HELP for SLEEP DEPRIVED MOMS

by Jan

If you are one of the many sleep deprived moms that has made a mental note to get a good night’s sleep after the 2 o’clock feedings are a thing of the past, you might want to check out the Zeo Personal Sleep Coach. No, they don’t sell sleep aids for either mom or baby nor do they claim to treat sleep disorders like sleep apnea but the Zeo system consists of a headband and a display monitor that looks a lot like a small digital alarm clock that may help you modify your environment or your daily habits to get the best sleep possible in your particular circumstances.

The at home sleep monitor allows you to review your sleep patterns that might prevent just prevent a lifetime of poor sleep or insomnia. With the Zeo system you wear a soft headband that has non-sticky sensors in the inside similar to those used in an EEG to track your brainwaves while you are asleep determining in real time whether you were in Wake, REM, Light or Deep sleep during the night.


Upon waking, the wearer removes the headband and is able to review a diagram on the display showing the amount of time that was spent in each sleep cycle. The Zeo records this information on a memory card that you can then upload onto the myzeo.com website which then analyzes the data and offers helpful coaching tips. The goal is to experience as much time as possible in REM which is the part of the sleep cycle where you dream and spend time in memory and learning consolidation and in deep sleep when your body secretes human growth hormones and repairs the body’s tissue.

Sleep deprived moms can then systematically apply the tips and check to see which ones are the most beneficial by comparing the nightly reports. The system costs $249 which includes the display monitor, the headband and six months of daily sleep coaching tips with an option to extend the coaching for a fee and at the time of this article, they are offering a free trial for $19.99 risk free!

I consider this a very helpful system because I have known too many ladies who claim that their sleep was never good after they gave birth to their first child. This is perhaps because they developed poor sleeping habits during this time. It’s my belief that perhaps these habits could be modified to get better quality of sleep. There is a chance that the Zeo might offer help to sleep deprived moms not only while their babies are tiny but for the rest of their lives.

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