TTFN
August 22, 2009 It turns out that last week was World Breastfeeding Week (motto: "There's a sucker born every minute.") In honor of the occasion, here's what was served at a hospital-sponsored picnic for moms and their babies:
If you're wondering what a life preserver has to do with breastfeeding, then rest assured that so are the rest of us. Personally I like to think that the Wreckerator was in the process of drawing one huge bazooga when s/he was stopped by some killjoy middle manager.
Also note that breastfed babies are "reading for anything." Naturally, I think you'll agree with me when I say this theory simply must be tested. So, the next time you see a mom breastfeeding, try to see if her kid is also reading. (You know, like this.) Then, once you've recovered from the police tasing and posted bail, be sure to report your findings back to us, k?
Anony M., I'll let you explain today's title. ;)
- Related Wreckage: Every Breath You Take
Reader Comments (105)
Maybe it's a recycled breast cancer awareness cake from last year. The motto was "Save the ta-tas!"
I agree about the life preserver. Someone was definitely in the middle of drawing a giant boob and got told off.
I think the boob would have been perfectly acceptable. :)
Hot pink life preservers don't remind you of breastfeeding? Oh wait, me neither. Too funny!
"Breastfed babies are reading for anything"?
Does it count if *I* am breastfeeding my baby while reading Cake Wrecks?
Reading for Anything.
'101 Breastmilk Recipes' perhaps?
haha! :)) nice one!
TTFN = Ta Ta For Now (giggle tatas lol)
Welll... they say breast milk is best for babies, so, by extension, breastfeeding saves lives, hence the life preserver? (That's the explanation my overcaffeinated brain has come up with.)
As for the reading babies... I have nothing.
Maria
hmmm....I'm not really sure what the bottom two lines say. Does it really say breastfed or does it say busdfed? I'm confused but I'm sure the librarians in the world are rejoicing that they'll be reading for anything!!
I personally like the...balloons? Sure, we'll go with balloons.
I thought that said reading - but had to wait for the commentary to make sure! I can assure you none of my kids can read yet - maybe i did something wrong?
Weel, it makes sense if the word is Ready! :)
So, wait. Are those supposed to be balloons or something much much smaller?
Oh dog. Wow. Why the reading breastfed babies get a life preserver is beyond me. Okay, I can make the connection, but I just choose not to do that.
I prefer your frosting booby idea. Hmmm...though that would be more appropriate at a men's party, now wouldn't it?
Ta-tas for now, that's awesome.
WV: sabones: I got sabones when I saw the booby cake. (yes, I'm a 12 year old boy now?)
Cute spermatazoa detail. Me likey.
Breastfeeding is a life saver, especially in places with high poverty, little sanitation and inferior nutrition, hence the life preserver (or as some call them "life saver".) It's not really THAT much of a stretch.
The misspelling though... I can't help you with that one.
I think the confusion stems from the fact that the lower half of the cake isn't really about breastfeeding at all. The message is that "Beesaful Babies are Reading for Anything," up to and including shipwrecks and poolside emergencies. Beesaful kids are unfailingly literate.
I thought the freaky balloon thingies were actually baby rattles, but perhaps not. Either way...I know they say breastfeeding improves cognition, but really? Reading for anything?
breast-feeding = saving lives. okay, it's a strrrrretch using the life perserver.
but babies "reading for anything"?! no excuse. it's like no one ever proofs these cakes.
oh, and happy belated world breastfeeding week, y'all!
(Mischievous grin)
Next time I see a mom breastfeeding her kid in public, I'm a-gonna go ask what reading level the kid's on. :op
Not really, folks, calm down!!
~Amy B.
Okay, the "life preserver" is clearly a teething ring. I'm not sure, however, what a teething ring has to do with breastfeeding, either...
Ironically, I was breastfeeding while reading this post. I looked down to see what my son was doing...no reading. So, I think that statement's wrong.
I'll keep you updated in the event of my 12-month-old whipping out Charlotte's Web while eating.
Doesn't TTFN stand for "Ta-Ta's for Nourishment"?
Yes, please, explain the title? I saw "TTFN" and thought, "ta-ta for now..."oh, WAIT! I get it!
I thought, seriously, Jen, that CW was going bye-bye. I now see that you were just going Ta-Ta!
(seriously, I didn't get it until I typed it out. too early.)
