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AZ BabyComfort soothes colicky babies BY ALISON STANTON
When Camie Judge’s youngest son Declan was diagnosed with colic as an infant, she and her husband did everything in their power to try to help him. “We had many sleepless nights and long periods of continually holding him,” Judge says. They took Declan out for plenty of car rides because it seemed to help him. When Declan was 2 months old, the couple contacted Robin Franz, owner of AZ BabyComfort in Gilbert. Franz’s company rents out devices called BabyComfort that she says helps soothe the average colicky baby in three minutes. As Franz explains, her uncle, who is a pediatrician, designed the BabyComfort device as a way to help soothe his children, all five of whom were severely colicky. After placing his babies in their car seats on top of a running clothes dryer for hours in an effort to help them feel better, Franz says her uncle was inspired to come up with another solution. “It uses a very specific vibration, sound, speed and motion. It was designed by a pediatrician, but then refined by parents and engineers,” Franz says. He says more than 100 local babies have been helped by BabyComfort. “One hundred percent of
babies have all been soothed by BabyComfort. People see it and sometimes think it’s a bouncer, rocker or swing, but it’s totally different,” Franz says. “The way it works on colicky babies is unbelievable; most will be asleep in five minutes, which is less than the time it takes to pack up the car and take the baby for a ride.” Franz says parents like Judge will contact her, and after verifying that their baby has colic, she will bring a BabyComfort unit directly to their home, show them how to set it up in less than a minute and then pick it up once they are done. She travels Valleywide. Most parents rent the BabyComfort for two weeks to a couple of months. The cost is $100 per month, which is prorated daily, and a $50 service fee, which includes the delivery, pickup, setup and tutorial on how to use it. During October, Franz says she is offering a free month’s rental. “The only thing I’m asking in return is that if it works, for them to tell their friends about it,” she says. Judge, who lives in Scottsdale, says that it was “absolutely amazing” when they tried the machine with Declan. “It worked immediately,” says Judge, who used the product until Declan was 4 months old. For parents who have been
WELCOME RELIEF: Robin Franz, owner of AZ BabyComfort, says the BabyComfort device uses the right combination of vibration, sound, speed and motion to calm colicky infants. Submitted photo
spending countless hours standing in front of a clothes dryer or driving their inconsolable infants around in the car, Franz says watching their infants suddenly become calm and happy is an incredible experience. “I’ve had moms start crying because they cannot believe it,” Franz says.
For more information about AZ BabyComfort, call (602) 549-3146 or visit www.azbabycomfort.com. Alison Stanton is a freelance writer who lives in the East Valley. She can be reached at alison@santansun.com.
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