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Check out Gugu Guru founder Monica’s video overview of the Baby Merlin Magic Sleepsuit and why this is a must-have for parents.
Check out more of our sleep must haves in our Top 5 Essentials for Sleepless Nights and Mama Wellness: Sleeptime Essentials.
Are you a gadget geek looking for smart baby must haves for your home? We have always been huge fans of Project Nursery and the nursery inspiration that the site provides on a daily basis. Over the past couple years, Project Nursery has been rolling out their own line of smart devices for the home from monitors to their awesome Smart Band, these are smart baby must haves that every expectant and new parent should check out – especially techies.
WiFi Monitor
Checking in on Baby is as close as your smartphone or tablet, with the Project Nursery Wi-Fi Baby Monitor. The free Project Nursery password-protected app makes it easy to be there when you can’t. Simple to set up and easy to navigate, the Project Nursery Wi-Fi baby monitor includes a camera with pan, tilt, and zoom capabilities, making it the perfect way to keep in touch.
Digital Zoom Monitor
Take advantage of naptime and tackle your to-do list while keeping an eye on Baby. Project Nursery’s newest video monitor system includes all the features you need at an affordable price. Finally, you can do it all without compromising.
SmartBand
The Project Nursery Parent + Baby SmartBand is a first-of-its-kind wearable device created specifically for parents and powered by world-class technology. From scheduling and tracking events for mom and baby to streamlining digital communications, the SmartBand offers thoughtful features and capabilities to simplify daily family life and keep Baby and Mom healthy through infancy and beyond.
Sight and Sound Projector
Soothe baby with preloaded lullabies and nature sounds, or stream them from your Bluetooth® device. Stimulate learning with engaging images and shapes projected on the nursery ceiling or wall.
Bear with Nightlight
Soothe baby to sleep with high-quality sounds from nature or a melodic lullaby. The soft glow of the nightlight creates a tranquil environment so your little one can drift to sleep more easily. Its playful design, combining well-placed controls and offering AC or battery power, makes it fun and easy to use.
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Project Nursery Baby Monitor
September is #NationalBabySafetyMonth, sponsored annually by the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA). This month-long event increases consumer awareness of baby safety issues and the safe selection and use of baby products. For the past 40 years MAM’s top priority has been the development of products for the well-being, safety and health of babies that make life easier for parents and allow them to focus on the joy of family.
As parents, nothing is more important to us than the safety of our MAM babies. In observance of #NationalBabySafetyMonth @MAMbabyUSA is posting safety tips to help raise awareness of key things we can all do to protect our babies.
About MAM
MAM combines technological innovation, medical function and contemporary design to develop superior baby care products that support a baby’s development from day one. Since MAM developed its first pacifier in Vienna in 1976, it has evolved to become a global authority on baby care product design and quality. Today MAM products are used by families in over 60 countries and on six continents. To find out more and view MAM’s baby care range of award-winning pacifiers, bottles, cups, teethers, oral care items, coordinating accessories and gift sets visit www.mambaby.com.
September is Baby Safety Month, and Gugu Guru honors this month with our Back to Sleep week, which is focused on safe and healthy sleep for baby. Today’s post features the Baby Shusher, which is a must-have for tech-oriented parents, parents of newborns, parents of multiples, and great for traveling. Plus, head to the bottom of the post to enter for a chance to win one!
Get your baby to sleep faster with the Baby Shusher Sleep Miracle Soother. This innovative baby sleep device is one of the only products on the market that uses a recorded human voice to help with baby sleep training. This sleeping device for babies features rhythmic ‘shushes’ recorded that can play up to 30 minutes at a time. This helps to interrupt your baby’s crying session and engages their relaxation and calming reflex. The shushing noise reminds babies, especially preemies and newborns, of being in the womb, which helps them calm down and sleep easier.
This Baby Shusher is great for getting baby to sleep in the car, crib, stroller or anywhere else your baby needs to sleep while traveling. The adjustable volume on this Baby Shusher is ideal for accommodating you and your baby’s personal needs during the night without keeping everyone awake. The Baby Shusher has a flat bottom, which makes it easy to place on a changing table, shelf, or ledge. See The Safety Mom’s tip below on how to find a safe place for the crib in the nursery!
The Baby Shusher simply makes life easier for the family, but helping baby sleep better, letting everyone rest. It is BPA free, and has two settings, for 15 minutes and 30 minutes. This innovative product also makes a perfect shower gift!
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Back to Sleep week, which is focused on safe and healthy sleep for baby. Today’s post features Woolino’s sleep sacks, which are a year round must have for babies and toddlers. Plus, head to the bottom of the post to enter for a chance to win one!
