Give Your Baby a Hand with a Zaky
The Zaky, an ergodynamic positioning pillow, was designed by a former NICU parent after her own NICU experiences with her son Zachary.
One of the most difficult things for NICU parents to do is to realize that they cannot stay with their NICU baby 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. At some time you have to leave the hospital and your precious baby behind in the care of others.
The Zaky Hand produced by Zakeez inc. is a way of providing comfort to your NICU baby when you are not able to be with him or her.
Table of Contents for the Zaky Lens
- The Story Behind the Zaky
- The Zaky Collection Available on Amazon
- The Zaky - Right Hand in the Amazon Spotlight
- Ways to Provide Comfort with the Zaky
- The Zaky - Left Hand in the Amazon Spotlight
- Some of the Many Uses for the Zaky
- The Zaky in Blue in the Amazon Spotlight
- The Zaky in the NICU
- The Zaky in Pink in the Amazon Spotlight
- More information about the Zaky
- Watch the Story Behind the Zaky
- The Zaky Available on Amazon
- Zakeez - OBOZ Program
- Reviews of the Zaky
- A Grateful Parent finds out about the Zaky
- Your Thoughts on the Zaky
- The Latest from the NICU Parent Support Blog
- NICU Parent Support Lenses on Squidoo
- Reader Feedback on the Zaky Lens
The Story Behind the Zaky
Zachary weighed 2 lbs when he was born at Memorial Hermann Hospital during Tropical Storm Allison. flooded Memorial Hermann Hospital. The hospital lost power during the storm and in order to live, Zachary needed a special NICU warmer and the breathing machine.For 10 hours Zachary was kept alive "by hand" until he was evacuated. His mother held him against her chest with skin-to-skin contact (Kangaroo Care) to give him warmth, help his heart-rate and stress, while his father and nurses (Anderson Moya and Mike) hand-ventilated him.
Ultimately after their NICU experience, Zachary's mother, Yamile Jackson who holds a PhD in ergonomics & human factors engineering, designed and created the Zaky to provide comfort to other NICU babies.
The Zaky Collection Available on Amazon
From the Zakeez company.
The Zaky Therapeutic Positioning Pillow - Right Hand - ZAKYRT
The Zaky in a right hand often chosen by right-handed parents.
Amazon Price: (as of 10/12/2008)
Zakeez The Zaky Bonding Hand
The Zaky in pink for parents of girls or who like pink.
Amazon Price: $105.99 (as of 10/12/2008)
The Zaky Therapeutic Positioning Pillow - Left Hand - ZAKYLFT
The Zaky in a left hand often chosen by left-handed parents.
Amazon Price: (as of 10/12/2008)
The Zaky Hand helps comfort your NICU baby even when you are not there to do so.
The Zaky - Right Hand in the Amazon Spotlight
The Zaky Therapeutic Positioning Pillow - Right Hand - ZAKYRT
Amazon Price: (as of 10/12/2008)
The Zaky in a right hand often chosen by right-handed parents.
Ways to Provide Comfort with the Zaky
- The size and weight simulates the hand and touch of the mother.
- It may be used on top, around and under the baby to provide boundaries (except on the face).
- Babies feel reassured as if someone is touching them, which assists in their need of feeling protected.
- It assists nurses and care givers as she can leave a Zaky® with each baby.
- Parents feel as they are leaving one hand with their baby, helping them feel more involved in the care of the patient.
- May be warmed in the towel warmer at hospitals and on the dryer at home.
The Zaky - Left Hand in the Amazon Spotlight
The Zaky Therapeutic Positioning Pillow - Left Hand - ZAKYLFT
Amazon Price: (as of 10/12/2008)
The Zaky in a left hand often chosen by left-handed parents.
Some of the Many Uses for the Zaky
- Children of working or traveling parents
- Colicky and uncomfortable babies that constantly want to be held
- Healthy and/or full-time babies at home, child-care facilities, and pre-schools
- Premature babies weighing 1lb or more, and children undergoing medical procedures
- Small babies in car seats, strollers, bouncy seats, etc., to keep proper and safe positioning
- Children of any age with special needs
- Military families with mom/dad on duty
- Long-term hospitalization away from each other (i.e., cancer, burn, therapy, rehab, etc)
- Grandparents who want to send a hug to their grandchildren
- Children at adoption centers and foster-care homes
- Gift to employees/clients with new babies with a card that says: "Now it is our turn to give you a hand"
- As gifts for baby showers - it is the most unique and useful baby gift in the market today
The Zaky in Blue in the Amazon Spotlight
The Zaky in the NICU
The award-winning ergonomic, bonding, therapeutic positioning pillow was designed especially for premature babies that have to be left at the hospital away from their parents.The special hand allows you to "leave a hand with a loved one" and "give your baby a hand" when you are not there.
