We thought it would not be possible, but yes. They have created it. The Japanese technology company Dentsu has developed 'Father's Nursing Assistant', an artificial breast so that parents can "breastfeed" the baby, which has recently presented at the SXSW 2019 fair held in Austin, Texas.
It is a portable device with the shape of a woman's chest that Dad is placed at the same height tied to the back, and allows feeding the baby by holding it in his arms, as does the breastfeeding mom. According to the company, what it intends is "to reduce the burden on mothers and increase the amount of time babies sleep by allowing parents to breastfeed."
Technology where they don't call her
One side functions as a milk container, where breast milk or formula milk is deposited (as the case may be) keeping it at the proper temperature, and the other contains a system that pretends to mimic the mother's nipple with a silicone nipple. Yes, you can only breastfeed on one side.
As a good technological invention, the device not only feeds the baby, but also through a mobile connected app It also records data on the baby's breastfeeding and sleep sessions, and transmits the information to Dad's smartphone.
It is made of a soft material, they explain from Dentsu, to give the baby greater comfort.
"Based on the advice of pediatricians and nannies, who say that babies tend to touch the breast with their hands when they feed and that the softness seems to calm them, the product has been designed to resemble a woman's breasts."
In Babies and more Breastfeeding is also dad's businessThis has been exhibited at the technology fair where it has recently been presented:
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And here we see a man testing the device with a doll:
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Where is the natural ...
Anyway, we show you the device (it is not yet for sale), as a curiosity, because I doubt that it will thrive and that we will soon see men with their artificial breasts in the street giving breastfeeding to their babies. I hope not!
Sometimes technology gets where they don't call it. Where there is a natural breast with milk always available, at the ideal temperature, which allows the baby to be in contact skin to skin, and also free, there is no technological invention that can replace it. And dad can also support, but in another way.
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