If parents are looking for a safe and comfortable way for baby to sleep, sleep sacks are a perfect solution, since they are safe for baby to sleep with in the crib. However, not all sleep sacks can keep baby cool in warm weather and warm in cool weather! Babies don’t have the ability to regulate their own body temperature that adults have, so it’s important to make sure they’re not too cold or overheating, especially during the night time. However, merino wool is the perfect solution to this issue; merino wool creates a micro-climate around your baby, which maintains a consistent temperature for them. It has the ability to absorb water away from your baby’s skin and release it into the atmosphere during the summer. In winter, it will trap and circulate warm air, keeping your baby warm. A more comfortable temperature allows for a deeper and more restful sleep for your baby, so that that energy can be diverted to growth and development.
Woolino’s award winning 4 Season Merino Wool Baby Sleep Bag will keep your baby at a perfect temperature all year round. That means there’s no need to worry about which weight sleep sack to use, or whether your baby will be too hot or cold while sleeping – they’ll always be just right! It’s 100% natural, fully machine-washable, and is excellent value, as it comes in one universal size that fits babies from 2 months to 2 years. This is the only sleep sack you child will need, right up until they turn two.
Babies with sensitive skin or conditions such as eczema love merino wool – it’s hypoallergenic, so won’t irritate their skin. Not only is it incredibly soft and breathable, but because it is composed of the same protein that makes up the outer protective layer of our skin, it works in total harmony with our skin’s own protection mechanisms. It also inhibits bacteria, so minimizes other allergenic problems. Merino will not itch or irritate delicate baby skin. In fact, it’s one of the softest materials around. The wool fiber produced by merino sheep is significantly finer than other types of wool, so feels luxuriously soft and gentle against a baby’s skin.
Back to Sleep week, which is focused on safe and healthy sleep for baby. Today’s post featured the BabyBjorn Cradle, which is a must-have for postpartum mamas, minimalist parents, eco-friendly moms and dads, and small space living, too. Plus, head to the bottom of the post to enter for a chance to win one!
There are so many reasons the BabyBjorn Cradle has become a favorite of parents everywhere (it’s no surprise, since we love their bouncers too!). With full mesh walls, the cradle allows you to see baby, and also allows for full air flow – which is significant in safe sleep for baby. There are no no electronics, buttons, vibrations, batteries, or plugs, but there is a gentle springy movement that parents can utilize for some soothing. This is perfect for parents who like to keep technology at bay when it comes to babies, or families that keep technology out of the bedrooms.
As our sleep expert, The Safety Mom says, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that baby shares a room with parents for a year; the BabyBjorn cradle is a fantastic way to keep baby in the parents bedroom and sleep safely. Unlike a lot of bassinets that you have to stop using when the baby is around 3 months the Baby Bjorn cradle can be used until he baby is 6 months (or 18 lbs or baby can sit up unassisted). Plus, it is a beautifully designed piece that will fit into any home design (which is great when you want to have it in your master bedroom). It is overall a safe design (not just beautiful) with no loose parts, mesh walls and stable legs.
Another reason we love this cradle is that it only weighs 13 pounds so parents (even those mamas that are recovering or postpartum) can easily move it around the house to keep a close eye on baby while they sleep. It’s super helpful to have a safe space for baby to sleep which you can easily move around the house! If you’re planning on having a c-section, the BabyBjorn cradle is going to be a dream for you, because you can keep baby close to the bed, and move baby around the house to sleep easily.
Back to Sleep week is focused on safe and healthy sleep for baby. Today’s post features the Crane Drop Ultrasonic Cool Mist Humidifier which is a must-have for infants, clean-living, and health conscious families.
We featured Crane in last year’s Back to Sleep event also – and this year, it is no surprise that they are back, as we think they are an essential item for any nursery. Not only is the Crane Drop Humidifier a nursery must-have, but their sleek style (and choice of many colors) will blend in to any nursery!
Plus, for all the eco-conscious families, Crane humidifiers are all BPA-free and energy efficient, using ultrasonic technology to add soothing moisture to the air. Crane’s Drop Humidifier is whisper quiet and operates on a low power consumption, more energy efficient than a household light bulb (up to 45W).
So, why is it essential to have a Crane Humidifier in your nursery? Humidifiers are especially important for Newborns because they are Obligate Nasal Breathers, breathing only through their tiny noses for their first 4 – 6 months. Any congestion can make breathing, feeding, and sleeping incredibly difficult for your little one.
Plus, the Crane Humidifier will grow with your child; even toddlers and kids need humidifiers! Many pediatricians recommend the use of a humidifier as a safe, non medicated, all natural alternative to help relieve congestion from the common cold and flu instead of potentially harmful over-the-counter cough and cold medicine.
