Baby Gizmo
Clever cap transforms adult drink bottles into spill-proof kid's cups
A unique product from One Step Ahead transforms an ordinary plastic bottle of drink into a spill-proof cup in a jiffy. Perfect for when there’s a screaming child in the back seat of the car and all you have is an adult-size water bottle. The screw-on caps attach to most leading brand water and wide-mouth juice bottles (15.9oz and greater) and are spill-proof and leak-proof. Read More
World’s first pure merino baby swaddle
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The Cocooi baby swaddle is made from super-fine, unbleached merino fabric which has the ability to regulate a newborn baby’s body temperature, therefore reducing the risk of overheating. The merino fibers used in the Cocooi are extremely fine (just one-tenth the thickness of human hair) and their natural crimp produces millions of pockets in the fabric in which air is captured and circulated. Read More
Pipila UV portable sterilizer: clean baby’s pacifier safely
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The Pipila is a colorful, portable pacifier sterilizer that is said to kill 99.9% of germs on a baby’s pacifier. The unit uses a patented UV/O3 (ozone) sterilizing lamp combination to break down the cell walls of most germs and then destroy the cells’ nuclei, leaving you with a clean dummy in about 6 minutes. The unit will not change the shape of the pacifier teat, won’t leave it smelling like a chemical laboratory and better still, won’t leave a nasty taste in your baby’s mouth. Read More
Hushamok: a stylish, snug and safe baby bed
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The Hushamok hammock gives new parents the best of both worlds. It is not just an unusual and stylish piece of furniture for the nursery; it is also designed to enable your baby to sleep safely and soundly on their back during those vital early years of life. Read More
Grobag's Egg digital room thermometer
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The Grobag egg is a digital room thermometer with a difference. The egg-shaped unit changes color if the room temperature changes from the recommended guidelines of between 61-67°F (16-20°C) and it also has a clear digital readout which gives the exact temperature of baby’s room. If the room is at the right temperature, the egg will glow yellow but as soon as the conditions change the egg changes color. Read More
Infant Pacifier Thermometer
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Shaped like a regular pacifier with a small display screen on the front, the Summer Infant Pacifier Thermometer simplifies the tricky process of taking the temperature of small children. Read More
My Plate-Mate stops mealtime mess
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My Plate-Mate is a unique spill guard that attaches to standard round child or luncheon plates (8"- 9 1/2") and helps to prevent mealtime mess. It can stop food from spilling off the plate on to the table and helps your child scoop his food on to his spoon or fork. My Plate-Mate is made in the US using 100% FDA approved food grade plastic and is PVC and latex-free. It is safe to use in the dishwasher and microwave and comes in pink, white and blue. As it is lightweight, parents may choose to take it to restaurants or friends’ houses, it could prevent those disapproving glares from the Maitre De! Read More
Tummy Shield seat belt keeps mother and baby safe
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According to a recent study by the University of Michigan, if all pregnant women wore a car seatbelt, approximately 200 fetuses could be saved each year and an estimated 370 fetuses die as a result of car crashes each year in the United States. However, stretching a seat belt across a growing abdomen is not the easiest job, nor is the belt comfortable across your tummy. A team of Australian engineers has come up with a novel seat belt especially for pregnant women. Unlike traditional seat belts which fit across the abdomen, the Tummy Shield is designed to be worn around the thighs, therefore protecting the abdomen from trauma resulting from a car collision. Read More
Qubies: a quick and easy way to freeze baby food
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May 8, 2008 Qubies ice-cube tray is unique because it has the divider on the lid. Instead of trying to pour baby goop into a standard ice-cube tray, you simply fill the container, press on the lid and pop it in the freezer. A few hours later you will have a tray of 30 ml (about 1 fl. oz.) cubes of baby food ready for junior’s dinner. Read More
Hurphy Durphy: added safety for kids in cars
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April 17, 2008 The Hurphy Durphy Seat Belt Buckle Guard is a simple safety device that helps to keep capsules or infant seats anchored securely in the car by preventing accidental release of a seat belt. Read More
KABOOST child booster: lift junior up to your level
