wtf...



http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57389659-10391704/baby-yoga-woman-is-back-with-new-video-unsafe/

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"CBS News) In 2011, Lena Fokina shocked the world when a video of her twirling and slinging his two week old baby from side to side went viral. She's back again, swinging a new infant in a new video by Barcroft TV. Last year, Fokina told the Dadwagon blog that the dynamic gymnastics practice -- which was dubbed baby yoga -- gave children a boost in life. Other Russian parents echoed her sentiments, saying their children walked and swam earlier. Still, many viewers were outraged, prompting YouTube to take the original video down because it was in violation of their policy of "shocking and disgusting content." Baby yoga video is real and real scary, but safe? Barcroft TV's new video, uploaded March 1, 2012, catches up with the 51-year-old yoga guru as she teaches parents in Dahab, Egypt the art of baby yoga. She's still dangling the infants by one arm or leg, while the children wail in glee or sheer terror, depending on who you believe. And, now, she's teaching other eager parents how to do it themselves in her seminar called "Parenting the Deliberate Way." The eight day program costs about $400 per family, according to the Daily Mail. "I think this is the best thing I can do to improve my child's health," one of Fokina's students told Barcroft TV. However, some fear that the children will suffer from Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) or other ailments. Dr. Robert Young told BBC News last year that he isn't sure the claims of the benefits of baby yoga or real - or if the risk of injuring the child is worth it. "The baby can slip, the baby can accidentally move when he's being twisted around and hit somebody's leg or furniture. That would be harmful in all cases," he said. Fox News' Dr. Manny Alvarez put it bluntly when he wrote, "This lady is nuts," and that nobody should try to emulate this with their child. What do you think of baby yoga?"

[Edited on March 7, 2012 at 12:36 PM. Reason : ]

3/7/2012 12:30:15 PM

I am not going to watch that video bc I think I have seen it before. It kind of makes my stomach hurt to watch her flip that baby around.

3/7/2012 12:32:30 PM

woman should be arrested for child abuse.

3/7/2012 12:34:20 PM

What am I missing here?

3/7/2012 12:36:04 PM

When the baby is screaming and crying, that means it's having fun.

3/7/2012 12:36:17 PM

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"OLD AS FUCK"

3/7/2012 12:36:35 PM

^^^another baby for baby-nunchucks?

3/7/2012 12:36:55 PM

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"Barcroft TV's new video, uploaded March 1, 2012"

6 whole days old for this new video

3/7/2012 12:39:08 PM

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"THIS IS INTERNET"

3/7/2012 12:39:51 PM

http://www.dadwagon.com/2011/01/18/dadwagon-qa-exclusive-interview-with-baby-yogas-lena-fokina/

3/7/2012 12:45:24 PM

You'll hear nothing but complaints until you see these kids doing insane twisty backflips on the neighborhood trampoline and making all the other kids look like a bunch of saps.

3/7/2012 12:59:45 PM

holy shit weaponized infants

3/7/2012 1:02:32 PM

husband tried to explain to her why this yoga baby thing may not be a good idea

3/7/2012 1:02:53 PM

and people got pissed off when michael jackson held his kid off a balcony.

3/7/2012 1:05:09 PM

3/7/2012 1:08:47 PM

I'm surprised this took so long to reach tww

3/7/2012 1:09:26 PM

this is just glorified baby shaking

and I wonder how many times she's been peed/pooed on doing all that twirling with naked babies

3/7/2012 1:46:09 PM

now i could totally believe that an older baby may enjoy something like this. something perhaps not as extreme. my eight month old is at an age where she enjoys being tossed up and caught by dad, swinging at the playground, bounced on the bed, etc. but a two week old baby? there is a reason some call that the '4th trimester' - they may as well still be a fetus at that age.

3/7/2012 2:04:05 PM

^^^I saw it mentioned in the "TWW Parents: simple Q&A/info sharing thread" thread googled it and was so horrified I had to make its own thread

3/7/2012 2:06:16 PM

Yes. I mentioned it. This shit makes my stomach hurt and pisses me off. Crazy Russian...

3/7/2012 2:20:28 PM

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"What am I missing here?"

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"another baby for baby-nunchucks?"

HAHAHAHAHAHAAA

3/7/2012 4:12:23 PM

This is basically contact juggling an infant. David Bowie would be great at this.

3/7/2012 11:40:48 PM

I wonder how many kids this trick has dropped.

3/7/2012 11:43:45 PM

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""CBS News) In 2011, Lena Fokina shocked the world when a video of her twirling and slinging his two week old baby from side to side went viral. She's back again, swinging a new infant in a new video by Barcroft TV"

3/8/2012 7:38:38 AM

^^

Kind of what I was thinking. All it takes is one baby dropped on their head. Let's see how much sooner it walks before the other kids then.

3/8/2012 7:52:41 AM

That poor baby was crying

Also, I don't think babies would enjoy being repeatedly submerged in water.

3/8/2012 8:18:11 AM

Babies are submerged in water for a long time before they discover they really don't enjoy breathing air. The discomfort passes quickly.


I don't understand comparing this to shaken baby syndrome at all. I have no problem with this old woman training her kid to be a circus performer, but when she picked up that other womans kid it gets a little weird. As far as if the babies are scared or not, their worlds are full of new sensations and experiences. This is probably no more shocking to them than bathtime.

3/8/2012 8:51:01 AM

I don't understand how you don't understand. It may not be as violent as SBS, but it's similar.

3/8/2012 11:01:48 AM

^What's SBS?

3/8/2012 1:49:00 PM

shaken baby syndrome

3/8/2012 2:22:14 PM

Oh similarities are fun. Grabbing a baby under the arms and making them "dance", tossing them up and catching them, bouncing on the bed, etc are also similar. And fun.

< not a babby yoga advocate by any means

3/8/2012 3:56:19 PM

3/8/2012 6:43:49 PM

BABY YOGA FIGHT

3/8/2012 6:51:22 PM

lol what sort of boost is this supposed to give you

at least versus the risk of some bonehead slamming you into the ground as an infant

3/8/2012 6:57:21 PM

Stretch Armstrong wasn't born that way

his mother crafted him into an amazing rubberman using Baby Dynamics Yoga

3/8/2012 7:04:55 PM

rubbermang

3/8/2012 7:05:44 PM

When the baby is screaming and crying, that means it's having fun.

3/8/2012 7:08:40 PM

lol

*swings baby around*

just givin this baby a boost

3/8/2012 7:09:51 PM

someone take the conan sword swinging gif and replace the sword with a baby

3/8/2012 7:13:05 PM

reminds me of an old Mad TV skit where the mother is slathering her kids with baby oil and bacon grease at the pool to help them tan

3/8/2012 7:16:33 PM

hahahahahaha

conan stop swingin that babby!!!

3/8/2012 7:16:48 PM