Our story

“It started with a stained shirt.”

A gray t-shirt with dried spit-up stains that didn't come out in the washA sage green t-shirt with dried spit-up stains

The kind that don’t wash out.

Then another one. Then another one.

Like most babies, our son spit up — a lot. Every feeding meant another shirt for whoever was holding him, and the stains that came with it.

After we got home from the hospital, we had those teal and red striped blankets they send you home with. I would tie one around my neck like a big bandana... and it worked. We started doing it at every feeding.

Except it wasn’t quite solved.

Zack holding his newborn son Asher against his chest and kissing the top of his head, a striped hospital blanket draped around his neck and down over his shoulder

The hospital blanket fabric soaked right through. Not absorbent enough for the job. The knot we’d tie behind our neck kept coming undone the second we moved. And it just wasn’t quite big enough to cover everything.

So we built something better. Double-layer organic muslin that actually absorbs. A snap button closure that stays put. Wide enough to give you full coverage without the fidgeting.

Now with our daughter at the same stage — normal, everyday baby spit-up — the Burp Bandana gets just as much use the second time around. Because it turns out every baby does this. You just need the right thing around your neck.

Mirror selfie of Zack with baby Asher asleep in a front carrier, a hospital blanket knotted around his neck as a makeshift bandana
The original prototype — a hospital blanket

What we believe

We believe new parents deserve better than a tiny cloth on their shoulder and a prayer. Burp Bandana is simple, practical gear for the beautiful mess that is parenthood.

Built by a dad. Tested on real spit-up. A lot of it.

Stop changing shirts.

Built by a dad. For every parent.

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