...is a device to correct a variety of head shape abnormalities generally called plagiocephaly. It would certainly protect the baby's head from an errant baseball, but that it not why it is being worn.

PJMcK

(22,037 posts)

17. Thanks for that info

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #14)

Mon May 17, 2021, 07:19 PM

May 2021

I thought the mother was just being safety conscious for her infant.

Skittles

(153,160 posts)

18. thanks

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #14)

Mon May 17, 2021, 07:23 PM

May 2021

I wondered about that

while it is impossible not to admire this gal, no way would I take an infant to a baseball game

ShazzieB

(16,399 posts)

28. Oh, I know what that is!

Reply to 3catwoman3 (Reply #14)

Tue May 18, 2021, 10:15 AM

May 2021

That's when the back of a baby's head starts to flatten from spending too much time lying on their back.

It started to be a fairly common problem after the experts figured out that putting babies to sleep on their backs results in fewer deaths from SIDS. The flattening is harmless, but it can look a little weird if it's not corrected.

I remember always putting my daughter to bed on her stomach when she was a baby, because that was the guidance we were given back in the 80s. Who knew?

Throck

(2,520 posts)

15. Masks?

Reply to Budi (Original post)

Mon May 17, 2021, 07:02 PM

May 2021

progressoid

(49,990 posts)

16. That kid (Jerry) should be 10 years old now. Article from 2011 about the photo:

Reply to Budi (Original post)

Mon May 17, 2021, 07:06 PM

May 2021

Tiffany Goodwin was doing what comes naturally. She stood, followed the flight of the ball, reached out and caught the foul pop-up in the baseball glove on her left hand while holding 8-month-old son Jerry in her right.

Just another day at the ol' ballyard for the Goodwin family.

It was the second foul ball Tiffany, 31, snared at a Richmond Flying Squirrels' game at The Diamond. She caught a line drive last Friday.

"We were on our way to the game Sunday and my husband (Allen) said he's been waiting 38 years and never caught a foul ball," Tiffany said. "I told him, 'Maybe you'll get a chance today.' "

Instead, Tiffany made the play.

"He said, 'I called you off, I called you off. I could have had it.' But it was already in my glove, and I told him possession is nine-tenths of the law," Tiffany said, laughing...

https://richmond.com/sports/foul-ball-the-story-behind-t-d-photo-thats-become-a-national-hit/article_e80641fc-c00d-5b21-b0ec-fd3a61afe1df.html

LAS14

(13,783 posts)

21. Wait a minute! So not only is this not current, it's not even Jen Psaki?????? nt

Reply to progressoid (Reply #16)

Mon May 17, 2021, 08:47 PM

May 2021

Budi

(15,325 posts)

22. Psaki tweeted she loved the pic. She didn't say it was from today.

Reply to LAS14 (Reply #21)

Mon May 17, 2021, 08:51 PM

May 2021

Just that she 'loved the pic'.

progressoid

(49,990 posts)

23. It was new to me too. I only found out because someone else pointed it out on the twitter machine.

Reply to LAS14 (Reply #21)

Mon May 17, 2021, 10:06 PM

May 2021

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HUAJIAO

(2,386 posts)

25. I owuld never EVER bring a child that young to a baseball game, especially one

Reply to Budi (Original post)

Tue May 18, 2021, 09:37 AM

May 2021

with a head 'deformation.'

Even a 3-4 year old...

I just cannot imagine it, sorry....

RegularJam

(914 posts)

26. My four year old loves going to games.

Reply to HUAJIAO (Reply #25)

Tue May 18, 2021, 09:41 AM

May 2021

Loved going when he was three, as well. Great age to introduce them to organized sports and watching the "big guys" instills dreams and motivation.

Also, a head "deformation" doesn't necessarily make it any more or less safe.