How to use your LUNA pillow ?

Body pillow

The LUNA cushion can serve as a body pillow throughout your pregnancy. When the baby’s and the mother’s tummy start to grow, the only position left to sleep in is on the side. Hence, when sleeping on our side, we need 2 pillows: one for the head and one for the legs. It is in this position that the body most needs these 2 pillows. Indeed, we must compensate for the distance between the ear and the shoulder in order to keep the spinal axis straight. An extremity of the LUNA pillow can serve this purpose. What makes the LUNA effective is that it is not stuffed with the maximum amount of buckwheat hulls. In this case, you can adjust the height of the cushion by moving around the buckwheat hulls inside the cushion as you wish. This means you can adapt the height of the LUNA’s extremity, which will serve as a head pillow at the distance between your head and shoulder. The pillow is thus customizable. The same goes for your legs with the other extremity. The leg pillow allows you to keep just the right distance between your knees, keeping your pelvis and your lumbar vertebrae straight. Head and leg pillows are thus indispensible for maintaining the spine in a healthy position during sleep, especially when sleeping on your side. Finally, the hollow part of the LUNA can serve as a pillow for the tummy and for baby! The inside of the moon can be placed under the tummy, which reduces the amount of weight the mother must support during sleep.

Feeding pillow

Following baby’s birth, the LUNA can be doubly useful for feeding. First position: you can wrap the LUNA around your tummy while laying it flat on your thighs. It will take the form of both tummy and child perfectly when baby is placed on the cushion. This position gives you another advantage: you can push a small amount of the hulls into both extremities of the LUNA, then cross the extremities behind your lower back before leaning back. By placing the two extremities of the cushion on the lumbar vertebrae region, you create excellent lumbar support. This promotes a good spinal position with little effort. With your spine in the optimal position, you will be able to fully relax during the whole feeding period without slumping forward or leaning backwards, which places the spine in very bad positions. With the LUNA cushion, you will be able to feed your baby while keeping your spine in an optimal position. This will help you relax your lower back muscles and re-energize. A good vertebra alignment helps promote good blood flow to the nerves and veins in the spinal area. Nerve impulses and blood flow are thus optimized! You can easily cross and position the LUNA’s two extremities by pulling on the cushion’s two straps. Finally, you can adjust the LUNA’s height by either removing or adding buckwheat hulls from the cushion. The combined height of your thighs, cushion and baby lying on his side should be at equal height with your breast. As baby grows, hulls can be taken out to reduce the cushion’s height (the adjustment procedure is explained later). Second position: shoulder strap (similar to a guitar strap position). Tie the LUNA’s straps together and pass over your head and one shoulder. The straps thus rest on one shoulder and the cushion rests upon your thighs and tummy. You can then place baby inside the nest. The baby is now in an inclined hammock-style position, as compared to the previous horizontal position. In this position, you can also place a small amount of hulls on the lower back region. The LUNA’s symmetry even allows you to feed twins! Furthermore, the LUNA weighs in at 3.7 kg which, in strap mode (like a guitar strap), is fairly easy to carry.

Mattress

The LUNA cushion can serve as an ergonomic mattress. We believe this is the LUNA’s second best function. Just fold it in half like two arms preparing to embrace your baby. You can maintain It In this position by tying the two straps together and even by attaching between themselves the smaller straps used to attach the case to the cushion. By attaching them more or less tightly, you can thus adjust the size of the nest. Baby’s head rests on the middle part of the moon and his whole spine rests within the nest crater, which respects the spine’s natural curve. Another advantage of the mattress: it secures the baby, who feels nestled and comforted. The crater also prevents baby from falling or turning over, thus reducing the risk of suffocation. Another advantage and perhaps the most important one: LUNA prevents your baby’s head from flattening when he is lying down. It simply will not occur! Why not? Because it is the base of the head, and not the top part, that rests on the cushion. It is the top part of baby’s head which deforms before the age of 6 months. It is this type of folding U-shaped cushion that many midwives use in France. One final advantage: you can adjust the mattress’ inclination by spreading out the hulls to your liking. By placing them in the center of the moon, you will get maximum inclination, which is excellent if baby is congested or has digestion problems.

Seat

By folding moon’s two arms and attaching the two straps, you will create a small crater inside the LUNA cushion. By attaching them more or less tightly, you can adjust the size of the crater. This crater is perfect for maintaining baby in a semi-inclined position. For this type of use, make sure that all hulls are located in the center of the moon with none in the extremities. In this manner, you will obtain sufficient support for a semi-inclined position. Baby’s bottom will be in the crater with his head at the top of the cushion. This use is excellent for letting baby play in security while you attend to other matters.

