Father tech 1: The instantly closing pacifier

First baby gifts have been received - big thanks go to Laura!

I have had the pleasure to meet and interact with the first representative of modern baby tech in our household: the wonderfully curious, instantly closing pacifier (TM).

The point is that when the baby drops an ordinary pacifier, it of course in the ground rolls in all kinds of suspicious dirt and deadly bacteria - and this makes it necessary for the busy father to run to the sink to conduct a thorough disinfection routine, to be repeated over and over again, after each drop. Lo and behold, a nameless engineer has come up with a solution: a pacifier that has kind of half-ball moving parts that swiftly cover the nipple when the thing falls, keeping it safe from the dirt. Wow.

I suspect that this offspring of innovation will work almost well enough - and because it will be almost, it will be useless. And it might also be too easy to get the shields pop at the wrong time, maybe taking a bite of our little lady's nose or lips, or fingers. Would not want that to happen. But just to pay my respects to the inventor, this will be tried in action at some point. And who knows, maybe it will be the new best thing since sliced pickles.

note: pacifier = tutti

note2: image of Keep-It-Clean Pacifier used without permission