Details
What makes Baby Elephant Ears Head Support Pillow so popular:
- Multi-use headrest provides spinal/neck alignment and comfort
- Ethically manufactured in the USA
- Made with sustainable materials
- Can be used in the stroller, swing, car seat, changing table, etc!
- Fully washable
- No extra straps/harnesses needed
- Stylish prints
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Sizing
Baby Elephant Ears were designed to best support the 0-2 year old
cranial-spinal developmental stages. However, Baby Elephant Ears can and
should be used as long as it fits the child safely & securely.
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Care & Content
General Care
Machine wash cold and warm dry is recommended. Do not bleach.
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About the Materials
Outer: 100% cotton
Inner: Sustainable fill material made of bamboo/corn fiber
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Product Origins
Made in the USA.
About the creators
Every mother is a working mother.
No
one knows this better than Alicia Overby. She is the wife of one,
mother of four, and creator of Baby Elephant Ears. The Overby’s four
children range in age from 5 to 1, which means that for the past five
years the Overby household has been filled with love, joy and, of
course, babies! Baby Elephant Ears was created out of parental concern,
not financial desire. Alicia truly loves being a mom, but in 2005, when
their second child, Finn, was an infant her heart ached for her tiny
baby boy. Finn cried all the time and just couldn’t seem to get
comfortable. As Alicia recounts from those fretful days of parenting,
“We had to run our vacuum cleaner for hours on end because the noise was
the only thing that seemed to give him comfort.”
After seeking advice and suggestion from the medical community and alternative medicine they
eventually ended up in the chiropractors office where Finn was
successfully treated for a subluxation. The chiropractor explained that
Finn’s discomfort was most likely the result of the strain Finn
experienced during labor and was now being exacerbated by the normal
lack of infant neck strength. The hope was that Finn would experience
relief in his sore neck and his digestive tract would be aided by proper
head, neck and back alignment. The chiropractor suggested the Overbys
try using something to support their baby and better support his head
and neck when he was in a seated position (such as a car seat, stroller,
or carrier). Unsatisfied that she couldn’t find anything that
fulfilled her needs perfectly on the market, Alicia did what any good
parent would do- she took matters into her own hands and crafted her own
infant support pillow. The first Baby Elephant Ears was born!
Over
time Finn changed and adjusted to life outside of the womb with much
help from his new support pillow. Alicia determined the experiment had
been a success worthy of sharing with others.
Baby Elephant Ears:
A win, win, win situation!
A
win for the consumer: Baby Elephant Ears is a beautiful and useful baby
product: great for babies, great for parents, and great for friends and
relatives seeking thoughtful creative baby gifts.
A win for the
community: Baby Elephant Ears is a woman owned small business that
utilizes local resources and supports fair and honorable labor practices
for production. While Alicia has a hand on each and every product, all
products are sewn partially by students at the Minneapolis based
non-profit, Project Regina, a sewing school for refugees and immigrants,
whose mission is to assist refugees in their adjustment to American
life and in their efforts to become self-sufficient.
A win for
the creator: Alicia and Scott want to acknowledge what a blessing this
opportunity is for their family. Baby Elephant Ears is an opportunity to
create a product they can feel passionate and proud of while allowing
Alicia to be a work-at-home mom and satisfy the needs of her most
important clients- Lilly, Finn, Sylvi, and Pearl.
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Miscellaneous
FAQ
How does Baby Elephant Ears work? By simply placing the pillow behind your baby’s head and pulling the
bottom of the Baby Elephant Ear lobes snugly under your baby’s chin, you
will give your baby superior head/neck support and encourage healthy,
strong posture development. Take it with you wherever you go and repeat
steps above!
What ages benefit most from Baby Elephant Ears? Baby
Elephant Ears were designed to best support the 0-2 year old
cranial-spinal developmental stages. However, Baby Elephant Ears can and
should be used as long as it fits the child safely & securely.
How does Baby Elephant Ears work with my child’s car seat? Baby Elephant Ears does not attach to the carseat or harness and is
intended to be place behind your baby’s head once she/he has been
fastened securely and properly into the seat. Please refer to
manufacturer’s instructions and any applicable local/state laws, if need
be. Many of the warnings against aftermarket products pertain to
supports and accessories that attach to the carseat in some way and
could potentially alter the fit of the harness/straps or interfere with
how the seat functions. According to the several carseat safety sources,
a rolled towel or small blanket is suggested as a head support for your
baby. We think we can do better than that with Baby Elephant Ears –
safely and in style.
Can I wash my Baby Elephant Ears? Absolutely! You don’t think a mom of 4 would develop, let alone use, a
product that wasn’t fully washable, do you? Machine wash cold and warm
dry is recommended. Do not bleach.
What does ethically manufactured mean? Sometimes as parents, we want our purchases to mean something. Baby
Elephant Ears is a product to fill a specific need for you as a parent;
we wanted Baby Elephant Ears to do more than that. Finding a local
manufacturer was a big part of that. We have teamed up with Project
Regina – a vocational training program for refugee and immigrant women
based in Minneapolis, MN. Through classes and hands-on experience, the
women of Project Regina develop and perfect textile skills to support
their families who are resettling here in the United States. Local
manufacturing also reduces the cost and negative impacts of shipping and
transporting and also ensures regular and thorough quality assurance
checks are done. Baby Elephant Ears is not made by machines; real live
loving care is put into our products – whether by the women of Project
Regina or Alicia, the creator, sitting around the living room stuffing
and sewing with her sisters and Mom. Baby Elephant Ears is committed to
eco-conscious business –
- Ethical, local manufacturing
- Carbon-neutral, green website hosting through Dreamhost
- Sustainable fill material made of bamboo/corn fiber
- Organic fabric selections
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