Noggin Nest... Anyone made one?

[maxomom]

Hi, I am hoping some one knows what I am talking about... It's made by Boppy and it is a pillow/headrest for your baby, so that their head doesn't get flat in the back. Anyhow, I can't find a store around here to buy one, and I should be able to make one! Just wondering if anyone has tried before? Here is the website with a pic... Thanks for any help!

noggin nest

[mehndi mama]

Um.....if your baby is developing a flat head, they aren't being held enough. Babies heads are designed to withstand a certain amount of pressure to the back of the skull without flattening, but not so much that they can be left on their backs all day.
I think I'd look into a carrier pattern instead.

[maxomom]

Originally Posted by mehndi mama

Um.....if your baby is developing a flat head, they aren't being held enough. Babies heads are designed to withstand a certain amount of pressure to the back of the skull without flattening, but not so much that they can be left on their backs all day.
I think I'd look into a carrier pattern instead.

um, thank you for judging without knowing! He is not "left on his back all day," he has had a flat shaped head since he was born, and he IS held (yes, I have 3 different carriers) most of the day. You could have asked instead of assuming...

[mehndi mama]

Well if he has a flat-shaped head since he was born, then the baby is not developing one, and my comments to that effect don't apply. However, this product looks to be a preventive rather than corrective measure, and a pillow with a hole in it isn't going to change things after the fact.
If you want to make one, though, I would just take one of those carseat liner things (I've seen McCalls and Simplicity patterns) and put extra padding in the top section and putting a small cutout where the back of the head would be should do it.

My apologies for the snarky comments. I just looked at the product, looked at what it was meant to help with (for the typical user - the one that carries the baby everywhere in the bucket so they start to get a flat head), and got kinda pissy. That happens when I see things made to correct the negative side-effects of not being held by a real person, without actually having to resort to picking the baby up : Very glad to hear that that is not the case.

[Kari_mom]

Maxomom, I thought the same thing as Stell when I read your post, I just didn't want the bother of posting and getting a snarky reply.

There really isn't anything in your OP that lets us know that your baby has a naturally flat head and this IS a AP website. The intended audience for the product is clearly the baby bucket crowd. Hence Stell's remarks.

I'm glad you wear your babe and I hope you find out the information you need.

[maxomom]

Nevermind.
I was asking if anyone had ever made one, I thought this was the craft forum, but I guess it is the "how AP are you?" forum. From my post you don't know anything, I could have been making one for someone else! But, anyhow, thank you for nothing.