Attention, Toddlers: The Free Ride is Over. Get to Work with the Baby Mop (PHOTOS)

By Meredith Carroll | November 2nd, 2012 at 2:38 pm

Quit smiling and keep mopping

Think your toddler is good for nothing other than sitting there and looking cute? You know, and puking at unfortunate times in inconvenient places?

Think again.

Now’s the time to let your tot know the gravy train was good while it lasted, but it’s a thing of the past. Suit ‘em up in the Baby Mop and they can clean while they scoot.

It might scream NOVELTY item, but according to Yahoo Shine/Canada, the Baby Mop has endured, having been introduced in Japan in 2008, and it's still around today.

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The baby outfits have "100% cotton mops" attached to the underside.

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Baby Mops are available for $34.99 at BetterThanPants.com.

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There's no time like the present to ensure your offspring is a contributing member of society.

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Or at least a family member who is contributing to the cleanliness of your bathroom floors.

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Photo credits: Better Than Pants

Find the Baby Mop here

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Meredith C. Carroll is an award-winning columnist and writer based in Aspen, Colo. She can be found every week on the Op-Ed page of The Denver Post. From 2005 - 2012 her other column, Meredith Pro Tem, ran in newspapers across the West, as well as occasionally on The Huffington Post since 2009. Read more about her (or don’t, whatever) at MeredithCarroll.com, and find her daily posts at Babble’s Mom and Toddler blogs.