he Babyglow has been invented by a UK Father of one called Chris Ebejer after discovering babies up to the age of 24 months have no way of regulating there own temperature. He has spent up to £700,000 and six year developing the innovative and health saving product Babyglow. The Babyglow is a unique invention which is geared towards helping see when your young baby has a high temperature. The Babyglow will be released in 3 colours which are pink, blue, pastel green. All these will then turn white as soon as your babies’ temperature moves above the normal temperature for your child of 98F (37C). The Babyglow has been a huge success worldwide and Chris Ebejer has signed a contract worth £12.5million to produce 900,000 Babyglows a month worldwide. But why the BABYGLOW ? The human average body temperature varies from 36.5 to 37.5. It is regulated by a well balanced and intelligent system that our bodies operate continuously. Babies however cannot regulate their body temperature independently until after they are about 24 months old.
This causes them to frequently develop a fever, which means that their body temperature rises. These fevers are often due to viral infections that will come and go again, but occasionally a fever can be a sign of a more serious illness. Why and how does the body develop a fever? When the body detects infection or something it cannot identify, such as a virus, it produces a reaction affecting the heat-regulating centre of the brain called the hypothalamus. Several reactions in the body then purposely increase the body temperature to higher levels in an attempt to kill the infection. This is why in the case of illness the body raises its temperature.
As fever can also become dangerous itself, the general consensus in the medical world is to attempt to lower the temperature back to normal levels. BABYGLOW products are designed to start changing colour when the temperature of the body rises over 37°C and they are fully functional (white in area’s that touch the baby) when the temperature reaches 38.5°C, which is where fever can become dangerous to the child. This unique functionality will help parents to see signs of fever or overheating immediately, even before the child becomes noticeably ill. For further details about babies and temperature we recommend reading the relevant sections on www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk for authoritative information.