History

     Margo Smith, Inventor of Mother's 3rd Arm
            with her collection of grandchildren

More than a decade ago, Margo Smith was eagerly awaiting the arrival of her daughter who was traveling from Phoenix to Margo’s cabin nestled in Arizona’s high hill country. Her daughter had blessed her with two grand children.

What should have been a regular routine trip, turned into a near nightmare. Dealing with two children is in itself is a hand fill and produces frequent moments of stress, but driving while dealing with hungry active infants can not only be stressful, but down right dangerous.

Margo’s daughter was late and Margo worried. Cell phones did not operate in the mountainous region and so all she could do was wait until finally her daughter arrived in a literal state of hysteria. Multiple her infants became hungry and displayed temper tantrums.     

Margo was very deeply affected by her daughter's distress. At first all she could do was console her. But later that night, and being a woman of action, she asked herself the question: What can I do to help my daughter never experience this again?

The next day Margo went to work on the world's only truly universal bottle holder.

She interrogated her daughter in meticulous detail and isolated a common point. The twins were ok as long as they were fed. Whether at home while doing chores, or driving to the store or visiting relatives, Margo's daughter often found herself overwhelmed because she only had two arms.

The solution was simple. Her daughter needed an assistant, a kind of third, and even fourth arm to feed the kids when she simply was unable to. They needed a baby bottle holder that allowed mother's to attach it to car seats and hold the child's bottle or sippy cup. Margo and her daughter then began to search high and low on the retail market for this practical device. Surely, they reasoned, someone had already invented it and can be found in the stores? No such device existed.

Her daughter needed a third arm and by God, Margo would give her one. Within a week's time Margo produced the first prototype of what would become internationally known as Mother’s 3^rd Arm™

Fast Forward...

In 2007, Dr Salma Merritt, MD was asked by a friend to complete the design on 
what was being called "Happy Hand." Her friend had spent considerable time and
money on developing a crude prototype and Salma used her technical abilities to
produce a finished product. From there she and her husband manufactured a full
production sample run.        

Salma Merritt, M.D. Enhancer of
Mother's 3rd Arm and Mother of 2

There was only one problem: Dr Salma and her husband were not satisfied with the product'. The idea was to hold most size baby bottles and Sippy cups and to clap onto most baby strollers, high chairs, car seats, baby cribs and play pens; however, it was very limited in these areas. This prompted Dr Salma to investigate.

In July 2008, Salma gave birth to Abraham, and for the first time, she directly 
experienced what a modern professional mom had to face in managing their
household, profession and child. It was clear that she needed help. Yes, she
was able to hire a live-in Nanny who relieved quite a bit, but this had its limitations.
She still wished to spend time with her newborn, but there were times that 
other matters arosed which forced her to carry Abraham while doing other things because he simply did not wish to be sat down for long periods
of time without crying. It became clear that infants needed constant attention to remain secure and apparently the back seat of a car was not at
all that inviting to at least her son.

It was very clear: She had to come up with a better baby bottle and Sippy cup holder so she could be hands free when she needed to be. As she
complained to her husband, they both searched for ideas on how to improve their current bottle holder and by August/September of 2008 they 
found Margo Smith's  Mother’s 3rd Arm  and immediately fell in love with it not only for their own infant, but with a little more improvement, Dr Salma
could see devoting time, effort and money into this.

"I spent my childhood," Dr Salma told local media, "playing doctor and pretending to care for others. Then I spent most of my young adulthood 
graduate school, pre-med then finally medical college because I have always believed my mission was to care for others. When I saw how taxing
it is to care for children and adults with limited mobility, through either injury or illness, I struggled to find things which would make my time more 
efficient so I could therefore care for others even more. 

"This bottle or container holder attaches neatly and conveniently to any surface that is round, square or other shaped. It locks down securely and 
frees me up to do whatever else I need to do. We may call it the Mother's 3rd Arm as a product name, but in reality it is the mulitple arm holder 
because one person can manage 3 to 5 times as many patients or children than they would otherwise be able to.

"This has been my personal experience."

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