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KABOOST is a child booster with a difference: it raises the height of chairs so your child can sit at the table in a normal kitchen or dining room chair. It is made of heavy duty plastic but weighs just 3.5 lbs so it is easy to carry and with dimensions of 13” x 12” x 6.75” it’s compact too. KABOOST has an adjustable spring system which means it easily adjusts to fit 4-legged chairs and can be attached within seconds. The wide base ensures that the chair is very stable and the rubberized feet are non-slip and won’t scratch Mom’s floor. Read More
Baby Light & Clip: stress-free nail trimming
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March 10, 2008, New parents have enough to worry about without trying to cut their newborn’s tiny fingernails with traditional clippers or scissors. It’s hard enough managing to get hold of their little fingers, let alone stressing about accidents and as baby’s fingernails grow quickly, you’ll have to trim them about once a week. Read More
Nestt: a car seat designed for the 21st century
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March 6, 2008 Innovative industrial design company think/thing has designed a car seat which is not only functional but also ticks all the boxes in terms of beauty and design. The colorful egg-shaped Nestt is a safe and easy-to-use car seat for your baby or toddler. Made from a closed cell polymer material that's easy to clean, breathable and soft due to the incorporated air-pockets, the unique shock absorbent design provides side impact protection and features a cast-metal base which snaps into the car’s latch system and allows you to swivel the seat with one hand and rotate it towards the car door. If you’ve ever tried to put a squirming child into a car seat you will immediately see the benefits of being able to swivel them towards you to secure or release them.
KickTrak counts baby's kicks for you
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February 11, 2008 The American Pregnancy Organization recommends that mothers-to- be pay close attention to the inter-uterine movements, rolls and kicks of their unborn child, as this is a good indication that all is well with their baby. If fetal movement changes significantly or there are less than ten movements within two hours it could be an indication of problems. Many obstetricians recommend daily monitoring, particularly from 26 weeks and there is good reason to do so, as stillbirths claim a shocking 70 lives per day in the United States. Read More
Boon’s Squirt: fuss-free feeding
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February 6, 2008 Another novel parenting product from Boon Inc., the company that designed the Flo faucet cover, the Squirt baby food dispensing spoon makes the task of feeding baby easier. Instead of struggling with a standard spoon, bowl and jar, you simply load the orange Squirt bulb with food and attach it to the spoon end. With one squeeze, a perfect amount of food is dispensed on to the spoon. Read More
Boon's Flo faucet cover offers safety and fun at bathtime
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January 29, 2008 The design team from Boon Inc. has developed a multi-functional faucet cover which meets a number of bath time needs: it may help prevent injury, has a cascading waterfall that tots will love and delivers bubbles at the touch of a button. Read More
Bloom’s Fresco chair grows with your child
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January 25, 2008 The European design team at Bloom has created the Bloom Fresco contemporary chair that grows with your child. With a funky egg-shape and dazzling colors such as rosy pink and bermuda blue, this chair won’t clash with your existing kitchen décor and you’ll be able to use it for years. The Bloom Fresco starts as a cradle from birth to six months, it then transforms into a high chair and finally becomes a play chair suitable for children from 36 months up to 36 kg/79 lbs. Read More
Adiri’s Natural Nurser: A safer way to feed
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January 14, 2008 When you wait nine long months for your precious baby to arrive, why would you take any risks when it comes to their health? Since the 1990’s, debate about the risks involved with using polycarbonate plastic baby bottles has been raging. However, there are alternatives to polycarbonate baby bottles including the Adiri natural nurser ultimate baby bottle which is 100% polycarbonate-free and bisphenol-a free. Read More
Lullabub automatic cot rocker
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December 28, 2007 Nursery rhymes, a gentle lullaby, some desperate parents even drive around the streets in an effort to send baby off to sleep. The “Lullabub” presents an automated solution to this age old problem in the form of a remote controlled rocking system for a baby’s cot (or “crib”) designed to soothe your little one to sleep with a quiet, rhythmic motion.
