REAL mom endorsements.

[aurorabunny]

Do you ever catch yourself chuckling at the "mom endorsements" on commercials or advertisements? 

We get a channel called BabyTV that my son loves to watch.  I'll admit I was snickering today while watching the "parentorsements" they were playing.  The scenes were moms and dads cuddled up on a couch, grinning baby sandwiched in between, talking about the educational scenes on TV.  And that's GREAT.  We try to watch TV together as much as possible and talk about what's going on too.  But on the same hand, can we get real for a second?  "I'm so glad that we have this opportunity to learn together as a family!" Uh-huh.

Mine would sound a lot more along the lines of "Dear Noggin, my eternal thanks for making Yo Gabba Gabba.  Not only does it allow me a precious 30 minutes of time to do laundry (we use cloth diapers so if not for DJ Lancerock my child might be crapping in a bucket) but it has ensured me that my child will be so warped by weird Japanese puppets who look like dildos that he may actually have something else to talk about in therapy as an adult besides my parenting mishaps." 

"Dearest Nickelodeon, I really appreciate you releasing the entire library of Blues Clues onto DVD.  It may have drained my bank account, but that time spent sitting on my fat ass on the computer was worth every penny.  I'm on CafeMOM, talking about the KID, that counts as attention right?"

"To the sweet, love of my life, inventors of baby gates---keeping the kid safe my patootie.  Baby jail rules.  I'm proud to announce that my child has had absolutely zero opportunity to try and stick his fingers in the dogs butt since purchasing your product." 

THESE are the kinds of things we should really all get to see on TV.  Do you have any REAL mom endorsements?

Tags: real mom endorsements, hey nobody's perfect, i guess keeping my kids fingers out of a dog anus technically is a safety issue

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[theyareallmine]

Jun. 18, 2009 at 12:37 AM

OMGosh!!!! ROFLMBO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Thank you...I needed that laugh.....and I totally agree! (though I do have a baby gate. And I freely admit that keeping them confined to  the living room at certain points in the day keeps my sanity!LOL)

[tiny_mama]

Jun. 18, 2009 at 1:36 AM

Anything that'll keep a kid's fingers out of a dogs butt is worth it's weight in gold imo! LOL

[KelleyP77]

Jun. 18, 2009 at 2:19 AM

LMAO! Baby jail is the best!

I think I'd have to give a shout out to Folgers for single-handedly keeping me awake during the zombie years. I could have had spit up in my hair, poop on my clothes, with a crying infant in one arm, a toddler asking for cereal, and all that while functioning on 2.5 hours of sleep, and Folgers came to my rescue by making me human again every day. =)

[clairandamjones]

Jun. 18, 2009 at 2:37 AM

Katie, my brain is not working.  I got nothin', other than kudos to the Disney Princess Marketing Geniuses for teaching my three-year-old daughter the importance of cleavage as a fashion accessory.

But I love your endorsements.  Thanks for the laugh.

[RanaAurora]

Jun. 18, 2009 at 2:45 AM

Dear Star Wars: The Clone Wars:

Thank you for teaching my son the ways of the Force, in shorter segments than the movies and bright colors that are child-friendly, without sacrificing storyline or accuracy.  You've successfully indoctrinated him into the geekhood that is a family bonding past-time.  His love of Star Wars is now so great that he is interested enough to even sit through the full movies now, allowing me much more time to do things that remind me I am a fully functioning and multi-faceted human being and not just a mother... such as dusting my collection of unopened, collector Boba Fett toys.

[LuminousMom]

Jun. 18, 2009 at 4:42 AM

Dear Sprout network:

While I may never understand why virtually every single one of your cartoons is foreign, why pingu is a ...Russian...? penguin, or why I have such a giant urge to lock Caillou in a closet and throw away the key; what I do know is if it were not for the goodnight show my kids would eat grilled cheese or cold hot dogs every night because the thought of cooking dinner with them screaming at me over the dog butt+kid finger protector "WHENS DINNER READY?!" is enough to make me go ape shit on someone.
 I would never be able to properly prepare dinner and clean the kitchen without the gentle voice of Nina and the annoying screech of "Star" luring my kids ever closer to a virtually comatose state... so thank you miss striped pajamas.  Please keep doing what you do.

[MoonLover06]

Jun. 18, 2009 at 4:53 AM

You guys rock!

[mars33me]

Jun. 18, 2009 at 8:10 AM

I honestly can't think of anything witty to endorse but I did vote up because your too funny!!

[Kodeekins]

Jun. 18, 2009 at 8:52 AM

Yo Gabba Gabba - making babies zombies everywhere! I totally love that show, and so does the six kids in the house (maybe that's why I love it...) I keep saying I'll post a video of their synchronized dancing to the Jack Black episode. If I had my camera handy, that would be my endorsement.

Since I don't, ahem:

Dear Noggin,

Thank you! Without you, I would not have uninterrupted morning coffee. I wouldn't have clean clothes or hot food. My home wouldn't be clean. And without you, my son wouldn't know how to do the disco finger.

Dr. Spongebob creators:

As much as the voice acting on this show grates my nerves, it produces giggles from children like no other. And important education like "It's not polite to show other people your underwear".

[mamatware]

Jun. 18, 2009 at 9:02 AM

Dear Discovery Kids-

Without you I would never get laundry started in the morning, or get my out of my jammies.  And thank you cable company for putting Hi-5 on demand, now every time my son sees the "eyeball" he thinks he gets to watch Hi-5.