Babies, as we know, are dumb. They’ll look at any old thing. That’s why the Shutter Buddy is ingenious. You put this checkered hood over your camera, make a bunch of funny noises, and wham – instant smiley baby. Or instant crying baby. Or instant baby crawling off to the stairs to try to climb up the first two only to slip onto the floor and cry.
Wow, right? If I weren’t so sleep deprived I’d kick myself for not thinking of this.
In all honesty, though, isn’t this ingenious? It’s hard to get baby to pay attention to you so you’ve basically got something that grabs that attention and doesn’t let go. It’s a mere $19 and I’ll try to give it a go with young Milla, our one year old, and report back.
I think if you weren’t so sleep deprived you’d kick yourself for thinking this is ingenious. Is a checkerboard plus a bunch of funny noises actually more effective than a bunch of funny noises on their own? Is there really some “science of infant vision development” that they can cite to support their claim? I think it’s more likely that they could point to the science of parental suckerdom that gets preys on sleep-deprived parent and gets them to pay $20 for a $0.50 piece of plastic on the hope that it might get them the perfect picture of their baby to go with the 14,824 other pictures that they’ve taken since the baby was born 58 days ago.
way to harsh my buzz
Just trying to intervene before you pull out your credit card, Biggs. You know it’s harsh love.
Geez weatherman. Whats the weather like by you? cloudy and raining?
It is a pretty good idea.