A mom has devised an ingenious hack to comfort her newborn baby who struggled to sleep without her nearby – placing a pillow of her face she’d previously bought as a prank next to the 10-week-old.
Emma Cruickshank’s daughter, Evie, constantly wanted to feel like her mom was near, which meant putting the 10-week-old to sleep took some time.
But, one day, Emma, 25, was trying to think of ways to comfort her daughter without her presence and remembered a prank gift she had bought her fiancé, Tylor, a few years earlier.
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Emma once purchased a pillow of her face, which she and Tylor rediscovered when they moved house in 2024.
The pillow had been sitting on an armchair in a bedroom, and so one night when Evie was crying and taking a long time to settle, Emma placed the object next to her daughter.
Sure enough, Evie was comforted by the pillow of her mom’s face, and when the 10-week-old would usually start crying when her mom moved away, she instead fell asleep.
The moment took place on January 28, with Emma, from Essex, UK, later sharing a short, fun clip of her daughter sleeping next to the pillow on social media.
The clever hack soon went viral, with other moms even asking where they could purchase such a pillow to give Emma’s trick a try.
She said: “Evie constantly wanted to feel that I was near her and be able to see me or feel someone next to her.
“She would settle on her own, but it took quite a while.
“I bought the pillow for my fiancé, Tylor, a couple of years ago as a joke present.
“We moved house early in 2024 and I found the pillow whilst we were unboxing everything during the renovation.
“One night Evie was taking a lot longer to settle, and every time I moved away, she would wake up crying.
“I tried setting the pillow down next to her and she fell asleep very quickly after.
“I was surprised it worked and glad I could get on with some housework while she was comfy in bed and settled.
“I shared this on social media, as I thought it was funny that she felt comforted by the pillow that was originally just a joke present but turned out to be very handy for us.”