Hands-free baby carrier with lumbar support
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November 15, 2006 One of the problems with a new munchkin is that they grow and grow and sooner or later the little tackers get to the point where they’re just physically too much to carry. Accordingly, we’re always on the lookout for a better baby carrier because, well, children are probably the most important thing on the planet … you won’t be thinking about much else when you’re on your death bed. The PortaMEe is a hands-free baby carrier with lumbar support to reduce back fatigue, a gel padded shoulder strap for comfort, and eye-contact with bubby. Read More
World's Lightest Portable Travel Cot and Playpen
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October 3, 2006 There will always be a market for baby-related products which make life easier, simply because anything that can relieve the stress of being a life support system for another human being (no matter how much ya luv ‘em) just might help mum survive motherhood. Accordingly, whenever we run a story on products such as the fold-up stroller that converts to backpack, the HippyChick baby carrier or the Baby Sling Hands-Free Baby Carrier, mums flock to the BabyGizmo section of our site. So the Oomo Roomo, which is claimed to be the world's lightest portable travel cot/playpen, was a natural. Weighing just 7.2kg the aluminium-framed Roomo costs GBP65 and packs up into that natty little suitcase. Read More
The Zaky ergonomic infant pillow
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August 22, 2006 In 2001, Yamile Cendales Jackson gave birth to son Zachary 12 weeks prematurely. At birth, Zachary weighed 1 lb 15 oz (906 gr). During Zachary's five long months in the hospital he survived a flood and evacuation, various surgeries, and a lot of hurt. His mother, a PhD in industrial engineering majoring in ergonomics and human factors engineering, noticed that nurses rolled towels, used stuffed animals and improvised other items to provide him with boundaries, comfort, a sense of security and support. From those experiences, the Zaky was born. Zakeez was created to keep a promise Yamile made to God: “If you let me go home with Zachary, I’ll help babies.” Read More
US$17,000 Dummy (AKA Pacifier)
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July 11, 2006 This folks, is a US$17,000 Diamond pacifier, which qualifies as a Gizmag story by virtue of sheer fiscal weight. Purveyor of innovative baby products Itsmybinky.com produces a range of personalised pacifiers and has just added the sparkly Diamond Pacifier to its collection, complete with 278 pave cut white diamonds on a 14K European white gold base. But don’t count on using it to get your money’s worth – Itsmybinky is promoting it as “a fabulous upscale keepsake” akin to the tradition of bronzing baby shoes. The pacifiers can be customized with coloured diamonds and engraved with bubby’s name or initial, birth date or birth weight. Alternatively, you can buy a latex pacifier with your baby’s name printed on it for US$7 a pop, sans diamonds of course.
Resources for Mom Inventors
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May 15, 2006 There is no more devoted, resourceful and inventive creature on the planet than a new mum. Across the last five years, we have witnessed countless inventions conceived by moms intent on making their baby safer and happier and caring for baby more effective and convenient. Now a successful mother inventor has created a company that produces and distributes products made by and for moms and has even written a book designed to show moms how to bring their product ideas to market. Moms seeking inspiration should check out the Featured Mom Inventors archive, while those who have already had their inspiration and are now seeking to commercialise the idea should check out the book. Authored by, Mom Inventors Inc founder and Chief Executive , Tamara Monosoff, The Mom Inventors Handbook" target="_blank">The Mom Inventors Handbook gives practical step-by-step advice for putting inspiration into action. Read More
The Strollometer - speedometer and trip computer for a baby stroller
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May 15, 2006 "There are countless products on the market geared towards a woman while she's pregnant”, explains Strollometer CEO Dan Weber, “Then she gives birth, and the focus suddenly shifts to the baby. Our company is devoted to the mother’s fitness and well-being, and addresses the enormous physical changes she experiences both during and following pregnancy." The Strollometer is an eight function wireless computer/speedometer that fits any baby stroller displaying current, average, and maximum speed; trip and daily distance; trip and real clock time; and ambient temperature. The Strollometer is geared towards Moms who want to get back into shape after pregnancy and given that the Juvenile Products market (cribs, car-seats, strollers etc) is worth US$6.02 billion annually in the United States alone, we think this is a great idea that deserves international distribution. Read More
Jeckida encourages toilet training awareness early on
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February 12, 2006 Here’s a potentially good idea - toilet training accessories designed to help create an early awareness of the toilet bowl, reduce anxiety, and make toilet training a fun and positive experience. Toilet Buddies is the first of a family of innovative products to help children transition from diapers to the toilet, by offering a solution to a problem parents have been coping with for generations: fear of the toilet bowl. According to manufacturers Jeckida, there is no point in toilet training children before they can control their bodily functions, but much of the delay in emotional readiness comes from the fear and anxiety that result from unfamiliarity with the toilet. While doctors agree that a child develops control of his or her bodily functions between 18 and 19 months of age, actual emotional readiness varies from child to child, with most showing interest between two and four years of age. Read More
