SoftLanding Head Cushion

New — The head cushion for backward falls on hard floors.

Why parents love it

• Designed to cushion backward topples onto hard floors
• Padding for the head without the rigid helmet look
• Arms and legs stay free for cruising and balance

Let him cruise the coffee table without hovering

Your 14-month-old works his way along the coffee table and goes down backward onto the hardwood for the third time today. You catch most of them. The ones you miss sit in your chest for the rest of the afternoon. This pad rides on his back and sits behind his head for that moment, so you can stay on the sofa instead of two steps behind him.

Padded where a backward fall lands

Other soft pads promise to cushion impact without ever saying which direction of fall they cover. Two shoulder straps hold a padded wing over the back of his head and upper back, the patch of body that hits first when a cruising toddler tips backward. Forward and sideways falls land where the pad does not reach, and we would rather tell you that up front.

Thirteen designs, so it feels like a choice

Thirteen animal designs run across the range, so the one on your toddler reads as something you picked rather than gear you deployed. Your mother-in-law sees a fuzzy backpack, and your partner stops calling it paranoid. You get to be the parent who was quietly sensible about the hardwood, without turning it into a conversation with anyone.

What's included

One SoftLanding Head Cushion with its backpack-style shoulder straps, in the animal design you pick at checkout. The pad comes in plush or quilted grid fabric, sized for toddlers roughly one to two years old, with thirteen animal designs across the range.

Questions

Which falls does this cushion cover?

Backward topples onto hard floors, where a cruising toddler lands when his feet slide out from under him. Forward and sideways falls hit parts of the head the pad does not cover. Nothing about it replaces you being in the room, and it covers the fall you cannot always reach in time.

Will it slow down his walking?

The straps sit on his shoulders like a small backpack and the pad rides behind him, so his arms swing and his legs move the way they would without it. He needs both to build balance. If the fit turns out wrong for your toddler, send it back and we will make it right.