Does The Lulla Doll That Promises To Help Babies Sleep Actually Work?

When a doll hit the market that promised it helps babies get more and better-quality sleep, parents everywhere noticed. The first 5,000 Lulla dolls sold out immediately. Bidding wars broke out on eBay with people shelling out hundreds of dollars for a single doll. The dolls had initially retailed for $71 a piece. “Max was a dreadful sleeper,” Rebecca Ilie, a mother from Australia, told The Daily Telegraph. But after sleeping with the doll, “His sleep was dramatically improved within days and by three weeks he was sleeping through the night.” The doll’s secret is a sound box in its chest that plays a recording of a real mother’s breathing and heartbeat on an eight-hour loop.  “The Lulla doll design is based on scientific research on closeness, kangaroo care, the effects of heartbeat and breathing sounds and the effects that smell, sight and touch have on babies and small children,” Eyrún Eggertsdóttir, founder and CEO of RóRó, the Icelandic company that makes the doll, previously told The Huffington Post U.K. “Research tells us when babies hear these sounds, they tune into them and start following the rhythm that they hear,” said Eggertsdóttir, who is also a mother of two. “When babies feel more stable and calm, it helps them to fall asleep and stay asleep for longer at a time,” she said. The dolls were created with the intention of helping b...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news