Bottle Sling : Baby Feeding Aid

Great idea. I wish it was available 20 years ago!

I don't mean to sound like one of the Judges, but are you saying that you "invented" a strap?

My jaw dropped when I saw that movie and ironically it was about a week before I auditioned in LA. I admit that one is easier on the eyes, but awful to keep clean.

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There are already tons of them out there (google baby slings, baby wraps). You can use my slings while holding the baby in a baby sling and still have two hands free to wipe up whatever you need to.

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Not to be rude, but come on.... I think you would have better luck marketing this as a tool making it easier to feed a baby (so the person doesn't wear their arm out holding the bottle) as opposed to making this seem like analogous to the "natural experience" of breast feeding (**gag,gag**). As a tool to help hold the bottle for the baby, I can see the utility and marketing. Trying to pass this off as a "natural experience" is way too hokey, in my opinion.

I completely understand your reasoning, but my point is the need to know and understand what will appeal to the most people and what will keep them interested in your product without immediately turning them off from the start with the thought that "this allows you to hold the baby like you are breastfeeding it". If you want to get men involved and interested in buying and using the product(and I understand you are a man), you need a better line. Maybe women would go for that initial line, but I can see a lot of men being immediately turned off by it without giving it a second thought or serious consideration as to whether it is something useful. Why do you think they made so much fun of the concept on Meet The Fockers?

There's nothing like having a stranger say good things about your invention. Kevin from the parenting website, WWW.Webgoonies.com has given me an awesome review after using one of my sling designs for the last couple of months with his son Rylan.

Here's a sample of the review:

"We began using the bottle sling shortly after we received it and were certainly impressed. I am able to securely hold Rylan with both arms and still have him munching away at the bottle. I think the combination of a baby sling and the bottle sling would make for an even easier situation and allow the parent full ability to do what they needed to do with minimal problems. The sling can easily be adjusted for each person and baby.

Phil Jones, the inventor, tried out on the ABC tv reality show American Inventor back in January but unfortunately did not move onto the second round. In fact, his invention wasn't even put onto the TV show but that is actually a good thing. It seems the only inventions that were shown were really terrible or the ones who moved on. I applaud Phil for coming up with this idea and I imagine it's day will come. I only wish that I would have picked up this sling when Rylan was much younger and I could have used it more."

Please go to the Webgoonies site and check it out.

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Have you ever bottlefed a baby? If I can change the way people bottlefeed their children I will have lived my dream and satisfied my passion.

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"You've re-invented the wheel. Why???"

Because none of those other wheels rolled correctly.

"There are soooo many of these devices out there already."

Really? Show me five and don't waste my time with props.

"...and develop something NOBODY has thought of."

That's a pretty formidable task, you're giving me more credit than I deserve. Besides, no one has thought of my sling, just ask the USPTO.

"Only then will you meet with success."

So you don't think my slings will be successful? Are you an inventor or a fortune teller?

"I know you have it in you."

So you are psychic then. Can you give me the scoop on who's going to win the mil?

"I have bottle fed MANY children and know what I'm sqwalking about."

What makes you such an expert? Did you use a prop or some other type of holder? Why are you so mad at me?

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INPEX - don't know if you're going but you should try to.

Don't know if it would interest you but take a look at May's entrepenuer magazine. They have an article on sippy leash.

First off, I'd like to thank you for checking out my website. I truly appreciate you taking the time to even look at it.

Second, on the home webpage, notice the picture in the factoid section down to the left. You'll see my very sweet grand-nephew (my sister's grandson) being fed with a sling. You can also see a much larger version of the same picture if you click on the "blog" section on the navigation bar. He's actually got both hands on the bottle/sling while my sister is holding him with her two hands. I'll be adding another picture soon showing the creator of the Webgoonies site holding his son while using their sling. He did a review of it and was paid no compensation.

And there is another section at the bottom right of my website where you see a couple pictures of the sling being used with a prop doll (the same one I used to audition) As a matter of fact the picture of me holding the bottle was taken at the time we were making that ad. I was coaching my wife and my son took a candid shot of me (not expecting it would make the headline). He used that picture as an example of what the page would look like and when I saw it, I realized it was exactly what I was looking for.

You are allowed to hold the bottle while using my slings, it's ok. I don't claim you never have to touch the baby's bottle again, as a matter of fact: you actually have to put the bottle in the sling and then aim the bottle into the baby's mouth. My slings don't excuse you from the responsibilities that come with caring for a child.

Please check out my invention again at Bottle Sling - Invention Gallery or go back to www.bottleslingguy.com so we can clear this all up. Thanks for writing, it was getting pretty quiet around here.

Okay, you have nothing to say and you feel empty inside. Maybe you would enjoy yourself more if you tried to make a contribution--you know, instead of revealing your emptiness, try to find something meaningful to say.

You counted all US births. Not all birth parents bottle feed, some still breast feed their children. There are probably more than two and less than four million kids using a bottle at any point in time. Let's say three million?

So, 300K units per year. Cost to make slings- under $2 per unit. A sewing contractor with twenty sewers could make that many in two weeks. Packaging can be minimal as in simply a tag. You can ship hundreds of slings in a box weighing less than twenty pounds. Think bibs or bras. Let's say $2.50 - $2.75 per unit (I still think that's high though).

That's around $780,000 to make package and distribute three hundred thousand slings to let's say Babies R Us or Wal Mart. They could retail for around $12 ea. That's around $9.4 million. Give or take a few hundred thousand, juggle numbers around all you want, it still comes up as a pretty tempting venture for the right company.

I was just talking about this to a friend of mine. Thanks for the encouragement!

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What do you mean? Geeky how? Like only nerds would use it? I'm all for constructive criticism, I'm also a geek, so there you go. Thanks for looking. Actually the geekyness flaw you mentioned can be overcome by the broad patent claims. These cover many variations on the central theme of the bottle sling. Not only different fabrics, patterns and colors, but designs too. How's that for geeky?

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Hi Eduardo,

What are you to do when the mom decides (for whatever reason) not to breast feed her baby? Are you saying it's all or nothing? 

"The real difficulty in changing any enterprise lies not in developing new ideas but in escaping from the old ones." Maynard Keynes

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Maybe they would be allowed if they were used in one of my bottle slings?  

"The real difficulty in changing any enterprise lies not in developing new ideas but in escaping from the old ones." Maynard Keynes

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I'm really dismayed at some of the responses you've gotten here. Before I got pregnant, I was all about my career, but once my husband and I found out we were having a baby, my focus shifted to "what's going to be best for my baby?"

That said, my career is still important to me. I am able to work from home much of the time, but my infant son is a literal handful. I'm still breastfeeding, but we are transitioning him to the bottle since I travel some for work as well. He does *okay* with the bottles with handles, but this product would really help him develop his 'holding' skills without the frustration of dropping the bottle, or having it slip so that only air comes out. (He really gets mad when he shifts his fingers wrong and suddenly the milk is gone!)

I guess I said all of that to tell you that I *love* this idea, as it is. The idea of a more "natural" feel for bottle feeding is immensely appealing. It combines the desire to be a hands-on mother in all things with the fact that you can't always just "whip it out", especially in public. (While breastfeeding is a protected right in most states, it's not always practical).

I would also consider this one of the ultimate "must have" gifts at a baby shower.

Don't change a thing. I'll be on the lookout for this product, unless I can order a couple from you *now*!

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