 6:51 am:

    OK, so I’m not a mom. I’m a dad. (Disclaimer: I teach marketing. I’m a recovering adman; never worked on Motrin or any painkiller.)

    I defer to all the moms who really know what they — as moms — think.

    I understand how many of the commenters here are annoyed that Motrin is speaking (inaccurately) for them. I think Motrin is *trying* to teach us the voice of a mom. Of course, for the voice of a mom, I can turn to my beloved spouse. She has a clear and expressive voice. So does everyone in the target market.

    The Children’s Motrin ad does a better job, I think. This one picks a better enemy: fever. But, even there, she calls her kids crazy.

    I’m not sure if the problem is that the copywriter is childless, or just a baby boomer who doesn’t understand Gen X/GenY.

    We wore our kids. Now — as teenagers — they are wearing us out!

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    Jen Hill said November 16, 2008, 9:24 am:

    I take my share of generic ibuprofen for muscle aches and headaches, but this kind of marketing really infuriates me!

    “Plus, it totally makes me look like an official mom.

    And so if I look tired and crazy, people will understand why.”

    Who the *heck* created this ad?! A group of complete morons that’s who.

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    Sommer-Green and Clean Mom said November 16, 2008, 10:10 am:

    This is pathetic and sad. Sad because a company is so desperate they have taken this approach. Sad because moms might believe it. I’m thinking that this company with regret how they have branded themselves. You said it right, morons. Count on me to spread the word about this, I’ll be writing about it.

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    Jenny said November 16, 2008, 10:14 am:

    I was GOING to spend the morning (before my baby and husband woke up) making doll slings, but instead I saw that nonsense from Motrin and had to blog it. I think they are going to be very, very sorry for bashing babywearing.

    http://babyfingers.blogspot.com/2008/11/motrin-just-bashed-my-parenting-style.html

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    Scott Allen said November 16, 2008, 11:29 am:

    The really stupid thing about this from my perspective is that with proper use of social media, they could have vetted this ad concept for a couple of thousand dollars. With proper use of social media, they would have known about it within minutes last night and pulled it off the site.

    Now, instead, on Monday, probably, their PR department will show up to work scratching their heads about a PR disaster that will cost them hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost revenue, PR repair efforts and a replacement ad campaign.

    But their parent company, McNEIL-PPC, has absolutely NO concept of web strategy:

    McNEIL-PPC doesn’t even own the domains McNeilPPC.com or McNeil-PPC.com - they’re owned by squatters. Thing is… it wouldn’t even cost them anything other than legal fees to obtain them. Or even if it did, for a company that size, buying out the squatters would be a drop in the bucket.

    Know what their domain name IS??? Brands2LiveBy.com. Huh??? At least that’s what Google says. I don’t even know if it’s legit or not (keep reading below to see why).

    And does Motrin.com link to the parent company website? No.

    That’s OK — is Brands2LiveBy.com is legit, apparently they’ve forgotten about Motrin… it isn’t listed on the Brands2LiveBy.com website. In fact, if you search for it there, you get no search results.

    Just for grins, I thought I’d check out the “Hard-to-Find Products” link in the upper right corner. It sends me to GreatHealthBrands.com, but upon arrival, I get a message from Firefox that the site has been blocked as a Reported Attack Site that installs malicious software. It’s a 3rd-party site, but still, I would think a legit company website wouldn’t be so prominently linking out to a suspected malware site.

    Mind you, McNeil-PPC isn’t a small company. Look at their list of brands. It looks like they may be the parent company of Johnson & Johnson, but I thought Merck was. Can’t even readily tell that — it’s not clear on Merck’s site, and Johnson & Johnson’s site makes it look like they’re independent.

    Absolutely ludicrous that they don’t have a more coordinated web strategy in 2008. What a mess.

