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nativenerd
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BEST ANSWER  chosen by asker   |  nativenerd  |  February 20, 2009 12:28 AM
I sounds like a joke from what I can read...Some comments backed by the fact that the domain is not operational(held by would-be squaters) would seem to support this...
http://www.asianjoke.com/pictures/baby_mop.htm
http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2009/02/19/would-you-buy-the-baby-mop.aspx

"But don’t try to rush out and buy one. There is no info on where and how to buy it, so maybe it’s just a joke/dream. Alas. Check out the hilarious ad above, which was directed by Chris Milk who directed a hit video for Gnarls Barkley."

http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/02/18/baby-mop-cleans-floors-with-crawl-power/
"At the end of the day the Baby Mop appears to be a joke, not an actual product."

http://f.inventorspot.com/files/images/babymop.img_assist_custom.png

And when they get older, make them wear the slippers!
http://f.inventorspot.com/files/images/boot4.img_assist_custom.jpeg

Digging further in, it looks like it may have been a prototype/concept, but never actual product:
http://dvice.com/archives/2009/02/baby_mop_makes.php
"By roshinobi at 9:59 PM ON 02/18/09

I've seen this before in a book called "The Big Bento Box of Useless Japanese Inventions." The picture there was of a prototype made by the author of the book based on one of many patents he found for that and similar "chindongu," the Japanese term for these useless ideas. It's definitely not something anyone takes seriously anywhere."

http://www.chirky.com/2005/08/moppet_babbies.html
"Excerpt taken from The Big Bento Box of Unuseless Japanese Inventions by Kenji Kawakami.
Baby Mops"

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nyssa
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nyssa  |  February 20, 2009 12:42 AM
I had this idea 4 years ago. Well something like it. We were going to call it the "Swiffer" Onesie. A full body Swiffer t-shirt for babes. When my baby just became mobile doing the army crawl and we have ALL hardwood floors it seemed like the best idea. Well It still does. So I don't think it should be in the Useless Japanese inventions catagory. Now if "Swiffers" were more biodegradable (They're not http://www.greenhome.com/info/news/125.shtml ) I would have jumped on the idea.
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smokenherb
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smokenherb  |  February 20, 2009 01:27 AM
The mop.
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easyeboy
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easyeboy  |  February 20, 2009 01:44 AM
This is a joke product. Do you really want a baby to mop a floor? This would not be good for the baby, and I'm sure you can clean the floor before the baby would, quicker and more efficiently.

What I recommend you buy instead of the baby mop is the iRobot Scooba.

Watch the video of the iRobot Scooba.
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tracebooks
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tracebooks  |  February 20, 2009 01:51 AM
You kinda have to have a baby first. I doubt anyone would rent you theirs to use! And consider that whether it's real or not, they'll outgrow it, and then you'll either have to have another baby to wear it, or just kiss your money goodbye.

That's got to be the strangest reason to have a consider having a baby...
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ukraus
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ukraus  |  October 30, 2009 06:55 PM
No joke! You can buy it in Germany: http://www.babymop.de/
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