The Zaky HUG® is thoughtfully engineered to extend your nurturing touch, warmth, and scent—supporting relaxation, sleep, bonding, pain management, and therapeutic care.
Sleep and feeling loved are vital for both you and your child. The Zaky HUG® extends your comforting touch, warmth, and scent, offering a sense of security and calm when you can’t be there to hold them.
Proven to enhance sleep, reduce stress, and promote healing and growth, it gently mimics your warmth and scent, helping everyone rest more peacefully.
Ideal for use in both the hospital and at home, The Zaky HUG® is designed to support your child’s well-being. It’s fully washable, and you can easily scent it by keeping it close to your skin after laundering it with your child's regular load.
The Zaky HUG® offers several proprioceptive benefits that contribute to your baby’s overall development and well-being:
Enhanced Body Awareness:
The gentle weight and soft touch of The Zaky HUG® provide consistent, comforting pressure, helping your baby develop a better sense of their body’s position in space. This proprioceptive input is crucial for motor development and coordination.
Calming and Soothing Effects:
Proprioceptive input from The Zaky HUG® can have a calming effect on your baby’s nervous system. This helps to reduce stress and anxiety, promoting relaxation and deeper, more restful sleep.
Support for Self-Regulation:
The consistent, gentle pressure of The Zaky HUG® can help babies learn to self-regulate their emotions and behaviors. This is especially beneficial for premature infants or those with sensory processing challenges, as it provides the proprioceptive feedback needed to feel secure and grounded.
Promotes Muscle Tone and Strength:
By gently encouraging your baby to move against the soft pressure of The Zaky HUG®, it helps in the development of muscle tone and strength, supporting physical growth and developmental milestones.
Attachment Theory:
Research shows that a secure attachment between a parent and infant is crucial for healthy emotional and psychological development. The Zaky HUG® is engineered to extend the comforting touch, warmth, and scent of a parent and loved ones, which helps promote secure attachment even when they cannot be physically present.
Neuroprotective Care:
The Zaky HUG® protects brain development by promoting restful sleep. As an all-in-one device for positioning, nesting, containment, soothing, attachment, and transitioning, it eliminates the need for multiple developmental care devices, reducing disruptions. This consistent and familiar environment minimizes stress and overstimulation, which can negatively impact brain development, as documented in neonatal care literature. When babies sleep better, everyone else sleeps better too. See the clinical evidence here.
Physical Development
The Zaky HUG® mimics the comfort and support of a caregiver’s arms, promoting healthy positioning and containment, reducing stress, and encouraging proper muscle tone. Its ergonomic design helps babies maintain optimal alignment, which is crucial for growth, respiratory function, and overall physical development.
"When you are relaxed, it hurts less"
Studies show that consistently extending your comforting, consistent touch, warmth and scent with The Zaky HUG® significantly reduces pain indicators and improves self-regulation in infants, often reducing the need for pain medications and unplanned interventions.
The Zaky HUG® mimics the soothing touch, scent, and warmth of a caregiver, providing comfort, proper positioning, containment, and a predictable environment. This makes it a valuable tool in non-pharmacological pain management strategies in neonatal and pediatric care.
The Zaky HUG®: Comfort for Years to Come
The Zaky HUG® provides soothing comfort not only for newborns but for older children as well, offering lasting support through various stages of development. Its familiar touch, warmth, and scent create a sense of security and consistency as they grow, reducing stress and promoting emotional well-being. If introducing The Zaky HUG® to a toddler, do so during quiet moments to help them associate it with peaceful times with mom and dad and with sleep.
Sleep Promotion:
Quality sleep is essential for an infant's growth and brain development at every developmental stage.
The Zaky HUG® creates a soothing environment that helps babies fall asleep faster and enjoy deeper, more restful sleep, backed by evidence that comfort and security are crucial for infant sleep quality. See below the ABCs of safe sleep for newborns.
ABCs of safe sleep for newborns
The Zaky HUG® supports the ABCs of sleep by enhancing the safety and comfort of your baby’s sleep environment:
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A - Alone:
While your baby falls asleep in their crib or bassinet, The Zaky HUG® extends the comforting presence of your touch, warmth, and scent, helping them feel secure even when you’re not physically holding them.
This encourages a predictable sleeping environment and independent sleep while maintaining a sense of connection.
Remove the Zaky HUG® once your baby is asleep or you leave the room, unless your pediatrician advises otherwise based on your baby’s medical condition and needs.
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B - Back
The Zaky HUG® is designed to gently cradle your baby without restricting their movement, allowing them to fall asleep safely on their back, the recommended position for reducing the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
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C - Crib
The Zaky HUG® is engineered for use in the incubator, crib, or bassinet, providing safe and firm proprioceptive support.
It adds comfort and security without introducing soft bedding or other developmental care items that could pose a suffocation risk or disruption, perfectly aligning with safe sleep practices.
