Who needs a mother when mechanical hands can look after your baby?

"Behold the Zaky Infact Pillow. "Zaky -- It's Like Leaving a Part of You with Your Baby." It's $38.95 at the Pregnancy Store."If you’ve ever wished for a “hand” to leave behind so that your baby would feel as if you’ve never left the room, your prayers have been answered with the Zaky.

I don't know if anyone else finds this sort of disembodied motherhood disturbing but apparently the manufacturer of the 'Zaky' thinks that a pair of hands that cradle your baby is equivalent to skin-to-skin contact with mum.

"The Zaky is also great when you have to leave your baby with someone else -- at your baby’s daycare facility, when he stays with a babysitter, or goes to visit his grandparents. The Zaky will provide a constant and familiar support giving your baby a sense of security. The Zaky also assists the caregivers on positioning your baby and your baby will feel and smell mom. "

This is the more disturbing part...women can 'scent' the hands so they smell like a human being. What's next? A pair of mechanical breasts that replace a mother's own?

Source: http://www.pregnancystore.com/zaky.htm