A mother in Spokane, Wash., has filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson. Why? She says their recent series of commercials, featuring the slogan "Having a baby changes everything," amount to false advertising. She is seeking $2.5 million in damages for what she calls pain, suffering and "a whol
e medicine cabinet full of Soothing Naturals Baby Wash I don't want to use."
"Look, giving birth to my son Nathan changed a few things," said Sheila RosenRosen, 36, during a phone interview. "I never sleep, the house is messier and I learned what a nipple shield is. But pretty much everything else stayed the same. My husband still refuses to get the water heater fixed. The women in my stupid book club still think Nicholas Sparks is an awesome author. And that show 'Two and a Half Men' still isn't funny. So that's not everything, okay?"
At this point, RosenRosen suddenly began to weep.
"And that no tears promise is a whole bunch of b.s., too," she added through her sobs. "I've been crying ever since that damn kid got here."
When a reporter pointed out that "no tears" refers to the effect that Johnson & Johnson products have on the baby, she said, "Oh, he cries all the freakin' time. So that's a bunch of crap, too."
A spokesperson for Johnson & Johnson said the company would vigorously fight the lawsuit, which he called "without merit and without any regard for the extraordinary healing powers of Soothing Naturals Baby Wash."
This is not the first time Mrs. RosenRosen has filed such a suit. Her court case last year against Taco Bell, in which she accused the company of fraud for its inability to make her think outside the bun, was dismissed by a judge. However, RosenRosen noted that he was eating a gordita at the time.
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