No 09
The Boppy is a firm U-shaped pillow that wraps around a parent's waist and lifts the baby to breast or bottle height, so the shoulders and lower back stop doing the work during eight feedings a day. Later it props a baby for supervised tummy time and sitting practice. It has been on registries since 1989 because nothing has replaced it.
It is the practical baby shower gift that gets used from the first night home, and it is the thing to give a sister or a friend who is feeding a newborn and has not said how much her back hurts.
The pillow comes with a removable, washable cover in the color shown; extra covers are cheap and worth adding. It is for awake, supervised use only, never for sleep, and the label is clear about it. Fifty dollars for an object used ten times a day for a year.
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