--- title: Little Baby Lump | Pregnancy and Baby Blog | Media description: Media | Follow my journey through pregnancy (twice!) and motherhood. --- [![lbl-masthead.png](https://www.littlebabylump.com/hs-fs/hub/188884/file-312550222.png?width=1504&name=file-312550222.png "lbl-masthead.png")](http://littlebabylump.com) ### Follow Me: ## [The Obsession with Manbabies Continues](https://www.littlebabylump.com/blog/bid/219537/The-Obsession-with-Manbabies-Continues) Posted by [Pamela Vaughan](https://www.littlebabylump.com/author/pamela-vaughan) May 23, 2009 4:30:23 AM I finally found it!� I've been meaning to post this video for a while now since it coincides with [bloggers'](http://littlebabylump.com/2008/11/26/lets-all-hope-and-pray-i-dont-give-birth-to-a-manbaby/) and [comedians' ](http://littlebabylump.com/2009/03/31/manbabies-just-shootin-the-poop/)recent manbaby craze, but it's not on TV a lot, and I couldn't for my life remember what the commercial was advertising.� Well I finally saw the commercial again, so here it is, [Boost Mobile](http://www.boostmobile.com/)'s disturbingly odd manbaby commercial.� Kind of weird how the "father" has to shuffle down the freezer aisle like that ... [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LuKk0iC_4I&hl=en&fs=1] **Age Timer: **18 weeks, 1 day [more](https://www.littlebabylump.com/blog/bid/219537/The-Obsession-with-Manbabies-Continues) Topics: [video](https://www.littlebabylump.com/topic/video), [Bizarre](https://www.littlebabylump.com/topic/bizarre), [Boost Mobile](https://www.littlebabylump.com/topic/boost-mobile), [Media](https://www.littlebabylump.com/topic/media), [manbaby](https://www.littlebabylump.com/topic/manbaby), [ManBabies](https://www.littlebabylump.com/topic/manbabies), [commercial](https://www.littlebabylump.com/topic/commercial) ## [Meet Baby Lump-Routan ](https://www.littlebabylump.com/blog/bid/219571/Meet-Baby-Lump-Routan) Posted by [Pamela Vaughan](https://www.littlebabylump.com/author/pamela-vaughan) Jan 2, 2009 7:36:56 AM I can't believe I missed this when I wrote [the post about Volkswagen's awesome Routan, "have a baby for love, not German engineering" campaign](http://littlebabylump.com/2008/10/22/german-engineering-the-real-reason-james-and-i-are-pregnant/). Maybe they hadn't come out with the [RoutanBabymaker3000](http://www.vw.com/vwhype/babymaker/en/us/) at that point, but yesterday I [came across it](http://www.noodad.com/wp/doodads/lets-make-a-baby-for-german-engineering#more-831) on this really awesome dad blog I occasionally read called "[Noodad](http://noodad.com/)." Basically, the RoutanBabymaker3000 allows you to "make a baby without actually 'making' a baby." > *Have a Routan baby with a loved one or a person you hardly even know.� Just find the right mate, and make a baby so adorable you just can't help but love.* I took the liberty of making a Routan baby with James to determine what Baby Lump might look like.� It should be interesting to see if our real baby bears a resemblance to his/her Routan baby counterpart, which looks to be a boy.� (And I'm hoping we'll find out fairly soon ...) [caption id="attachment_516" align="aligncenter" width="712" caption="Click the picture to check out a more animated version of Baby Lump-Routan."][![Click the picture to check out a more animated version of Baby Lump-Routan.](https://www.littlebabylump.com/Portals/188884/Images/routan-baby.jpg "routan-baby")](http://www.vw.com/vwhype/babymaker/en/us/?mId=29223288)[/caption] **Oven Timer: **38 weeks, 4 days [more](https://www.littlebabylump.com/blog/bid/219571/Meet-Baby-Lump-Routan) Topics: [Internet Fun](https://www.littlebabylump.com/topic/internet-fun), [Bizarre](https://www.littlebabylump.com/topic/bizarre), [Media](https://www.littlebabylump.com/topic/media), [Volkswagen](https://www.littlebabylump.com/topic/volkswagen), [Routan baby](https://www.littlebabylump.com/topic/routan-baby) ## [Who Hasn't Heard About That Whole Motrin Moms Scandal Yet?](https://www.littlebabylump.com/blog/bid/219584/Who-Hasn-t-Heard-About-That-Whole-Motrin-Moms-Scandal-Yet) Posted by [Pamela Vaughan](https://www.littlebabylump.com/author/pamela-vaughan) Nov 21, 2008 6:56:04 AM It's been all over the [news](http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2008-11-18-motrin-ads-twitter_N.htm), it erupted on [Twitter](http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2008-11-18-motrin-ads-twitter_N.htm) and of course, [mommy blogs](http://www.5minutesformom.com/4856/bad-press/) have been covering it full-force.� If you haven't heard about it yet, I thought I'd share the online [Motrin](http://motrin.com/index.jhtml) commercial that caused such an outpouring of offended, angry moms: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO6SlTUBA38&hl=en&fs=1] I'm not exactly sure how I feel about it - I'm not offended, but I don't necessarily think it's funny either.� I definitely think it was meant to have the same type of sarcastic, humorous tone as does Volkswagen's "[Have a baby for love, not German engineering](http://littlebabylump.com/2008/10/22/german-engineering-the-real-reason-james-and-i-are-pregnant/)" commercial, but for whatever reason (I think it's the commercial's choice of words), it seems like Motrin's poorly constructed ad missed the mark. Instead of creating a commercial that spoke empathetically to moms, Motrin created one that many moms misinterpreted as a blatant insult for "wearing their babies."� Personally, I don't think Motrin meant any offense whatsoever.� Unfortunately, they just hit the wrong nerve of their target audience with this one. Did they forget to test the ad on their target demographic first, or what?� At least they did a good job of listening to their audience's responses and reacting appropriately by [addressing the situation](http://motrin.com/index.jhtml) and removing the ads where they could.