Well... our local main library opened a breast feeding room this week, so that cake would work there. But then the 'lifesaver' image would be a bit off.
Rather pretty cake, though. Colors are attractive.
I just saw an infomercial for a baby reading system - "My baby was reading at 8 months!" Maybe this system is most effective in conjunction with breastfeeding.
Breastfeeding is a huge lifesaver, especially in places where people don't have safe water, and for premies.
There are cities called Reading, both in the US & UK...possibly it's a conscious pun? Or perhaps it's just wrecktastic!
Surely it was supposed to read, "Ready for Anything"
Or possibly... "Feeding for Anything"?
Hmm...
The preserver is not there because breastfeeding "saves lives." That IS a stretch. It's there because if the words were correct... "ready for anything"... then the babies are, well, ready for anything. It makes more sense than you think.
Doesn't it kind of look like a breastfeeding pillow? Maybe? If you squint?
If that really is a "breastfeeding is a lifesaver" pun, then breastfeeding obviously does not enhance creativity.
The breastfeeding/teething ring comment made me cringe, and I don't even have kids! Ow...
I know the answer! Well, about the life preserver anyway. The spleling is beyond me.
This year's WBW theme is "Breastfeeding: a vital emergency response." The idea is to highlight how breastfeeding truly saves babies' lives in disaster zones and other emergency circumstances. So I guess the folks who ordered the cake thought, "How can we visually represent help in an emergency?" It makes at least as much sense as the official logo, which looks like a sheriff's badge.
According to www.breastfeedingweek.org the theme for this year is "Breastfeeding: A Vital Emergency Response" - so I guess the life preserver is a symbol of emergency response. And I like the title for today's post :)
Are those sperm on the side trying to impregnate the life preserver?
I breastfeed & my baby doesn't read while he is eating! Dangit...how do I get on that bandwagon?
It was meant to say "Breastfed Babies Are Ready for Anything". See this breastfeeding poster.
And the "life preserver" is there; it's evidently the logo.
http://www.ilca.org/files/Bookstore/PosterEnglish09_SampleOnly.pdf
So it's actually far more Wrecky than you thought. Bonus!
Clearly the wreckerator was NOT breastfed as a baby!
lol bazonga lol
See, with the whole breastfeeding issue I didn't think it was a life preserver, I thought it was a nipple shield!
I'm hoping-hoping-hoping that it's supposed to read "Breastfed Babies are READY for anything" and they got a non-breastfed wreckerator.
(Though, to be fair...my son absolutely, positively refused to breastfeed and still had his alphabet down by 28 months. Sometimes we think it's probably best if his little brain WAS damaged by all the formula we fed him. ; P )
I think this cake is missing a carrot jockey. After all, once they start reading, all bets are off. Carrot jockey-ing is the next step in the natural progression of infant development. DUH.
http://www.ilca.org/files/Bookstore/PosterEnglish09_SampleOnly.pdf
Okay, I followed the link and the theme is explained... the spelling - not so much.
TTFN: Take Time For Nursing
Funny, I am breastfeeding my baby right now!
Liz Autry is right, I believe. It was supposed to say "Ready for anything" and someone didn't proofread. The life preserver *almost* makes sense then (but I prefer to believe that someone was stopped in the middle of putting a giant ta-ta on there!)
Ha! I just now got the point of the title. Good one.
It looks kind of like a nipple shield to me. Breastfeeding moms use them if they have inverted nipples. Truly a "lifesaver" for some moms.
This year's theme for World Breastfeeding Week was "Breastfeeding: A Vital Emergency Resonse."
The theme emphasizes that, not only are breastfed babies "prepared for life," but that breastfeeding can, quite literally, be the difference between life and death in an emergency situation.
More info here: http://worldbreastfeedingweek.org/
So, that explains the life preserver, and I'm pretty sure the cake was supposed to read "Breastfed babies are READY for anything!"
(And @penny, I am breastfeeding my baby while reading/commenting, too! ;-) )
Whoops, I really did skim the comments to see if someone had answered about the WBW theme, and didn't see any. Maybe they were just approved while I was typing?
Funniest thing I found when reading the rest of the comments just now?
@LadyKay is my sister!
I don't think I've ever commented here before, and I'm betting she hasn't either.
I am not surprised that when we both did, it was on a breastfeeding related cake.
... For the sake of spreading the controversy: I was breastfed as a baby, and I love reading.
:P