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Free to borrow · Ramat Beit Shemesh Aleph

Colic doesn't care
that you're this tired.

A gemach lending out the things that actually settle a screaming baby — weighted sleep sacks and exercise balls. Free. For as long as you're in it.

See what's available 058-693-5229
4 items, no charge 1 month loans, extendable Pickup in RBS-A
Blue quilted weighted baby swaddle with the swaddle band open
Free to borrow

Why a gemach for this

You need this stuff for about twelve weeks. Then never again.

Weighted sleep sacks

The idea is deep pressure — gentle, evenly spread weight across the chest and body, the same thing that makes a swaddle or a hand on the back work. Brands like Dreamland Baby build it into a quilted sack so the pressure stays put after you've tiptoed out of the room. Parents who swear by them talk about the startle reflex settling and the 2am handoff getting shorter.

They also run about $109 apiece — roughly ₪400 — in one size, that your baby wears for a few months and then outgrows. That's a lot of money to spend on a maybe.

About ₪400 new · ₪0 from here

Exercise balls

You already know the deal: the baby only stays quiet while you're moving. So you stand. You sway. You pace the same six meters of hallway until your back gives out and it's somehow 3am.

A ball gets you the exact same motion sitting down. Bounce, hold, breathe. It is the cheapest possible upgrade to a terrible night, and almost nobody owns one, because who buys an exercise ball for a hallway problem.

No deposit · just ask

The catalog

What's on the shelf right now

Availability is updated by hand — message me to confirm.

How it works

Three steps, no forms, no fee.

1

Message me

WhatsApp is fastest. Tell me which item you want and roughly when you need it. If it's already out, I'll tell you when it's due back and hold it for you.

2

Pick it up in RBS-A

We'll sort out a time that works. Bring the deposit if you're taking a sleep sack — cash is easiest.

3

Keep it a month

Still in the thick of it after four weeks? Extend it, no problem — just message me so I know what to tell whoever's asking next.

₪100 deposit on the sleep sacks, returned when the sack comes back. No deposit on the balls.

Pickup and return in RBS-A. Message me and we'll find a time.

Sacks come back washed, please. The next family is usually waiting.

A note worth reading: the American Academy of Pediatrics does not recommend weighted sleepwear for infants, and there's genuine disagreement about it among parents and pediatricians — the concern is theoretical rather than based on demonstrated harm, but it's real and you should know about it. Please make the call with your own doctor. The balls are just balls.

Get in touch

Ask. Really — that's the whole process.

No application, no waitlist, no questions about why you need it. If something's free and sitting in a closet, it should be at your house instead.

WhatsApp058-693-5229 Emailthecolicgemach@gmail.com