Bubble butt bath time sparks controversy online
Should mums use electric mixers to spice up baby bath time? The Internet is divided.
The YouTube video in question that has been stirring debate online shows a mother using a handheld Braun electric mixer to make bubbles in her baby’s bathwater.
In the 38-second video, baby Max stands in the bathwater with his hands against the wall and dances as his parents sing the words to “Bubble Butt,” a 2013 electronic dance hit features Bruno Mars, Tyga and Mystic Davis. If you aren’t familiar with the booty-shaking tune, the music video features women bouncing their bottoms – not entirely unlike baby Max at bath time.
To get the bubbles going to accompany the bath-time fun, Max’s mom takes out the mixing appliance and uses it to whip the water into a bubbly froth. The baby dances and mom and dad join in by beat boxing along.
Now, few things apart from Kim Kardashian rile up the Internet as effectively as questionable parenting, and this video is no exception. At issue is the possibility that using the mixer in the bathwater could potentially electrocute the baby.
“Poor child, you can’t choose your parents, especially ones as utterly thick as these two muppets,” writes one commenter, while another chimes in with the following: “Really people? Using device in water that can cause electrocution?”
Others jumped to Max’s parents’ defence:
“All these people talking about how unsafe it is have no idea what they are talking about,” writes a commenter. “Those are designed for liquid and are double wall insulated. Not only that, but all outlets is bathrooms are required to be GFCI protected, which means once a short happens in the slightest the circuit is turned off.”
Other commenters pointed out that mixers were made to be used in liquid.
“Hilarious, you guys crack me up! And as far as the egg beater, it is commonly used in liquids when baking,” writes one supporter.
It warrants mentioning that while mixers were designed to be used in liquid, they were not designed for use in liquid containing babies. Just sayin’.
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