Snuggy Buddy is Helping Children Get a Better Night’s Sleep

By Jackie Schatell

Sue Bortone, of Verona, has created a socially conscious company called Snuggy Buddy Baby, which donates a percentage of every sale, on a quarterly basis, to Projectlinus.com. Project Linus uses the money to buy fabric to make blankets that are donated to local children in hospitals, shelters, and social service agencies. Project Linus donates around 350 blankets every month. Snuggy Buddy helps make over 100 blankets for children in need each year through the charity. She says she chose Project Linus as the recipient of her monetary donation because it is an “underdog charity doing great things for children and wants to help bring additional light to it.”

“It is important to me to help people’s children sleep comfortably both with a Snuggy Buddy and through a charity like Project Linus,” she says.

Sue got the idea for snuggybuddy.com, which makes wearable baby blankets with a lovey (plush butterfly) attached, when she noticed her children were having trouble falling asleep and staying asleep. They liked to hold something when they slept, which could become unsafe in the crib for them as babies. And they sometimes became frustrated and woke when reaching around trying to find the item, which was removed from their crib for safety, while they slept. Sue says that with a Snuggy Buddy, this problem is avoided because the lovey is attached in a safe location, at the chest, for safe holding. “This helps soothe the baby,” she says. “The first time my daughter slept with a prototype of the Snuggy Buddy, she slept soundly for 12 hours, and I knew I was onto something that didn’t exist in the market.”

The Snuggy Buddy, which recently won the Mom’s Gold Choice Award, comes in a gender-neutral white with a white and grey butterfly, so it can be passed down from child to child. It comes in various sizes, as a tummy sleeper, wearable blanket, and a toddler walker, with additional sizes and a new lovey character coming to market soon.

The Snuggy Buddy can be purchased at Amazon, Bloomingdales, and snuggybuddy.com.

If you know someone that goes above and beyond, send an email to jackie.subessex@gmail.com

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