When I was beginning my career in Child Life, I started by volunteering at a childrens hospital Child Life Department after class while I was in undergrad at UNT. I spent the bulk of my time on the respiratory unit with the trach babies. If you're unfamiliar with the term, "trach", its the short version of tracheostomy. Its a breathing tube placed in the trach of a baby in the case of the patients I was seeing. These babies are connected to many monitors, tubes, often IVs and oxygen tanks as well. Due to the complications of the devices and medical equipment, they're limited to how much they can play and move. They also get suctioned sometimes every 10-15 minutes. I'm not sure what it feels like, but by the arm flailing, eye wincing, and gagging, I imagine its really annoying, if not painful every 10-15 minutes. Enter the Woombie Trach Pod. A 360 degree swaddle in a patented peanut shape to mimic the womb for comfort and safe sleep while allowing range of motion in the shoulders and hips! Its signature Bebeflex fabric provides flexion for muscle tone as the infant squirms inside of it. The arms can be brought out the snaps in the "big baby" size for play, prone, or feeding. Child Life Specialists using the Woombie Trach Pod say their babies are calmer and happier, especially during suctioning and procedures like IV placements or dressing changes. When we put the first Woombie Trach Pod on a baby to trial it, we realized the deep V-neck not only allows space for a trach and breathing tubes, but its low enough for a post-operative cardiac patient. The sternum is exposed to keep dressings clean and dry and clinicians can view wounds easily without disturbing the baby.
The slits at the side also allow a broviac catheter to be released so baby can receive chemo, blood, iron, and other meds or fluids while staying contained and comforted. I spent four years on the 4North unit with the Hematology/Oncology patients at Dell Childrens Medical Center and have a heart for these babies as well. Spread the word that Woombie Med Pods are designed to support the term infants with special needs, medical devices, and hospitalized for treatment on pediatric units. We're serving the underserved. WoombieMedPods.com Any new mama preparing for the birth of her baby wonders what to take with her to the birth center or hospital. She googles "hospital bag essentials" at least once a month and sometimes overnight when shes suffering from prenatal insomnia. The mompreneurs behind the Woombie Med Pods line hear your cries. We've been there and we'll tell you we created the Woombie Sleepy Pod and the Woombie Bili Pod with YOU in mind. THE most frustrating thing for any new mother in the hospital (other than the noise of neighbors on your unit) is the standard Q2 or Q4 vital signs checks. This is when staff checks vital signs of you and our baby every 2-4 hours. Many hospitals don't cluster care either, so it seems like theres always someone in your room for something, whether they're checking you, your baby, or your room toilet to see if you've pooped yet (yes, its a real thing), they're in the room disturbing you. But, with the new, Woombie Sleepy Pod, the disturbance to baby can be significantly less! Instea of unwrapping baby from that obnoxious flannel blanket into the cold stale hospital air, igniting the moro reflex of fight or flight, baby can be snuggled safe and warm in a Woombie Sleepy Pod and vital signs can be checked through the pod withut disturbing the baby. The thermoregulatory fabric is thin enough to check heartbeat through the pod and the double zipper allows easy access to the ankle to check ID bracelet or pulse on the toes. If, for some reason, your baby needs an IV or heel stick, simply pull out the foot for access while decreasing negative touch. The patented peanut shape allows for range of motion in the shoulders and hips and the pod can be used at the hospital as well as at home for safe sleep the first few months of life. So...bring several! If your newborn is one of the 60% of newborns admitted for phototherapy due to jaundice,bring a Woombie Bili Pod, the swaddle for jaundice babies that allows full luminosity during phototherapy treatment.
Be prepared for the birth of your baby whether youre in the hospital or at a birth center, by purchasing Woombie Sleepy Pod and Woombie Bili Pod and taking them with you in your hospital bag. These are hospital bag essentials! And, a white noise machine to drown out those noisy neighbors! Every 15 minutes a baby is born addicted to drugs in the United States. Studies have shown swaddling as one of the best ways to support these babies psychosocially as they experence withdrawl after birth. These sweet souls are at risk for overheating when swaddled in a blanket, especially the flannel blankets commonly used in hospitals. This is why a Harvard based Neonatologist began using the Woombie Bili Pod, a vented, mesh 360 degree swaddle that keeps babies contained and comforted in a womb-like shape. The Bili Pod allows air flow to prevent overheating and features a patented peanut-shape to allow range of motion in shoulders and hips. The length of the swaddle allows wiggle room for kicking and stretching freely and can be folded under the feet against a bumper or rolled blanket to promote flexion. These babies are often attached to IV for meds and fluids and monitored with EKG around the clock. The double zipper allows for lines and leads to hang out the top or the bottom of the swaddle pod and diaper chnages are a breeze via the bottom zipper. The Woombie Bili Pod can also be used for procedural support by keeping the top of the pod zipped, comforting the baby, and releasing a foot from the bottom zipper for heel sticks and blood draws. The Woombie Bili Pod can be single, or multi-patient use and provided comfort and safe sleep for these NAS babies, commonly referred to as Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. Also, please keep eyes and ears open for the launch of the baby box by Prapela to further support these precious patients. Get the Woombie Bili Pod online now or email info@barskivaildesigns.com to find out who the sales rep is for your region or country! Necessity is the mother of invention. I imagine my business partner, Karen Barski, repeating this to herself as she sewed the first peanut shaped swaddle pod to quiet her screaming baby over twelve years ago. That peanut-shaped swaddle was later named the Woombie and has since sold over a million and won over twenty awards for innovation and design. It is, THE number one swaddle device on the market. Theres simply nothing as effective or beneficial to infant development than a Woombie. Karen and I are pleased to announce the Woombie Sleepy Pod to our line of products for hospitals! The Woombie Sleepy Pod is based on the original Woombie that has calmed and comforted hundreds of thousands of babies and will hopefully be used in liue of those outdated, stiff newborn blankets that have been used since the dawn of time. How is the Woombie Sleepy Pod better?
Email info@barskivaildesigns.com to schedule a product demo online or request FAQ sheet. Thank you, Chelsea Vail
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AuthorChelsea Vail, MA, CCLS, Newborn Care Specialist and contributing inventor of Woombie Med Pods. Archives
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