MADE FOR BONDING

Our goal is to make skin to skin time easy and attainable anywhere and anytime your baby needs you close.  When you connect with your little one, you teach them how to connect with others.  Skin to skin time is the first step in developing a loving, empathetic and lifelong bond.  Bonsie is designed by a mom and therapist to help make this important first step a little easier!

MEET THE TEAM

Prior to developing Bonsie Skin to Skin Babywear, Anna worked as a clinical social worker with kids and families primarily in the area of attachment.  Anna is married to Bonsie's design and media director, Joey and together they have two kids, Crew and Willa!

MEET OUR EXPERTS

Bonsie collaborated with a group of medical experts to provide you with important information about skin-to-skin contact and the health of your baby. We spoke to them about sleep, attachment, NICU care, breastfeeding, brain development, and everything in between.

"Skin to skin kickstarts breastfeeding by helping mom establish her milk supply."

Jairrah L Godsil

OTR/L, MOT, CBS, ITOT Doctor of Occupational Therapy

"Babies who get a lot of skin to skin cry less and sleep better. What parent wouldn't love that?"

Andrew Demo

MD, Pediatrics

"Skin to skin directly after birth helps baby regulate their body temperature."

Summer J Friedmann

Lactation Consultant

"The instinct to hold our babies close is no mistake - we are their home."

Mikayla Helsper

Chiropractor

"The mother's body is a baby's comfort zone and their natural environment."

Erin Boje

Mom & Former NICU Nurse
Meet Our Experts

BENEFITS OF PRACTICING
SKIN TO SKIN

Mom

  • Increases levels of oxytocin in mom and baby
  • Promotes healing for mom
  • Helps baby cry less
  • Lowers mom's risk of postpartum mood disorder

Breastfeeding

  • Helps initiate breastfeeding
  • Helps baby attach to caretakers if breastfeeding is not an option
  • Builds moms milk supply
  • Helps baby gain weight faster

Development

  • Boosts brain functioning & development
  • Allows for the sharing of good bacteria between mom and baby
  • Boosts baby's immune system and protects against illness and disease

Baby

  • Stabilizes heart and breathing rates
  • Helps baby regulate temperature and blood sugar
  • Helps baby sleep more soundly and wake less often. 
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