� I commend them for that. **Oven Timer: **32 weeks, 4 days [more](https://www.littlebabylump.com/blog/bid/219584/Who-Hasn-t-Heard-About-That-Whole-Motrin-Moms-Scandal-Yet) Topics: [Media](https://www.littlebabylump.com/topic/media), [online ad](https://www.littlebabylump.com/topic/online-ad), [Motrin moms scandal](https://www.littlebabylump.com/topic/motrin-moms-scandal), [Motrin moms](https://www.littlebabylump.com/topic/motrin-moms), [advertisement](https://www.littlebabylump.com/topic/advertisement), [Motrin](https://www.littlebabylump.com/topic/motrin) ## [German Engineering: The REAL Reason James and I are Pregnant ](https://www.littlebabylump.com/blog/bid/219592/German-Engineering-The-REAL-Reason-James-and-I-are-Pregnant) Posted by [Pamela Vaughan](https://www.littlebabylump.com/author/pamela-vaughan) Oct 22, 2008 12:03:21 PM "[German Engineering](http://www.last.fm/music/Maritime/_/German+Engineering)" is not just a great song by [Maritime](http://www.maritimesongs.com).� It's also the reason James and I are having a baby.� Forget Brooke Shields and her "have a baby for love" mantra, James' and my *actual *motivation for getting pregnant was Volkswagen's Routan minivan ... [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDZSxFLcMVg&hl=en&fs=1] Okay, okay, all kidding aside, time to update you on Baby Lump's developmental touch points for this week.� At this point, he/she should be about 15 inches long, weigh almost 3 pounds and be starting to form some eyelashes and eyebrows.� One Web site I refer to describes the baby's length as similar to an [amusement park cinnamon-sugar-coated churro](http://3dpregnancy.parentsconnect.com/calendar/28-weeks-pregnant.html).� Mmm ... I had my glucose screening on Monday, which checks for gestational diabetes.� Everything I've read about it prepared me to drink a nasty "glucose cocktail" before my blood was taken, but it honestly wasn't bad at all.� It basically tasted like a very sweet but flat cup of Pepsi.� Anyway, I heard from the doctor today that I passed, although my iron is low (no news here, it always has been), which means I'll be taking an iron supplement from now on.� No biggie. Well, it seems like we're in the home stretch now folks.� The frequency of my doctor visitations has now been increased to once every two weeks until week 36, at which point I'll check in once a week until delivery. Does anyone else think time has gone by at a ridiculously fast pace? **Oven Timer: **28 weeks, 2 days [more](https://www.littlebabylump.com/blog/bid/219592/German-Engineering-The-REAL-Reason-James-and-I-are-Pregnant) Topics: [Weekly Updates](https://www.littlebabylump.com/topic/weekly-updates), [video](https://www.littlebabylump.com/topic/video), [Internet Fun](https://www.littlebabylump.com/topic/internet-fun), [Media](https://www.littlebabylump.com/topic/media), [glucose screening](https://www.littlebabylump.com/topic/glucose-screening), [Brooke Shields](https://www.littlebabylump.com/topic/brooke-shields), [Volkswagen Routan](https://www.littlebabylump.com/topic/volkswagen-routan), [gestational diabetes](https://www.littlebabylump.com/topic/gestational-diabetes), [german engineering](https://www.littlebabylump.com/topic/german-engineering), [28 weeks](https://www.littlebabylump.com/topic/28-weeks) [All posts](https://www.littlebabylump.com/all) [Next](https://www.littlebabylump.com/topic/media/page/2) Search ### Subscribe by Email ### [![rss](https://www.littlebabylump.com/hs-fs/hub/188884/file-313297286.png?width=34&height=36&name=file-313297286.png)](http://littlebabylump.com/rss.xml)   RSS Feed ### Recent Posts ### Popular Posts ### Posts by Month - [January 2014 (1)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2014/01) - [December 2013 (2)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2013/12) - [November 2013 (3)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2013/11) - [October 2013 (2)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2013/10) - [September 2013 (1)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2013/09) - [January 2011 (1)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2011/01) - [November 2010 (4)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2010/11) - [October 2010 (1)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2010/10) - [September 2010 (2)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2010/09) - [August 2010 (2)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2010/08) - [July 2010 (1)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2010/07) - [June 2010 (2)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2010/06) - [May 2010 (3)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2010/05) - [April 2010 (1)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2010/04) - [March 2010 (1)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2010/03) - [February 2010 (2)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2010/02) - [January 2010 (5)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2010/01) - [December 2009 (3)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2009/12) - [November 2009 (3)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2009/11) - [October 2009 (5)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2009/10) - [September 2009 (6)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2009/09) - [August 2009 (3)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2009/08) - [July 2009 (4)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2009/07) - [June 2009 (6)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2009/06) - [May 2009 (8)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2009/05) - [April 2009 (6)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2009/04) - [March 2009 (8)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2009/03) - [February 2009 (8)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2009/02) - [January 2009 (7)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2009/01) - [December 2008 (7)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2008/12) - [November 2008 (5)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2008/11) - [October 2008 (7)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2008/10) - [September 2008 (8)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2008/09) - [August 2008 (10)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2008/08) - [July 2008 (4)](https://www.littlebabylump.com/archive/2008/07) [See All](https://www.littlebabylump.com/topic/media#)