Irish Daily Star August 2007

Irish mum’s idea sucks! By Sean Murphy

This is the mother of invention — mum-of-two Ann Marie Durkin has designed the world’s first pre-sterilsed, ready-to-go soother. Her cute baby son Ben modelled the wonder dummy at its launch yesterday — and by the smile on his face, he agreed it sucked!

Longford woman Ann Marie came up with the idea when the birth of Ben left her with little spare time on her hands for the endless rounds of cleaning and disinfecting everything her little angel touched.

Stressful
‘The idea came to me when I was in hospital having my second child — there was so much work involved with a new baby,’ said Ann Marie. ‘I just thought a ready-sterilised soother would make my life less stressful.’

Steri-Soother™ comes with orthodontic-friendly teats and is on sale for €5.49 in leading chemists.

Parents can now open a new pack, safe in the knowledge that the soother is fully sterilised and safe.

Once the dummy has been used, it must be treated as all other soothers and sterilised before future use.