5 cures to parenting anxiety
Stay calm by keeping your baby calm
1. Cybex Sirona M ($330)
Cybex's smart car seat won't let you accidentally leave your baby in a parked car, and its app will also alert you while you're driving if a child unbuckles the safety belts. It can be used from birth into the toddler years. Buy it at Amazon.
2. The Willow 2.0 ($500)
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For a mother in a rush, Willow's wearable breast pump is the best available. It requires single-use disposable bags, but it's "really easy to use on the go" and seems to yield the most milk in the shortest amount of time. Buy it at Willow.
3. Owlet Smart Sock 2 ($300)
Most baby monitors would do no good if your infant experienced a serious medical issue in the middle of the night. The Owlet sock straps onto the baby's foot to monitor heart rate and blood oxygen level and "could be the difference between life and death." Buy it at Amazon.
4. Eufy SpaceView Baby Monitor ($119)
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Eufy's "gorgeous" little monitor becomes truly valuable at toddler age. It sends high-res video to a handheld receiver, and because you can make the camera pan horizontally and vertically, you never have to visit the room to check what your kid is up to. Buy it at Amazon.
5. 4moms MamaRoo 4 ($220)
Stay calm by keeping your baby calm with a robotic baby bouncer that's widely used in nursery wards. Two motors built into the seat mimic the swaying, rocking, swinging, and bouncing motions of a mother's arms. Buy it at Amazon.
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