Love Your Baby, Love Organic 2017

What is Kapuk? (and how do you say it?!!!) It has actually been quite surprising finding people that know about Kapuk - I haven't seen it being used as a stuffing in many products at all! But it's a fantastic fibre, who's benefits outway most of it's competitors and one that really needs promoting. So how do you say it? "Kay" (or phonetically speaking "Kei") "Poek", so no tongue twisting there :) (phew!).

I have now included a tab on my product pages giving a few details on what we are filling our pillows with. Check out our product pages or just read below!

Here at Baby Harvelicious we fill our Huggsie Pillow with a fibre called Kapuk (also known as silk cotton or Java cotton).

Kapuks origins come from Java Island - Indonesia, but can now be found in rainforests worldwide.

The kapuk fibres are hair-like, glossy and are a yellowish, cream colour made from lignin and cellulose. 

Each fibre is about 2.5 cm long and has thin walls that are covered with a waterproof wax. Combined, this makes kapuk:

lightweight - which helps when you are using it to support a growing baby!

resilient - its waxy coating helps repel water, and that is always helpful with accidents and spillages

bouncy - kapuk resists clumping, so does not become lumpy like other stuffings. Even after washing it bounces back to its original shape

slippy - the waxy coating makes it a slippy fibre therefore making it easy to adjust the shape to how you need (because it bounces back into shape afterwards it doesnt matter!)

warm - the cell structure in Kapuk allows it to trap air, which is great for insulating. Keeping your baby warm and snuggled 

hypoallergenic - which is important for vunerable newborns (with our stuffing being organic, this adds an extra bonus for your little one)

environmentally friendly - because kapuk is naturally biodegradable, it can be reused many times without developing mould or decaying (unlike stuffings containing polyester)

(From owner Baby Harvelicious - Europe)