Having a newborn again has made me realise how hard it can be to get stuff done around the house. Especially in those first months when your little bubba just wants to be held, it can be exhausting not having a break and watching the laundry or dishes pile up.
What we really need is somewhere we can put our babies safely, where we can see them and where they are happy while we get stuff done because that is important for our sanity as well.
This is where products like the Chibebe Snuggle Pod Bean Bags are a god send.
The Chibebe Snuggle Pod is a bean bag designed to make life easier for parents but also to provide comfort, safety and allow for interaction with our little ones whilst allowing us to move about and do what we need too!
It achieves this in several ways including the many accessories as well as features like the interchangeable seat, and the special shape of the bean bag designed to help prevent GERD (reflux) as well as flathead, a condition that can occur in newborn babies (which is what the bean bag was originally designed and is now famous for).
The bean bags can be used from birth through to pre-teens making them very versatile if you choose to have more children. We tried out both the infant harness and toddler seat (no harness) on Finn and Leo as shown above.
Leo, who is now one month old, is definitely a mummy’s boy and of course being so new to the world he loves being held. Because he is at the point of having quite a bit of awake time during the day now it has been wonderful having the Chibebe Snuggle Pod to put him in as I fold laundry, do the vacuuming and so forth while watching him look around and absorb his environment from the comfort of the seat.
For his one, we have the newborn harness seat as well as the pod warmer ($49) , which is really easy to attach with one zip and keeps him nice and snug so he is comfortable (it is also safe as it stays in place and you can extend the top as bub grows). We also have the swinging pod rocker attachment ($39) which is placed underneath the bean bag and allows us to gently rock him if he starts to grizzle (especially useful when you’re trying to eat dinner and they get a little fussy!). I think this attachment is especially important when you have little babies as they do enjoy that motion and will often fall asleep.
The Chibebe bean bags have been rigorously tested in a laboratory to ensure they are totally safe for newborn babies. The fabric is also tested to ensure the manufacturing process is safe and you can tell from the feel of the fabric that it is great quality and will last for years of growth. Of course like most baby products, you would not leave a baby unattended in one. I am always in the vicinity of Leo when he is sitting in it and because it is easy portable (very light-weight) it allows me to move it around the house if I need to do things in different rooms.
As you can see the snuggle pod comes in a range of awesome designs so you can go through and choose one to suit your tastes. Because the seats are interchangeable you can also purchase a range of colours if your next child is a different gender and you want a different colour.
They are also machine-washable which is of course important when you have a little baby who might spit up quite often like our little Leo does. The seat cover material is also easy to clean and you can dab it with a cloth when you need too. The beans are kept in an inner bag making it easy to strip everything and clean it without having to take the beans out every time, which shows the makers of this product have really thought it out to make it easier for parents to use.
We are loving having the Chibebe Snuggle Pod and have been using it daily. The most important thing for us was that Leo would be happy and content sitting in it which he is. I think it could be the height and comfort of snuggling in to the seat but also allowing him to see everything around him. It is important that when filling up your bean bag with beans that you don’t overfill it. It needs to be a bit squishy as shown in our photos so that bub is comfortable.
The snuggle pod comes with easy to follow instructions. You can also purchase beans online so that everything is ready to go when it arrives.
After starting in Australia, Chibebe have now launched in the US and are planning many more funky designs and accessories to make the Snuggle Pod even better.
To check them out for yourself and look at all the fun designs they have on offer, head to https://www.chibebe.com.au/.
We have also been lucky enough to have a Chibebe Snuggle Pod to giveaway to one of my lucky readers so to enter, head to my Facebook page for details.
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