Sitting support

Lastly, you can use the LUNA cushion to teach baby to sit upright. You can start to train baby to do this at around three months of age. Even if baby is unable to stay in a perfectly upright sitting position, you can surround him with pillows (right up to armpit level). His whole body is thus surrounded and supported by buckwheat hulls and he can remain seated in a straight and upright position. You can attach the main straps between themselves to ensure that the cushion does not slide. Training to sit in this position helps baby’s muscles develop. As he acquires more and more muscle tone, you can gradually untighten the LUNA cushion. When baby is finally able to sit on his own, the cushion can be left around him for security if ever he should fall unexpectedly.

WARNING

• - The LUNA cushion is naturally curved in the shape of a moon. It is important to make sure that the crater inside the cushion is not stretched out beyond the natural curvature (as shown on photo 1). This could provoke wear and tension that may cause the fabric to tear. This type of incident is not covered by the cushion’s guarantee. We also recommend that you hold the cushion by its two straps when carrying.

Les créations Mayukori is not responsible for any consequences resulting from failure to comply with these instructions and warnings. Les creations Mayukori reserves the right to modify these instructions and warnings at any time. It is the user’s s responsibility to keep informed of any changes by regularly consulting our website www.mayukori.com.

How to adjust your LUNA cushion ?

Adjusting your LUNA cushion can be useful for feeding when baby is growing. The LUNA cushion comes with stuffing that allows you to feed baby up to a maximum height. As baby grows, it is possible to reduce the height of the LUNA cushion by removing some of the buckwheat hulls. A cushion height well adapted to the baby’s and mother’s morphology will promote a proper spinal position. In other words, the LUNA cushion’s height must be adapted to a very straight spinal posture. To remove Buckwheat hulls from the cushion, remove the case, unzip the opening, scoop out 3 or 4 cups of hulls, zip up the cushion, and test it out with your child. If you still find it too high, repeat the operation. If you find it too low, simply add 1 or 2 cups of hulls to the cushion and re-test it.

Please note that reducing the amount of buckwheat hulls also makes the cushion more malleable. Since the hulls dispose of more space to slide amongst themselves, the cushion more easily takes the shape of your body as well as your child’s. On the other hand, filling up the cushion with buckwheat hulls increases the firmness of the cushion. So, adjusting the level of hulls affects the malleability of the cushion. Your LUNA cushion is thus 100% customizable.

WARNING

• - The plastic bag that comes with your cushion is not a toy. Do not let a child handle it without supervision.
• - The LUNA cushion was designed to make it difficult for a child to access the zipper, which is covered by the cushion’s case. However, please take note that as a parent, you are responsible for all damage incurred due to the opening of the case containing the buckwheat hulls.

Les créations Mayukori is not responsible for any consequences resulting from failure to comply with these instructions and warnings. Les creations Mayukori reserves the right to modify these instructions and warnings at any time. It is the user’s s responsibility to keep informed of any changes by regularly consulting our website www.mayukori.com.

How to care for your LUNA cushion  ?

Caring for the case

You can regularly wash and dry the case according to the washing and drying instructions located on the cushion’s tag. To prolong the life of the case, we recommend that you wash it in cold water and hang to dry.

Caring for the envelope containing the buckwheat hulls

• - Start by taking off the case.
• - Place the cushion with the zipper facing upwards and unzip.
• - Empty the envelope by putting the hulls in a recipient or a bag.
• - Leave the buckwheat hulls in the light behind a window for a whole day in order to purify them (the ultraviolet rays act as a disinfectant).
• - In the meantime, wash and dry the empty envelope by following the same instructions as on the case’s tag.
• - Once the envelope is dry, use a funnel to fill it up with the buckwheat hulls. Then, close the zipper and put the case back on.

It is necessary to proceed with this purification method at least once a year. We also recommend that you place your LUNA cushion in the light (behind a window) every day in order to purify it (the ultraviolet rays act as a disinfectant). This way, the benefits of the solar energy absorption can be restored to you when you use the cushion.

WARNING

• - Never wet the envelope containing the buckwheat hulls. If this occurs unintentionally, you may proceed to wash the envelope as described above. The hulls need to be completely dry before re-inserting them in the envelope. If the liquid which dampened the envelope is something other than water, the buckwheat hulls must be replaced. In this case, please contact us.

Les créations Mayukori is not responsible for any consequences resulting from failure to comply with these instructions and warnings. Les creations Mayukori reserves the right to modify these instructions and warnings at any time. It is the user’s s responsibility to keep informed of any changes by regularly consulting our website www.mayukori.com.