Posts — my why's

did you know it took me FIVE years before i was ready to share the ollie with your little ones?⁠⁠at the time, i was working full-time as a clinical social worker. so, every minute i wasn't working was spent delving into research and development. ⁠⁠i had to make the ollie into something that i wholeheartedly stood behind. and, it had to put our little one's needs and safety above all else. ⁠⁠plus, i knew nothing about starting a business. so, there's that part too. 

part 2 of 3 after the concept of below the shoulders, this was next ... it literally came to me while shopping in the aisles for a swaddle. well, i ended up just standing in the aisles for what felt like forever trying to understand all of the various size charts, weights, and fits. Oliver needed a more snug swaddle for sleep and a looser fit during his feeds, so did i buy multiple?! did i need to buy all the sizes? what if i got him the smaller one and he was too big? what if i got the smaller one and he outgrew it too quickly? when he outgrew a swaddle and i had to buy a new one, he always seemed to digress, struggle more...

part 1 of 3   last we left off, i had just created the swaddle for my foster son, Oliver.  i would love to now share how i actually came up with the design.                                  this is my why behind the design. as i mentioned, i tried every single swaddle on the market and none of them worked for Oliver.  so, in my head, i started combining the things that didn’t work in other swaddles with the things that Oliver needed but wasn’t available.

i have NEVER shared this part of my story. never. ⁠this is such a vulnerable part of my story to share and i never knew if i could express in words how sacred this is for me...⁠two months after Oliver was placed with me, my dad passed away. ⁠

i will never ever ever forget the moment i put it on him. this moment changed my life. i wrapped him in my creation and for the first time ever, i saw his body settle.  it was like his entire body exhaled.