CradleRest
- Holds the calm, upright position your baby only settles in on your chest
- Put them down after a feed — and finally eat, shower, or breathe
- Firm foam keeps milk & acid down, not burning back up
- Leg-cushion tilt helps trapped gas pass
- Safety-strapped & breathable — supervised, awake-time use
100-Night Guarantee
Try CradleRest for 100 nights. If you're not completely happy, email us for a full refund. No questions, no hoops.
How does it actually work?
A firm-foam 3-Point Relief Position System recreates the calm, upright, supported position your baby already settles in against your chest — and holds it, for supervised awake-time use.
Is it safe?
CradleRest is for supervised, awake-time settling — not a sleeper and not for unsupervised or overnight sleep. Built with firm foam, a safety strap, and OEKO-TEX® certified fabric.
Details & Size
0–12 months · up to 9 kg / 20 lbs · 24.8 × 15 in. Machine-washable OEKO-TEX® cover.
Shipping & Returns
Free express US shipping. 100-night returns, one email for a full refund.
It's not fussiness. It's Gravitational Reflux Compounding.
Lay a baby with an immature stomach valve flat on their back after a feed, and three forces stack up at once — each one making the next worse. That pile-up is why nothing you've tried has fully worked. Here's what's actually happening inside.
Force 1 · Acid climbs
Flat, gravity stops working for you. Milk and acid slide back up the food pipe and burn — so they stiffen, arch, and cry.
Force 2 · Gas traps
Flat, swallowed wind has no way up. It stays locked in and builds hard, tight pressure that no burping can reach.
Force 3 · Cortisol spikes
The pain floods their body with stress hormones that shred sleep — so they wake 30 minutes later, every time.
The result · Only your arms
Held upright on your chest, all three forces ease at once. That's why your arms are the only thing that works.
Three forces, one cause — and one answer. The instant your baby is back in that calm, upright, supported position, the pile-up unwinds. You were never doing it wrong. You just needed to hold that position without holding it yourself.
The reflux mom who cracked the code.
"I was the mother crying in my car at 3am in the Target parking lot."
My son had reflux from three weeks old. Gaviscon made him constipated. Hydrolysed formula — no difference. We tried a wedge, a lounger, everything. Nothing worked. He'd only sleep upright on my chest, and every time I laid him flat he'd arch and scream like I was hurting him.
I'm a NICU nurse. And it took me embarrassingly long to connect what I did every shift — positioning reflux-prone preemies upright and supported — with what was happening in my own living room, where I'd been told the same thing every parent is told: lay him flat, wait it out.
So one night I stopped waiting. I recreated the position I trusted at work. He slept four hours. I cried again — this time from relief. But pillows flatten and towels slide, and I knew how unsafe that was. So I built the thing that simply holds the position — firmly, safely, for supervised awake-time. Not a sleeper. For the awake, refluxing baby after a feed, when your arms are the only thing that works and they need to come off for five minutes.
— Founder, Laura Bennett. I built it for the woman I was in that parking lot.
CradleRest recreates the exact position babies already calm in.
Not a wedge. Not a lounger. A complete, purpose-built system engineered to recreate the position your baby already chooses in your arms — and to hold it.
NICU-Calibrated 15° Incline
The same gentle head elevation neonatal units use — engineered into firm foam that holds the angle instead of flattening. Gravity keeps milk and acid down.
Pelvic-Tilt Gas Release
An integrated leg cushion tilts the pelvis forward — mimicking "bicycle legs," held continuously — so trapped gas can move and escape instead of building.
Contact-Simulating Cocoon
A soft, breathable, gently contained shell recreates the security of being held against your chest — activating the calming reflex without your arms doing it.
Safety Strap & Head Support
Firm head support for even, natural positioning (no flat spots) and a safety strap for supervised use. Machine-washable OEKO-TEX® cover.
It goes where your day goes.
From the 3am feed to an afternoon out — CradleRest helps your baby settle wherever you are.
Living room & sofa
A safe, supervised spot to settle them after a feed so you get five minutes.
Tummy time
Remove the leg cushion for supported, supervised tummy time.
Into the pram
A familiar, portable calm spot for walks and days out.
Travel & visiting
Lightweight and portable, so their calm position comes with you.
The essentials
The nights change. So does the mother.
We asked parents who'd already tried everything — the meds, the formula switches, the wedges — what happened once CradleRest held the position for them. Here's what they told us.
said their baby settled and stayed calm longer within the first three nights
saw a calmer, less tense baby — less arching, less screaming after feeds
finally put their baby down without the screaming starting all over again
wish they'd found it sooner — and would tell a friend in the trenches to get it
Why choose CradleRest?
Relief positioning only works if the product actually holds the position — and if the people who built it take safety as seriously as you do.
A refund policy with no fine print.
Try CradleRest for 100 nights. If your baby isn't calmer — if you aren't calmer — send it back for a full refund.
No questions. No "prove you tried it." No "90 days but only if you registered it." 100 nights from purchase, one email, full refund. That's the entire policy.
The real risk isn't trying this cradle. It's doing nothing — and finding yourself, three weeks from now, still crying in your car at 3am while they scream in the back seat.
The words come up again and again: "I got my body — and my baby — back."
Real results from real parents who were exhausted, dismissed, and out of options.
Questions?
We've got answers.
Is CradleRest safe for overnight sleep? Does it need supervision?
CradleRest is not a sleeper and not for unsupervised or overnight sleep. It's a positioning aid for supervised, awake-time settling — after feeds and during fussy periods, while you're watching. For actual sleep, always follow safe-sleep guidance: firm, flat, on the back, in a crib.
Is this safer than propping with pillows or a rolled towel?
Yes. Improvised, soft, sliding props are exactly what's unsafe. CradleRest holds a fixed, engineered position in firm foam with a strap, for supervised use — which is the whole reason our founder built it instead of continuing to stack pillows.
Gaviscon didn't work. Formula didn't work. Why would positioning work?
Because those treat an acid or feeding problem — and for many babies this was a position problem the whole time (see "Gravitational Reflux Compounding" above). Positioning addresses the mechanism the meds and formulas never touched.
Will it work for silent reflux?
Many parents of silent-reflux babies find the upright, supported position helps, because the mechanism — keeping milk and acid down with gentle elevation — is the same. It's not a cure or medical treatment; it's a calming position.
Will it work for colic / trapped gas?
The pelvic-tilt leg cushion is designed specifically to help trapped gas move instead of build. Parents dealing with gassy, colicky evenings are among our most relieved customers.
My baby is 6 months old — is it too late?
No. CradleRest supports babies 0–12 months. Older, refluxy babies benefit from the same position.
My baby was premature — is this safe for them?
The position itself is modeled on what NICUs use for preemies, but every premature baby is different — please clear it with your pediatrician first, and use only for supervised awake-time.
What happens once my baby outgrows it?
Most families use it hardest in the 0–6 month window and keep it for tummy time and travel after. Many pass it to a sibling or gift it — which is what the twin/gift bundle is for.
Can I use it for tummy time?
Yes — remove the leg cushion for supported, supervised tummy time.
How do I clean it?
The OEKO-TEX cover is removable and machine-washable.
How long does shipping take?
Free express US shipping, dispatched fast from our US warehouse.
CradleRest is a positioning aid for supervised, awake-time use. It is not a sleeper and not a medical device. Always follow your pediatrician's and your country's safe-sleep guidance for infant sleep.