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    Adventures In Babywearing said November 16, 2008, 11:59 am:

    And here is my video response:

    http://www.newbaby.com/Baby_Expert+Content_Video+Response+to+Motrin+Babywearing+Ad

    Steph

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    Scott Allen said November 16, 2008, 12:06 pm:

    FYI, I finally found out that it’s under Johnson & Johnson:

    http://www.jnj.com/connect/healthcare-products/consumer

    Ridiculous that it took half an hour to figure that out.

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    crunchy domestic goddess (amy) said November 16, 2008, 12:34 pm:

    For the record, Johnson & Johnson owns both Motrin and Tylenol, so if you want to boycott them, BUY GENERIC. It has the added benefit of being cheaper.

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    Kelli@GohnCrazy said November 16, 2008, 1:20 pm:

    I e-mailed and blogged about it here -
    http://gohnfamily.blogspot.com/2008/11/wow-motrin.html
    I am disgusted by the ad and can’t imagine who actually ok’ed an ad like that in the first place. Wow.

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    Barb (subscribed) said November 16, 2008, 2:21 pm:

    Wow, I’m amazed at the response! I have finally caught up to adding all the links about which I know and will continue adding them as they come in, either as pingbacks or the link is sent to me.

    I still have to catch up with reading all of the posts and watching the videos.

    And just a quick Thank You to those of you who credited me with transcribing the ad. It wasn’t difficult to do so, but I appreciate being acknowledged for taking the time to do it.

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    bunny said November 16, 2008, 3:15 pm:

    Thanks so much for transcribing the ad. The whole thing is simply infuriating.
    Here we thought we carried our babies because it was the right thing to do for them and for us; turns out it’s because we wanted to be fashionable ::rolls eyes::
    I blogged and twittered about it here: http://endlessforms.blogspot.com/2008/11/goodbye-motrin-hello-brand-equivalent.html
    I also complained about it on their website. I hope they listen, but I have my doubts.

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    becky (subscribed) said November 16, 2008, 3:39 pm:

    I blogged about it: http://widdershinstowednesdays.blogspot.com/2008/11/baby-wearing-scandal.html

    My main difficulty with boycotting it (which I would like to do) is finding another dye free option. My generic choices all seem to have colorings. Any suggestions?

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    Tina Williams said November 16, 2008, 7:23 pm:

    First- Barb thanks for writing this awesome post.

    Second- I have linked it up and have started compiling a list of blogs there that have posted about this:

    http://www.newoldmomsclub.com/uncategorized/motrin-whos-feeling-the-pain-now

    Third-Dave Taylor-what video were you watching? That ad was degrading and belittling of the concept of “mom” right from the get go. I don’t need to make a fashion statement to be considered an “official mom” and taking Motrin Products definitely not something I put on my “mommy want to be” resume.

    Carrying a baby in any type of carrier isn’t just for bonding or to stop them from crying. I had three kids in three years and my husband worked a lot. I had to have at least one of them in a backpack or sling just for convenience sake. Try to push a double stroller throw the aisles!

    As an older mom, my back is not what it was 10 years ago when I had my first three but crying over having the privilege of being able to put my 2 year old in a backpack and go to the beach or to walk the trails is far from what I am doing now.

    Each one of my daughters has had the pleasure of mowing the lawn with Dad or walking out on the Jetty in the backpack. Those are memories that he will cherish and they did not include Motrin!

    The second ad was even worse. Obviously their ad rep didn’t spend any time on Twitter or in a Mommy Group or even at a local park to determine that Moms absolutely DO speak what’s on their mind. This #MotrinMoms is a perfect example. The being committed and the crazy kids thing was just out of place.

    You are entitled to your opinion. I just disagree with it.

    Tina
    @newoldmom

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    Monica at HealthyGreenMoms said November 16, 2008, 11:04 pm:

    Thanks for your post and attention to this issue. I blogged about it and linked to you at http://healthygreenmoms.com/blog/motrin-to-help-suffering-babywearing-moms/

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    golightly said November 17, 2008, 12:22 am:

    I’m with you, I get lots of headaches not related to baby-wearing but today, I don’t have a desire to go buy Mortin for them! You already know how I feel about this whole thing - thanks for the link, I’m glad that McNeil Consumer Healthcare is taking as quick of action as they can. (considering the print ads out there.)