By mimicking the shape, weight and touch of a human hand, the Zaky® provides comfort to NICU babies (and others) giving support and a sense of security. In the NICU setting, the Zaky® can be another helpful hand assisting with positioning.
In addition the Zaky® can be scented with the scent of mom, dad, or siblings. Scenting the Zaky® can provide a great deal of comfort and assist the baby's transitions to different environments in the hospital, in the car or once at home. The Zaky® is something constant and helps to reduce the shock many baby's experience with different lighting, scents, sounds, temperature, etc.
The Zaky in Pink in the Amazon Spotlight
Zakeez The Zaky Bonding Hand
Amazon Price: $105.99 (as of 10/12/2008)
The Zaky in pink for parents of girls or who like pink.
More information about the Zaky
- Zakeez - "give your baby a hand" (tm)
- Zakeez offers an innovative approach to infant support: The Zaky mimics the hand, shape, weight, and touch of a human hand to comfort the baby and provide support, sense and security and assistance with positioning
- Zakeez - Research
- The research behind the Zaky.
- Zakeez - Benefits and Features -"give your baby a hand" (tm)
- Some of the benefits and features of the Zaky.
- Zachary Inspires Part of a TNT Movie
- Zachary's experience during the flood of Houston in 2001 was the inspiration for the character "Baby Jeremy" in the TNT movie, "14 Hours."
Watch the Story Behind the Zaky
- The Zaky Story by Medical Reporter Melissa Wilson
- Melissa Wilson presented a medical report about the use and benefits of the Zaky at the Memorial Hermann Children's Hospital on May 16, 2005 for FOX 26 News.
The Zaky Available on Amazon
Zakeez - OBOZ Program
The Zakeez company has already donated over 2,000 Zakys to NICUs worldwide to help their sickest children.
I donated two Zaky hands to one of the hospitals that took care of my daughter.
- Zakeez - OBOZ Program - "give your baby a hand" (tm)
- Zakeez offers an innovative approach to infant support: The Zaky mimics the hand, shape, weight, and touch of a human hand to comfort the baby and provide support, sense and security and assistance with positioning
Reviews of the Zaky
- The Zaky - A Comforting Hand for Your NICU Baby
- A new review of the Zaky for the NICU Parent Support Blog.
- Leave a Zaky hand with Your NICU Baby
- My review on the Zaky from the NICU Parent Support Blog a way of providing comfort when you are not there.
- The Zaky ergonomic infant pillow
- A review of the Zaky from Baby Gizmo.
- Zaky Baby Pillows - Medgadget - www.medgadget.com
- A look at the Zaky Baby pillows from Medgadget, a medical technologies weblog.
- Zaky Pillow is unique and effective
- Zaky Pillow is unique and effective, a review from Coolest Gadgets.
- Zaky: Attachment Parenting by Proxy
- Why is the Zaky, a fifty-dollar beanbag arm, flying off the shelves?
- Zaky, It's Like Leaving a Part of You with Your Baby
- A Zaky review from The UberReview.
- Zaky Baby Pillow
- A review of the Zaky Baby Pillow from KICK the FIRE, rants, raves, gizmos, gadgets, and weird stuff!
- Thingamababy: Zaky Infant Pillow: Dismembered Hands to Comfort Your Baby
- A review of the Zaky from Thingamababy.
A Grateful Parent finds out about the Zaky
- It seems my little miracle will be arriving much earlier than anticipated in June instead of August, and with a toddler at home...I would love to have the comforting touch with my newborn when I can't be with him. I will have to look this up and order one today! Thanks again!!
Your Thoughts on the Zaky
What do you think about the Zaky? Is it Comforting or Weird?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byI think it's a way to comfort a baby.
breckh says:
This is amazing I'm an NICU RN and we always look for ways to cuddle our preemies and this is great. I will show this to my nurse manager and see if we can order these for our NICU unit.
Great job
Posted August 23, 2008
spirituality says:
Great way to comfort these baby's that really should still be in the womb. This gives them a bit of that feel.
Posted May 20, 2008
Comfortdoc says:
We would have gotten one for our daughter had they been around at the time during the time she was in the NICU.
Posted March 29, 2008
I think it's too weird.
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spirituality
great invention. Posted May 20, 2008 |
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