My Buddy Boo
My Buddy Boo
5.0 / 5.0
(7) 7 total reviews
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The classic My Buddy Boo. Boo's backpack is filled with 13 emotion badges, band-aid and notepad to encourage play-based coping strategies and opens up gentle conversations about feelings.
My Buddy Boo helps children learn that all emotions are OK. Boo’s emotion badges allow children to express feelings, including joy, sadness, anger, and bravery, in a non-verbal way. This opens vital conversations that give parents, caregivers, and health professionals deeper insight into a child’s emotional needs. Most importantly, Boo helps children feel seen and heard. He offers comfort, companionship, and a sense of shared experience. Boo isn’t just a toy, he’s a Buddy who’s going through life with them.
Boo is a therapeutic comfort toy designed to help children express emotions and feel more in control of medical procedures.
You can also purchase extras for Boo, including an asthma pump, allergy pen, and a matching BooBoo keychain.
What's included
What's included
- Boo with backpack
- 13 velcro emotion badges
- 1 velcro band-aid badge
- 1 velcro notepad
- 1 Boo tote bag
Optional add-ons
- Port with childhood cancer badge
- Insulin pump with type 1 diabetes badge
- Asthma badge
- Mental health badge
*Recommended for ages 3 and above
More information on how to use Boo see How To Boo
About the devices
About the devices
Port
An implanted port is like a secret door inside the body. It helps doctors give medicine and take blood with less fuss. It’s like having a tiny superhero helper!
Port access was a very traumatic experience for our daughter when she had cancer. I designed Boo in the hope he would help with port procedures, helping other children feel less alone and have some control during the process.
Insulin Pump
An insulin pump is like a tiny, magical gadget that helps manage diabetes. It gives your body insulin through a small tube placed under your skin, making it easier to keep your blood sugar just right. Imagine having a little insulin warrior always looking out for you, making sure you get the insulin you need without much fuss!
Sizing
Sizing
- Boo 30cm x 27cm sitting
- 75cm x 52cm including arms and legs
- Badges 3cm x 3cm
- Band-aid 5cm x 4cm
- Notepad 9cm x 14cm
Optional add-ons
- Port 15cm long
- Insulin pump 14cm long
Delivery
Delivery
Free shipping Australia-wide
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We recently got a buddy boy for our boys and very quickly Buddy boo has become a treasured part of our family and many experiences. Our boys have really taken to using their Buddy boo in overwhelming times when they find articulating their emotions challenging and during medical procedures and appointments. These medical things are unfortunately part of their lives and will be for the rest of their lives so to have something special like this to bring them some comfort and help them cope, it truly amazing and such a precious tool in their emotional toolbox. Thank you for creating this little guy for many children like ours.
What a brilliant idea! I have spent a lot of time in and out of hospital, and my 18 month old son doesn’t really understand what is going on, or why Dad has drains, tubes and is attached to an IV pole!
His Buddy Boo now helps him understand. We have even attached a stoma bag to it, just like Dad.
Thank you :)
I purchased this for my 5 year old, who after seeing Boo online, was obsessed. Everyday since boo, my 5 year old has carried him around and independently swapped over her little emotions on his belt. I love how Boo is the visual prompt for her to check in on her emotions. This allows her to then communicate with us, which opens up how we can support her, or build upon interoceptive awareness skills of 'how that emotion feels in her body'. She promptly switched her emotion from happy to angry the other morning when she was told she wasn't allowed a lolly for breakfast! She has always endlessly engaged in pretend play with boo. We love Boo and seeing the 'tool' work in real time with helping our littlest develop emotional insight and regulation skills is awesome.
Such a wonderful tool to support the expression of distress along with feelings that can be hard to express or articulate. A powerful resource that I have already used and will continue to promote.
As a paediatric exercise physiologist, I see a lot of children for all different complex medical conditions and Boo has been a wonderful addition to my consultations. It has helped the children I work with be able to express themselves and explain to me how their feeling prior to our session starting without them having to verbally explain. I also use Boo at home with my son, although he is only still quite young, I know this type of exposure to expressing emotions helps him throughout his lifetime so he knows that it is okay to have these feelings, and also that as a parent I am here to support him.