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8 smart home gadgets every parent needs in their life right now

From seemingly endless nappy changes to sleepless nights, parenthood can be a difficult time. While help may have been thin on the ground before, the good news is that there are now plenty of smart gadgets to lend a hand.

From wearable baby monitors to app-controlled baby chairs, techie innovations mean that there’s something for everyone, no matter what your parenting style.

Here are the 8 gadgets that all parents need to own right now…

Motorola MBP853 Video Monitor (£100)

While monitoring your baby from another room used to be limited to one-way walkie-talkie-like audio monitors, you can now keep a watchful eye over them with a video monitor.

This easy-to-use device packs a camera and colour LCD screen, along with two-way communication so you can speak to your baby and hear their replies, while a temperature sensor will let you know if the room gets too hot or cold. What’s more, the footage can also be streamed to your smartphone if you’re away from home.

Gro-hush baby calmer (£24.99)

If you ever wished that there was a magic device that could stop your baby crying, this could well be it. Gently hold the spongy Gro-hush against your baby’s head and it’ll use white noise to quietly calm them down.

You can choose from three calming sounds effects — heartbeat, rain or ocean waves — and because only the baby can hear the sounds, it means you can use it anywhere without disturbing anyone.

Yoomi 240ml Self-Warming Bottle (£19.99)

When you’re out and about, you don’t want to have to hunt down a microwave every time the litttle’un needs a feed.

That’s where this ingenious self-warming bottle comes in. Simply press the button and it’ll warm expressed breast milk back to its natural temperature in just 60 seconds. An absolute must-have for on-the-go feeding.

Tommee Tippee Digital Sound and Movement Monitor (£99.99)

For parents that need a little extra assurance when they’re not in the room to watch over the baby, this monitor also includes a highly sensitive movement pad.

The unique sensor pad sits under the cot mattress and sounds an alarm if there hasn’t been any movement for more than 20 seconds. It’s ideal for newborns, and when they get a bit older, the pad can be removed and the setup used as a standard baby monitor.

Snoo Smart Sleeper ($1,160 – currently U.S. only)

This futuristic smart crib gently rocks babies to sleep, jumping into action as soon as it detects them crying. It also automatically adjusts lighting and chooses white noise sound effects to help everyone in the house get a good night’s sleep.

This ingenious device could be truly life-changing for new parents, so we can only hope that it makes over the pond from the U.S. soon.

MonBaby Smart Baby Monitor (£99)

A sound or video monitor is incredibly useful, but for parents that want a little extra peace of mind, a wearable sensor may be the way forward.

This wearable gadget, which looks like a large button, clips onto any item of child’s clothing. As well as detecting sleeping position, it also senses changes in breathing and sends real-time alerts to a smartphone app.

4moms mamaRoo 4 (£279.99)

For time-pushed parents, a smart baby seat could be a life-changer, keeping your kiddie calm and quiet throughout the day. And this app-controlled gadget is designed to move just like you do when you’re trying to comfort your baby.

The type of motion can be controlled with a smartphone app, while the chair also has an adjustable recline feature and soothing sounds built in, along with the ability to play songs from your phone.

Hatch Baby Grow ($129 – currently U.S. only)

Watching your child grow is one of the most rewarding parts of parenthood, but it can also be stressful. This device aims to take the stress away by giving parents an easy way to track their child’s growth

A cross between a changing pad and a smart scale, the Hatch Baby Grow connects can to an app so that parents can track their baby’s weight gain and how much they’re drinking at every feeding.
It’s U.S. only at the moment, but we can only hope that this innovation makes it to UK shores in the near future.