Family life and physical contradiction

Baby is some months old. As every morning, Baby lies on his baby chair, in the bathroom, with Mum who is about to take her shower. Mum is on a hurry. Dad is executing his daily yoga practice in the guest room. But this morning, Baby is hungry sooner as usual, and begins to cry. It is necessary to prepare a milk feeding bottle, and give it to Baby.
Here's the problem :
* Mum has no time to prepare and give the feeding bottle to Baby (she would miss her meeting !)
* Dada does not want to interrupt his yoga practice right in the middle (what a selfish Dad !)
* Mum and Dad do not want that Baby cries (poor Baby !)


In the TRIZ meaning, we then face a physical contradictions' knot. How to solve it ?


Clue : think once again of a system resource (here a latent property of Baby)

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Nature and physical contradiction - 1

Some solutions which have been developed by Nature may be interpreted as solutions of physical contradictions.

The dolphin gives an illustrative example of this thinking approach. Actually, like all mammals, the dolphin must sleep (for several reasons which are today not completely elucidated). It turns out that the dolphin exhibits a surprising physiological peculiarity : it breathes consciously, voluntarily (on the contrary human beings breathe automatically, even if they possess some control on it). As was already written by a clever university Professor, the dolphin must choose between not to sleep or to die by drowning.  
But in practice, the dolphin sleeps without drowning itself.
How is this dilemma solved ?

It is advised not to look for the solution into the knowledge fund. On the contrary, it is proposed to re-invent the solution found by Nature thanks to the application of TRIZ. In the present case I invite you to:
* formulate the physical contradiction
* apply the principles for the solving of physical contradictions


Clue : use a latent resource (in the TRIZ meaning) which is a structural peculiarity of the mammals' brain (and many other animals' brains)