If the kid really has a cold, the snot should be opaque.

I thought all cold medicine for babies were pulled off the shelves.

@jklug80:

Just moved to the "Infant Sleep Aids" section.

I told them not to use Vapo-Rub, but NOOOO

@tc4b:
An if it's clear it's usually caused by alergies.

I have no problem with the display at all. Why was this even posted?

At least it's not crusty.

That looks like allergy-nose. It's quite gross that the baby is eating it. But at least it's clear with no "extras" in it. :D Babies don't have any control over that kinda thing--licking something rolling down towards their mouth is reflexive. LOL!

Enough mommyspeak... I apologize. They could have Photoshopped that out...

@Ash78: Actually, isn't this the promised effect if you DO use vaoprub? More snot?

@Maglet: They also crap their pants reflexively. Wanna see a diaper load while you're shopping for dinner?

@tc4b:

Whew... you're not lying. Those darn babies and their reflexes!

I have kids; I know that boogers and snot happen. But I was FOOD shopping. :) My four year old is the one who noticed the display. He said, "Mom, that baby needs a tissue. He's licking his boogers."

Barf.

There is nothing wrong with this picture. That woman must be one of those child-haters that think they will catch a plague if they come within smelling distance of a little kid.

And all y'all commenters above, you probably don't have kids, either. That poor baby is maybe teething--hence the runny nose and where (s)he's holding his(her) tongue.

Why was this marked funny? That store needs to toss that display; cold meds for infants are long gone!

Why anybody'd wanna be a kid is beyond me. I mean, what's the angle?

I think it looks cute. On the other hand very few things gross me out, maybe I'm just weird.

As a mom of three and a grandma of one, I can attest to the realism of that promotional photo. Your child's face during his/her first few winters will look about like that. Snotty McSnottersons!

@Rene Murillo: Um, no. I'm a mom. With kids. Snot is part of the job but really, a display in a grocery? Diaper displays don't come complete with giant pictures of steaming baby crap because it's you know, gross. I love my kids and never minded changing diapers, but I don't really want to look at piles of excrement or rivers of mucous while I'm buying Cheerios.

@framitz: Or teething.

@Officer Jim Pantsoffski: Well, you could save a bundle on Kleenex if you had a baby around to lick the snot that drips out of your nose.

@Officer Jim Pantsoffski:

There is no angle.

Hmm... I thought afrin recommended age 6 plus. Does that child look 6? (Just checked and the directions say under 6 ask a doctor...)

@VA_White: I know what you mean. When I go grocery shopping, I don't want a lesson on feminine hygenie problems or being reminded that older adults occassionaly poop their pants. But, unfortunately, grocery stores don't just sell food. I still fail to see that big deal. You even mentioned in an earlier post that until you kid pointed out the display, you would have walked by without even noticing the details.

Incidentally, where do you shop that Cheeries is stocked in the cold and cough aisle? If you were in the store simply to buy food, I don't think you would haev come across the display.

What about the point out that babies don't need to be taking cold medicine. Pushing parents to drug their babies is far more offensive, and dangerous, than a little snot.

Medical literature shows cold meds don't help young children, and it's not at all infrequent for children to suffer medical emergencies or possibly even death after overdosing on cold meds.

Babies need lots of fluids and TLC when they have colds, not drugs.

And by the way, I seriously doubt you're a parent if you have a problem with shopping for food after looking at that photo, because if you have a young child, chances are you're shopping with them, and if you're shopping with a young child, chances are pretty good you've got that image staring back at you right from the cart.

The only difference is that that image will wipe its snot on you and the picture won't. And the funny thing is you really won't mind that much.

Another benefit of masturbation!

@jklug80: That is actually a much more valid concern than worrying about a little baby snot. There are indeed no OTC cold remedies that would be of any interest to a child of the age pictured.

@Scoobatz: LOL. You've never been to a military commissary! Ours is under renovation so you can find the ice cream toppings next to the mops this week. Next week, who knows where they will be? If you want coffee, you have to go through a door into the warehouse and get it from the temporary metal shelves back there.

I'm not ready to sue DeCA for emotional distress or anything. I thought it was gross and funny so I took a picture.

That's cold air snot, not cold virus snot.

@hypochondriac: I agree! So cute!

As a mom of two, I am so not getting why this photo would gross me out and make me want to stop shopping for food.

I think the photo is cute!

@Rene Murillo: I'm a dad. There's nothing "wrong" with kids' noses running, and there's nothing to be done about them licking the snot. It's just question of taste. I'm not grievously offended, it's just poor taste, and kinda funny.

@Scoobatz: I've never seen a drugstore advertising with bloody tampons or wet adult diapers, though. There's a difference between selling products that address the problem and having big pictures of the problem.

i enter a store already knowing what products I need, and pay no attention to the end caps anyway. Plus, you shouldn't buy something for a kid that your pediatrician hasn't already given you the go ahead for.

*falls while getting off pedestal*

Thats one of the LEAST disgusting thing babies do. I see nothing wrong with this.

@VA_White: I agree with you, it's not that it makes me wanna puke, but tongue within proximity of snot, regardless of whether or not it belongs to a baby, is probably not the best idea for a huge picture in an ad. It's kind of funny!

@Rene Murillo:
Sorry, snot is intrinsically funny. It's also not the yum-yum-yummiest thing to see on a store display.

Ask any kid :^)

@ElizabethD: No one's saying it's not realistic.

I'm not around babies, so I plug my ears and go "la la la" at the mention of all the things that babies do, so I can say a display like this is kind of gross, now that I see what it actually depicts. If I passed by this in a store, I probably wouldn't even look at it, or notice the snot, but given that I do see it now...ugggggh.

I ask, nay, insist, nay DEMAND that this post carry the new "mucus" tag!

@VA_White:

Coffee is kept right next to the Arks of the Covenant!

Everyone should know that. Sheesh.

:)

It is kinda gross that the baby is eating its own snot, but what i don't get is why they chose THAT picture for their display! I mean, at least photoshop the snot out!

@nightshade74: Ahh no, that child looks 2

@Officer Jim Pantsoffski: It was Opposite Day at the Population Control center. *honk honk

Will the next displays show a baby with a plastic "snot bubble"?

@floraposte: Now, that would be gross.

Sure, this may not be the most appropriate way to advertise this product, but we've all seen much worse. That's really the point I was trying to make. On the scale of inappropriateness, it barely even registers, but maybe because I have two young kids of my own and have become numb to this behavior.

In fact, I think it's kind of funny. If I was heading to the store with my sick child to buy some medicine and saw the display, i'd probably look at him and his runny nose, look at the sign, look at him again, look at the sign again -- and think to myself, this is exactly what I need!

Man, babies are gross.

Man, if I never hear (or see) the word "fail" again, it will be too soon.

@Officer Jim Pantsoffski: Why, to have someone pay for all my bills. Kinda like the gubment is doing now for all the banks that loaned money to people that couldn't pay it back, but with stricter bedtimes.

That's a cute baby, snot eating or not.

man i wonder what the diarrhea medicine ads look like.

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