December 2009
As the holidays swing into full gear, sleep becomes a valuable but very truncated activity for both parents and children. I just wrote about the critical importance of sleep for the developing child, but wanted to share some fun ways I found to enhance the likelihood of sleep for you and your family- and they make great gifts! I rarely shop- as a pediatrician and mother of three I tend to shop on-line, late at night. So I am always searching and researching for the very best products and then I stick with them- especially when it comes to my children:
The Miracle pillow www.honeydumplings.com
They took a mat and stitched it together at one end – converting it into a shell then slipped a luxury, eco-friendly fibrefill insert inside and the mat now becomes a soft and puffy, hypoallergenic pillow for your toddler. Buckwheat toddler pillow comes wrapped in recyclable packaging. Parents swear these pillows help their child not only fall asleep but keep them asleep.
Why Buckwheat? Because it doesn’t require fertilizer or pesticides and is naturally fungus and mildew-resistant, so these pillows are especially good for children with allergies.
What they say:
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•Buckwheat hulls are the husks that protect the buckwheat kernels from various elements in nature.
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•Buckwheat crops do not require fertilizers, pesticides or tilling.
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•Buckwheat hulls are odourless, pest, fungus and mildew resistant and naturally hypoallergenic.
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•Buckwheat hulls come from a renewable source and can be composted.
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•Buckwheat hulls are flexible and easily adapt to the shape of the body – minimizing tensions while maximizing comfort.
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•Buckwheat hulls provide firm, even support for proper body and spine alignment.
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•Buckwheat hulls are light and are able to interlock to one another while still allowing air to circulate freely. They do not accumulate humidity or heat from the body so they remain cool and dry - a cozy surface never being too hard or soft, too warm or cold.
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