Nursing aid

A nursing aid for securement about an infant nursing bottle comprising, in combination,

• a securement band for securement about an outer surface of the bottle, and
• a toy member including an extensible and retractable tether line mounted interiorly of the toy at one end of the tether line, and
• the tether line selectively securable to the band at a further end of the tether line remote from the toy, and
• wherein the securement band is formed of elastomeric material for resilient grasping of the bottle and includes an exterior friction surface formed of filament material, and
• wherein the toy member includes a spool including a plurality of spaced collars about a central axle wherein the spool is formed with a captured spring to bias the spool in a first position with a tether line wound about the spool, and wherein the tether line is retractable from interiorly of the toy to a second position wherein the tether line is withdrawn from the spool in an extended orientation relative to the spool, and
• wherein the tether line is formed with an enlarged positioning head at the further end, and the positioning head is formed with an outwardly extending fastener plug directed outwardly of the positioning head, and
• wherein the band includes a securement boss for receiving the plug of the positioning head wherein the securement boss is formed with a cavity provided with a tapered entrance to capture the plug when directed within the cavity.