Bumper Bonnet - Even I'm Shocked

Good lord!! It's on backorder! Must be lots of people just dying to have one.

That has got to be one of the craziest things I've ever seen. I'd love to hear from someone who actually bought one.

But what about baby's poor little hands on those rough hardwood floors? When are they going to start selling a matching set of safety mits?

I want one. For my own noggin. The hardwood floors are unbearable.

When I first saw the photo (and not the text) I assumed it was a protection helmet for retarded children - who might harm themselves in a fit. Now that kind of first impression might not be what the company was looking for :-)

So funny you mentioned this. Andrew handed me the One Step ahead catalog with all of the cute Halloween costumes, and all I could see was this nutty helmet. The poor child in the picture looks like he has a full diaper on his head! There are children who do have to wear helmets for real medical situations and it's hard enough on them socially. Maybe this would be an equalizing factor, we should all get one and take away the stigma!Put all of the neurosurgeons out of business!

Hard to believe someone has "out safety'd" the Lucky Mom! I suppose if you have a kid with some sort of disability and falls down a lot, this product could be useful??? Why not invent the entire "bumper-suit" so the kid doesn't get a scratch, bruise, broken bone....EVER.

Actually, it looks like the baby is wearing some kind of diaper on his head! Whoever invented that has had FAR too much wine to drink!

Ok I think we can "safely" say this product may take baby proofing a little over the edge! I mean why? I guess if the child has previous head injuries or maybe some mental disability this is great for them. (Shouldn't they be available through a doctor?) Also, if your child wears these is it bad for the shaping and growth of their little heads? What if someone (a parent) doesn't monitor it's use properly or puts it on a child that really shouldn't use these type of things? Shouldn't this type of thing be recommended via a physician? And Monitiored by the Physician as well? Frankly, the product scares me just a little.

I think it is safe to say I will not be recommending nor purchasing one for my children.

Thanks for the information though!

Someone stated that "there are three people on One Step Ahead who have given this product rave reviews." EXACTLY!!! You are all knocking something you haven't tried.

My daughter is 10 months old and is attempting to stand and walk. We have hardwood floors and she has fallen backwards twice and hit her head. Who cares what it looks like if it saves your child from harm? Within 1 day of buying this, my daughter has been bump free and is freer to mover around without getting hurt. When she has fallen, she just gets up, no crying at all. I also don't have to stand right there nervously with my hands out worrying that she is going to fall and hit her head. Despite your comments, I have been and will be recommending this product to every mother I know. And, by the way, she has the red one which looks far from a diaper. It is actually quite cute, with animal designs.

And how is it any different than a bicycle helmet. I'm sure that when they first came out, people were saying the same thing, thinking they looked funny. Now everyone is wearing that weird thing called the bicycle helmet. And what do we say NOW...anyone who doesn't wear one because they want to look "cool" is an idiot by risking their getting hurt. This is no different, and is in fact more important.

We are talking about infants here, people!!! Defenseless little beings. Looks like they don't need to grow up as much as you all do.

For those of you who think this product is some kind of ridiculous gimmick, if you would open up your little minds and think outside the box for 2 seconds, then maybe you would come to realize that there are children out there with problems such as low muscle tone and very lax joints, like children with Down syndrome, which my son happens to have. Since my son has begun to walk he is still very accident prone due to his condition and this product literally has saved him from countless bumps and bruises on his head.

Okay...Now I know with my first son I would have said this has to be the craziest product around...but now that my 2nd child is here and hes such a dare devil and we have wood floors I am seriously thinking about getting one..He just tonight slammed his head onto the floor...when you here that hit you just get so sick to your stomach and the fear comes over you that hes really hurt hisself this time...If something like this will help out and save him from hardwood floors then by all means yes I will buy this ! Now if I had carpet floors then no we would be fine. It just looks like a bicylcle helmet that kids and adults wear. I guess if you dont have the hardwoods floors and have never seen a child hit his head like that on them then you would be quick to judge but with my little one here I think we are going to have to take a try at this. If its for his protection while he is learning then by all means YES I will purchase it...I mean we put protective things on our kids when we are teaching me to ride a bike why not when they walk only if they need it. Its not like I would keep this thing on him 24/7....Open your eyes up to keeping the little ones safe on hardwood floors...we cannot be there every second to keep them from falling.

I'm about to buy one as well. Solely because of our hardwoods & the force with which my daughter hits her head on them. My 9-month-old bumps her head on them about twice a day, when she slips from either a crawling or pulling up position. Makes a horrible noise & she cries (unlike when she falls on our carpet). I never got anything like this for my son since he didn't move around & fall as much as his sister does. We've just had one head bump too many - we want to do something to prevent further ones.