A Mommy Story

As I was perusing the Columbus Craigslist, looking for good deals on used toys and gear, I came across this ad. Now, I love cutesy little gifts for new moms, but this was just disturbing to me.

It’s soap, hand-carved in the shape of a baby. It’s creepy. Besides the fact that each of these soaps looks like one of those weird 3-D ultrasound images, there’s the question of what do you do with it?

You might choose to save it as a keepsake. But then you’ve got a piece of soap sitting on the shelf next to your baby’s picture and other knick-knacks. And a piece of soap on the mantle just seems out of place.

On the other hand, you could use the soap. I don’t know about you, but I’d feel oddly guilty about washing myself with a baby’s backside, causing it to deform as the water wears parts of it away unevenly. Then it would be this horrible, disfigured baby, and I’d have to throw it away or risk having nightmares about children with no arms or no noses.

So if you’re considering something “unique” for that new mom in your life, please stay away from this unless you really want to send that poor mom into years of therapy and an aversion to cleanliness.