Y’all wanted to know what smart tech we’re using in our baby room, and here it is!
Hey y’all hey it’s Ashley Renne and welcome to my sustainable lifestyle and tech channel.
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our smart nursery tech. Our son Beyond is about 4 and a half months old and right now
he sleeps in our room at night and takes naps in his baby room during the day. Here are
all the ways we use smart tech in both rooms to make our lives as parents just a little
more efficient.
1. Smart Scale If you’re like us and into multi-use products
to cut down on your consumption, then you might like this smart scale that doubles as
a diaper changing pad. The one we have is by Hatch Baby and we use it to keep track
of Beyond’s weight in between pediatrician visits. We use this scale as a part of our
bath time routine. Before we give him a bath, we place him on the scale to capture his weight.
It syncs automatically to our Hatch Baby app where it gets recorded. As a breastfeeding
mom who occasionally wonders am I producing enough milk?? Is he gaining enough weight??
This always gives me peace of mind. My husband and I both have the app so whenever one of
us records data, the other person can access those updates.
Even if you don’t get the smart scale, I highly recommend downloading the Hatch Baby
app anyway because with it you can also manually track things like diaper changes, nursing
sessions, pumping amounts, and other stuff. I don’t use it as much anymore now that
we’ve gotten the hang of this whole parenting thing, but in the super early days when we
were just learning as we go, this app helped us keep track of what time I breastfed him
last, how many times he pooped per day, how many ounces I was able to pump that day, and
we were both able to log into the app and see that information without having to rely
on our sleep deprived brains.
2. Smart Sound Machine + Light Yo. This is actually pretty dope. I wasn’t
sure if we’d really need a sound machine or a night light but this comes in handy every
single day. Plus you know we love a multi-functional product. We have the Hatch Baby Rest which
is this little compact device that you can move from room to room and control from your
phone. When he’s ready to sleep, we turn on the white noise sound which helps create
a comfortable environment for him because it mimics the sounds that babies hear in the
womb. And because the wavelength of different colors of light can have a tremendous effect
on your baby’s sleep, we intentionally set the color to red because red lights in particular
won’t interfere with the production of melatonin. And melatonin is what helps to control sleep-wake
cycles. And while we’d love to have the room to be pitch black, it just doesn’t
make sense. If you’re having to get up to change diapers or pick baby up in the middle
of the night – then having an unobtrusive light source will help out. And red is best
for that.
3. Baby Monitoring Easily one of the best smart baby tech items
we have is the Nanit Pro Smart Baby Monitor & Wall Mount. I don’t know if it’s because
I’m a first-time parent, but I am always watching my son like a hawk. With this, I
can always see him when he’s in either the crib in his room or our room and it comes
with a breathing band that you can use to monitor baby’s breaths per minute without
any electronics, wires, or batteries touching them. This is it! The little patterns on this
band send a signal up to the camera which then updates in your Nanit app so you can
see the data in real-time. With this app you’re always connected - you can see baby, hear
baby, and even talk to baby through your phone.
4. Smart Sheets Ok this one is not necessary, we don’t use
it often, but it’s a nice to have. It’s called Smart Sheets, which is also by Nanit.
With these sheets, you can track your baby’s growth. You place baby in the crib, and if
you have the Nanit camera already installed, the camera will read the unique pattern on
the Smart Sheets and then use its smart algorithms to calculate baby’s height right in the
app. We tested out its accuracy right before a pediatrician visit and it was pretty on
point. 5. Smart Voice Assistance
If you watched my Smart Home video, then you should be familiar with our Google minis which
we have all throughout our house. We have these in both our bedroom and the baby room.
A google mini provides voice assistance and we use it for many different things. As a
parent, especially a first time parent, we have loads of questions. And we simply ask
Google whenever we have one. Also, we use it to play lullaby music. We ask Google to
play a lullaby and it will play soothing baby music when it’s time to wind down. Or we
ask Google to play nursery rhymes, and it’ll play fun children’s songs when it’s time
to turn up. 6. Smart Display
If you want voice assistance with visuals, then you can get a Smart Display, which does
the same thing a Google mini does, but gives you the added benefit of playing videos as
well should you want it for whatever reason. We have google displays in our bedroom and
we mostly use it to display photos of our family.
7. Smart Air Purifier Air purifiers filter out airborne allergens
like dust mites, mold spores and pet dander. If you have a family history of asthma or
allergies — or if your baby is showing signs of eczema, which is a skin condition
that’s often linked with asthma and allergies, then consider that air purifier. Air purifiers
snatch those allergen particles out of the air and trap them in a disposable filter.
The fewer allergens circulating in the air, the more likely your child will stay symptom-free.
We have the Dyson Pure Humidify + Cool Humidifer which can automatically adjust settings based
on air quality. And if you use the Dyson Link app, it’ll show you air quality reports,
you can control and monitor the purifier remotely, and schedule cleaning up for seven days. Also,
if style is important to you, I find the design to be eye-catching and a nice decorative addition
to our bedroom, which is where we keep it.
Alright, that’s it! I hope you enjoyed seeing the different ways we teched out our baby
room. If you liked this video make sure you give it a thumbs up and subscribe for more
smart tech videos just like this. And if you want to buy anything I mentioned in this video,
just peep the description because I put links to everything down below. I’ll catch ya
next week in a new video and until then, stay green y’all.