Where in the nursery should you put the humidifier? Our Sleep Expert, The Safety Mom Says…
Back to Sleep week is focused on safe and healthy sleep for baby. Today’s post featured the Snuza Pico wearable monitor, which is a must-have for tech-oriented parents, parents of newborns, parents of multiples, parents of toddlers, and great for traveling.
We have highlighted another amazing Snuza product – the Hero – in our past Back to Sleep event. The Snuza Pico wearable monitor is an advanced multi-sensor smart device for infants and children. For the first year of life, the Snuza Pico wearable monitor provides peace-of-mind movement monitoring in addition to sleep analytics, skin temperature and body position monitoring. After one year of age, the movement monitoring function may be turned off, allowing caregivers to primarily monitor their child’s sleep patterns, which has been proven to be a critical aspect of healthy brain development.
The monitor attaches to baby’s diaper and connects via Bluetooth to a smartphone app. The Pico uses a patented contactless sensor, meaning it does not need to be in direct contact with the baby’s skin, which reduces false alarms caused by loss of contact. If there is no abdominal movement detected after 15 seconds, the device will gently vibrate in an effort to rouse the child awake. After 20 seconds of no abdominal movement, the Pico will alarm.
The Snuza Pico wearable monitor is a fantastic investment in safe sleep, because it provides parents with a peace of mind so that everyone in the family can rest easy. Plus, while you can utilize the movement monitoring function for up to one year, you can turn that function off after your baby is over a year and simply monitor your child’s sleep patterns. By monitoring your child’s sleep patterns with the Snuza Pico, it will allow for you to figure out which sleep habits work best for your family, letting everyone rest easier.
The Snuza Pico is available at Best Buy, BabiesRUs.com, Target.com, and Amazon
Back to Sleep week is focused on safe and healthy sleep for baby. Today’s post features the 4Moms breeze GO Playard, which is a must-have for traveling mamas, minimalist parents, tech-loving moms and dads, and small space living, too. Plus, head to the bottom of the post to enter for a chance to win one!
Introducing the 4moms breeze GO! Anyone who knows Gugu Guru knows that one of our all time favorite brands is 4moms. 4moms is best known for their innovation, technology and modern, sleek style. In the past couple years, we have showcased 4moms breeze playard as a best-in-class product in our Back to Sleep safe sleep event. This year, the company has released the 4moms breeze GO – a slightly lighter and one less frill (no bassinet) version of the breeze. If you’re on the market for a playard, whether for a room in your home, for grandma’s house, for frequent traveling families – or all of the above, here’s why we think you may want to check out the 4moms breeze GO.
Playards are typically laborious things to put together. You have to pop the sides a certain way and then push the button and it can get really, really confusing. The 4moms breeze GO playard (and the breeze classic, for that matter) was created based on the belief that playards don’t have to be that complicated. The breeze GO is super intuitive and simple to use; it opens or closes in just one step. You heard that right – just one step.
The breeze GO is slightly more compact than the breeze classic, measuring at 43″L x 30″W x 29″H and also slightly lighter at 23 lbs.
We also love that like the breeze classic, a convenient travel bag is included. And if you’re asking yourself why you should consider bringing your own playard when so many hotels have them on loan, here’s what our safety expert, Alison has to say:
Gugu Guru has featured the Newton Wovenaire Crib Mattress many times in the past, including in last year’s Back to Sleep event and the brand has some new news since then. If you aren’t familiar with this cutting edge mattress, we love the Newton Wovenaire Crib Mattress because it’s breathable, eco-friendly and machine-washable. The innovative design of the Newton Wovenaire Crib Mattress sets it apart from other crib mattresses on the market because it allows air to flow freely for optimal breathability and temperature regulation. This is because the mattress’s core is made of 90% free air (yes, air!) and 10% food-grade polymer.
We also love the low maintenance factor; Newton Wovenaire Crib Mattress’ washable material prevents bacteria growth, plus makes the inevitable middle of the night diaper or spit up situation. Newton’s perfect level of cushy firmness helps your baby stay asleep. It’s all wrapped up in a breathable, three-dimensional fabric that provides comfort and unzips for easy washing. Newton contains no foam, latex, springs, glue, or allergens and is 100% recyclable.
So what’s new with the Newton Wovenaire Crib Mattress since last year’s safe sleep event? The cool color options for the replacement covers! You can gain the maximum breathability benefits of Newton’s Wovenaire by forgoing the crib sheet, and always have an extra cover on hand to make those late night clean ups a breeze. The Newton Crib Mattress Cover is made from our lightweight, breathable spacer fabric that is cozy enough for your little one and durable enough for everyday use. Simply throw the messy cover into the washing machine and replace with a fresh clean cover to get your baby (and you!) back to sleep more quickly.