    I’ll be back! (Under happier circumstances!)

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    Nudger said November 17, 2008, 10:51 am:

    All these comments are great, but what will they do in the long run? If you want to influence Johnson & Johnson’s reputation, go to Vanno - The Company Reputation Index. See what others think about J&J when it comes to product safety, as well as how they treat their customers, employees and communities. You can have a concrete effect on J&J’s rankings and ratings.

    http://vanno.com/company/johnson-and-johnson

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    Karen Putz said November 17, 2008, 1:49 pm:

    Thanks for transcribing!

    Here’s my take on it:

    http://svmomblog.typepad.com/chicago_moms/2008/11/official-moms-s.html

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    Linda said November 17, 2008, 6:24 pm:

    We just posted our comment: http://www.babybunching.com/baby_bunching/2008/11/baby-bunching-4.html

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    Barb (subscribed) said November 26, 2008, 8:09 pm:

    <>

    No, Bob, that’s not true. But I do spam comments from people who don’t leave real email addresses. Your name probably isn’t even really Bob.

    Leave a real email address with a real comment, and I’ll leave it, just like all the rest.

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    Barb said November 26, 2008, 8:14 pm:

    Hmm, when I deleted “Bob’s” comment, it also deleted the the copy of it I had put into my own. Here’s what he said the first time:

    “Jesus, get over yourselves - it was an advert laced with *humor*”

    and after I deleted it, he came back and said this

    “wow, dissenting or non-conforming world-views will not be tolerated here!”

    Guess “Bob” hasn’t checked around this blog, or he’d see that I’m pretty “non-comforming”.

    Feel better, “Bob”?

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    bob said November 26, 2008, 8:23 pm:

    That may not be true, but it’s worthwhile to note that advert did succeed in part - there are a lot of people in the Western world talking about it, some against it, others impressed by it - Motrin wanted this and got a result. I have no problems with babywearing, just don’t turn it into a crusade. I’ve tried it the past with my first-born, but neither wife nor I found it agreeable - she found it generally uncomfortable and unwieldy, I have mild lordosis of the back that led to inflamation. It’s not for everyone.

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    bob said November 26, 2008, 8:33 pm:

    Thanks for posting my original comments, even if they are cavalier! I still stand by them.

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    Bryllupsfotograf - Peter Hestbaek said January 19, 2009, 5:07 am:

    This is a good articles. I think the picture a typical “homemade” picture…….

    My name is Peter Hestbaek

    regards, Peter

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    Nancy said February 16, 2009, 10:49 pm:

    That is a great photograph. In terms of the whole wearing babies debate, I rather hold mine.

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    Mike Goji said March 5, 2009, 6:29 am:

    That’s a very beautiful picture. I myself prefer to hold my little cousin (he’s only 9 months old) but that’s because I’m just paranoid that he might fall down so it’s best that I hold him in my arms.

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    healthy life (subscribed) said March 22, 2009, 6:17 pm:

    nice and very informative information

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    Beauty Healthy Life Girl (subscribed) said April 9, 2009, 3:37 am:

    i love this blog.. thanks for sharing..

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    organic baby said April 11, 2009, 8:23 pm:

    Awesome article :)) Really loved the read. It really was fun and interesting. Appreciate the work. Cheers

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    Holistic Weight said May 4, 2009, 9:37 pm:

    That’s how babies are carried in my culture. They use a piece of fabric the size of single bed covering and wrap it wround the baby and over their shoulder like a bag. Don’t remember it but that’s how I was carried.. we didn’t have baby strollers were I came from

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    Photo Restoration said May 25, 2009, 8:49 pm:

    Interesting article in deed. I did not come across this issue until now. I see most of you have worked on it though Anyway, great blog. Love the pic anyway. Cheers