14 DAY TRIAL // Newborns are not easy to communicate with – for the obvious reasons, of course. As he was watching a documentary on babies and how mothers often fail to see when their temperature is rising, or do so with delay, Chris Ebejer came up with the idea of creating a suit that would do precisely that. Now, six years later, he has Babyglow, as the Daily Mail informs.
Babyglow is a baby suit that changes color as the baby’s temperature is rising, thus warning the mother that something might be wrong. It took Ebejer no less than six years and an estimated £700,000 (over $1,100,000) on specialists until he finally found the recipe for an ink whose pigment would be sensitive to heat variations. Now that he has, he is certain that the Babyglow will prove to be an instant hit with mothers all over the world.
As a matter of fact, he is not the only one to show this kind of confidence in the yet-released Babyglow, since manufacturer Quality Workwear 4 U also believes it will be a hit from the very start. Accordingly, the manufacturer has offered Mr. Ebejer a £12.5 million contract to take his invention global. This will happen in October this year, when Babyglow will become available in stores in the US and the UK, priced at around £20 a pack. Estimates indicate moms will rush to buy them and that they will be flying off the shelves in almost no time.
“Mothers are going to find these invaluable. Heat is invisible. The suit changes that and makes it visible. It communicates to the mother where a baby can’t.” Mr. Ebejer told the Daily Mail after announcing the highly lucrative and extremely promising contract signed with Quality Workwear 4 U. In the end, he also said, all those years of hard work and the kind of money he invested in the idea paid off. “It has taken over my life but I’m very passionate about it. I believe that this is a product that will save lives.” the inventor further added.
As of now, the specific stores that will carry Mr. Ebejer’s Babyglow have not yet been made public, but it is believed that talks are underway to launch the product on other markets as well, also this summer. Keep an eye on this space for more details.