Believe it or not, choosing a bed for your newborn may be one of the most important decisions you, as a parent, will make.
In the first 12 months or so of life, a baby spends a considerable
time in bed. It therefore stands to reason that everything should be done
in the selection of the environment that he will call 'home' for those
critical first months of life.
New Advanced Learning on Aiding Growth and Development
Recent clinically controlled studies confirm that by providing physical contact, enclosure
and rhythmic movement, young babies, whether term or premature, evidenced significant improved physical
and psychological development.
Natures Nest Amby Hammock was developed from the knowledge and understanding provided by this medical science which pinpoints how 'well' babies and acutely 'sick' babies best survive, grow and develop in the first 12 months of their life. These studies clearly evidenced that with the right type of environment and stimulation the following benefits are found:
- increased weight gain
- better neurological development
- increased alertness
- heightened hearing and visual functioning
- decreased irritability
Most importantly, it is now accepted that some of these improvements are not temporary but long lasting, developmental milestones.
This powerful research helped us bring together all these essential conditioning elements into the design of our Natures Nest, creating a perfectly balanced, safe and secure environment and giving your baby the very best chance in life from the very start.
Safe and Sound in a Place He Knows and Loves
During the 12th/13th week of pregnancy your baby will more than likely have assumed a three quarter lying position-and so he remains until shortly before birth in that position- a position that is so comfortable, secure and perfect.
Natures Nest simulates these conditions of the maternal womb so that your baby can experience
the same spatial restriction and sensory stimulation as he did for nine months. Here your baby
can still enjoy what nature provided - the gentle vertical motion (as mother moved and walked) and
the tactile security of the womb wall.
Best of all in Natures Nest your baby will lie naturally in the approved American Academy of Paediatricians and SIDs recommended supine(on the back) position. The slightly elevated head position of the Nest is also an essential for babies with chronic reflux problems.
Why Do Babies Cry?
Other than the very basic needs not being met, such as hunger or discomfort (wet nappies,
too hot or too cold) babies cry for more complex and sensitive reasons. Reasons that until recently
have not been recognized as being directly related to their distress. These days the idea of 'letting
him cry it out' might not seem so appropriate (eg. controlled crying). The quickest way to produce
disturbed, interrupted sleep is to isolate your baby in an empty room in the unfamiliar territory
of an open, still and flat surfaced bed.
Babies need to be assured that you are close at hand. They cry less when they feel safe and
secure.
The rapid adjustment to hard flat open surfaces such as in a standard cot/bassinet is just too much to ask of a newborn! Searching for their 'lost' environment, they strive to regain the comfort and support they so recently left. In Natures Nest baby bed, you'll find your baby will soon discover the world to be the wonderful place he so eagerly needs it to be.
Sleep patterns can be quickly transformed from erratic, short and disturbed spells, to deep peaceful nights and contented days. Waking up will be a slow and pleasurable thing as his stirring will activate the spring into motion, often lulling him back to sleep again. That's the power of nature and Natures Nest.
Mobility
Natures Nest is fully portable and designed to be easily moved from room to room so that your
baby can be with you wherever you may be.
In many cultures very young infants sleep next to their parents or at least in the same room. This gives the baby an added sense of security.
Natures Nest is quickly and easily assembled and disassembled, enabling to keep your unit
with you, both in the home and on outings. Weighing in at about 8 kgs, it is light and portable enough to pack away into the Amby Carry Bag and then into the boot of your car.
Why Vertical Motion - Not Side to Side?
The vertical motion replicates the movement of the womb as mother walks, producing feelings
of suspension and floatation which greatly pacifies the most uncomfortable, distressed and aggravated infant. As your baby moves and plays in Natures Nest, he creates his own gentle stimulus of motion. As he grows, the more this becomes a fascination for him! Natures Nest stimulates movement, an integral part of toning up baby's muscles and increasing his neurological muscular coordination.
Although NOT referring to the Baby Hammock specifically, Shiela Kitzinger (well known writer on pregnancy, childbirth and childcare) in her book "The Crying Baby" - published by Penguin Books 1990 (pages 198-199) says,
"The essence of it all is movement. Babies like to move and be moved. They like to explore a variety of movements of different kinds and tempo, and in this way they tone their muscles and increase their neuro-muscular co-ordination. Movement is integral to all this action. Babies seem to be striving for movement....Vertical, rather than side to side rocking is likely to be especially effective and resembles the up and down movement the baby felt when rocked inside the mother's pelvis before birth....Some women find that a vertical rocker suspended from a specially designed spring to maintain the rocking at this speed helps babies relax and sleep"
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Engineered for Comfort and Safety
There are NO hard surfaces, NO restraining devices, NO electronic parts around your baby -
just the natural perfect balance of extraordinary comfort and sensory stimulation.
Natures Nest allows free flow of air around the unit making it light and airy and fully breathable! (Cool in Summer, Snug in Winter)
At about 20 cms from the floor while he soundly sleeps, you will be free from the nagging worry of your baby falling from the full height of a cot.
Your baby's weight will be distributed evenly with NO pressure points to worry him.
The unit comes with a fully quilted mattress and machine washable bed. The tough metal frame is scratch resistant and can be assembled in minutes.
Natures Nest meets all available safety standards and has been fully tested by independent safety laboratories, hospital trials and the thousands of happy parents who have used them for their babies
| Grateful Parents, Happy Doctors
No parents can forget the stressful experiences caused by the relentless crying of a distressed, colicky or reflux baby. These days doctors are reluctant to administer powerful drugs if there are other options.
Today, Natures Nest can be found in neonatal intensive care, nursery and burn units, safely relied upon by medical professionals in leading hospitals for even the most fragile babies.
It is also equally 'at home' in child care centres, hospitals and thousands of homes for 'well' babies
Safe, simple and affordable, Natures Nest gives your baby the best chance to start life blissfully
contented, perfectly well adjusted and predisposed to healthy growth and development.
It is the most logical and natural transition from the womb to the outside world during that
critical first year of life !
Colin Rose, co-author of Fundamentals with Gordon Dryden from the "Learning Fundamentals" has recently endorsed the Amby Natures Nest Baby Bed.
"The natural rocking motion and soft womb- like feel of a Amby Natures
Nest Baby Bed can actually enhance the intellectual, physical and emotional development of a baby sleeping soundly within it. Since the Amby Baby Bed actually costs less than a conventional cot or crib it is surely a must have for new borns. I only wish it had been available for my children."
Colin Rose, author, world expert on learning, Chairman of Accelerated
Learning Systems
May 2000
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Approximate Dimensions :
Height - 1460 mm
Width - 710 mm
Depth - 965 mm
Mass - 9.4 kg (shipping weight + carton) |
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The Baby Hammock
