J&JMotrinAdPulled

You bet -- if the ad appears to be making fun of new mothers and their babies.

That's what happened over the weekend with an edgy Johnson & Johnson video ad for Motrin that riffed on the trend of new mothers "wearing their babies" in slings and wraps, saying the devices cause back and neck pain. The ad was on the Web site motrin.com, implying that Motrin, made by J&J's McNeil Consumer Healthcare unit, would help moms deal with what it called "a good kind of pain."

"Supposedly it's a real bonding experience," the announcer says over catchy graphics. "It totally makes me look like an official mom."

Wrong approach, apparently.

Dozens, if not hundreds, of "mom bloggers" started blasting the ad on the social networking site Twitter, with quite a few suggesting a Motrin boycott.

J&J, upon learning of the criticism, took the site down over the weekend. On Monday, it went back up, with the video ad replaced by an apology from McNeil Consumer Healthcare marketing head Kathy Widmer.

Among the colorful Twitter commentary:

-- "Picking on new mothers is vile, it's as vulnerable as we will ever be and they should know better."

-- "I can't even count the ways I am offended right now. Taken aback! This is a serious screw up for such a major company."

-- "Wow Motrin, you REALLY messed up with that ad. No more Motrin for my family. MobileMommy."

"The company takes feedback from parents and caregivers very seriously and we sincerely apologize for any concerns raised" by the ad, McNeil spokesman Marc Boston said.

He said the ad still will appear in a few magazines hitting newsstands now or in the next few weeks. Those include the parenting magazine Cookie and a shopping magazine, Lucky.