High-tech tools for new dads
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January 20, 2006 If there’s one thing more disconcerting than having to read the manual with a new product, its getting one that doesn’t come with a manual at all. As you’ve all no doubt twigged by now, the subject of this story is babies and as anyone who has had the privilege of being a parent will tell you, there are lots of times when a set of instructions would be incredibly handy. The GoodFather gift CD-ROM for new and expecting dads is basically a set of useful instructions for first time dads - an educational, game-like environment that really helps take the pressure off new dads when learning baby skills. So if you’re looking for a gift for a new or infanticipating male, this is something that could conceivably benefit several people though assisting a new father become an active and informed parent. Read More
Volvo Child Safety Seats released
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October 25, 2005 Volvo pioneered automotive safety long before it was fashionable and its stocks have risen in recent years as active safety has become non-daggy and the Volvo emblem is now synonymous with safety in the mind of the public. So it’s a logical time to extend the brand, and there’s no more compelling issue around safety than that of baby seats. Yes folks, if you want your pride and joy to be as safe, secure and comfortable as can be, Volvo has launched a new range of ISOFIX child seats! Read More
Harness enables children to walk and balance earlier and safer
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September 13, 2005 It doesn’t matter whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, because either way, you’re right. So goes the old axiom, and there’s never a more crystal clear demonstration of this than a child learning to walk. Tightrope walkers, rock climbers and gymnasts practice with safety harnesses, so why not a safety harness for children learning to walk. The pain of back surgery gave former plumber, Jeff Zinger, the impetus to design a tool to safely lift, hold, balance and provide self confidence to his 10-month old daughter as she learned to walk. He made it, and on the first family outing with the new device, a baby expo in Anaheim the couple were mobbed by people wanting one – so great was the crowd that formed around them, they were asked to leave. The overwhelming public response on that day, turned the home-made one-off into the first prototype of a new product and perhaps even product category. The Walk-o-long is now being used to assist children to climb stairs, play and even ice-skate safer and earlier than before. Read More
BabyCam back seat monitoring system
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July 24, 2005 There is nothing as precious as a baby and there are few points in a child’s life when it is more vulnerable than in a vehicle with mum concentrating on the road. So when we saw the BabyCam from Rostra Precision Controls which allows safe and easy monitoring of children in their car seats without taking driver focus from the road, we figured we should let people know about it. The system is designed for Toyota SUVs/trucks, and features a small, compact, wide-angle view that enables mum the driver to turn around to check on an infant in a reverse-oriented car seat. A flush-mount installation places the state-of-the-art high-quality color camera in the center of the vehicle's roof interior/headliner for a streamlined, OEM-like appearance. The camera plugs directly into the mirror for easy driver viewing. A 3.5" LCD color display is included that is built into the rearview mirror to allow quick driver monitoring of children. Read More
The Shield Finger Guard
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June 25, 2005 Babyproofing a home is not something you want to do half-heartedly as the consequences of an incomplete job can be too dreadful to think about. In most cases, this device fits into the extreme end of babyproofing, though there are some doors that seem to catch the draft and slam with a vengeance – doors for which the Shield Finger Guard is an ideal foil. The Shield Finger Guard offers an easy, inexpensive way to protect tiny fingers and hands from one of the most common accidents that occur at home. Read More
Baby Sling Affords Hands-Free Carrying for Baby
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April 14, 2005 Fashion meets function for moms sporting the new Peanut Shell baby sling, a "back-to-nurture" product that carries baby in style while mom's hands remain free. The Peanut Shell is the first product from Goo-Ga, a Mountain View, California-based company founded by full-time mom Alicia Shaffer. The Peanut Shell sling is a pouch-style baby sling. It is designed to be worn over one shoulder with the opposite side resting on the hip. The Peanut Shell sling is also ideal for discreet nursing. Mrs. Shaffer's eight-month-old son provided the inspiration to form Goo- Ga. "My background is in medical sales where I was the top representative for the company. I loved my job but really wanted to be with my son full-time so I put my efforts into launching my own business," she stated. Read More
Magic Pencil Powers Early Learning
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February 18, 2005 Educators agree that early exposure to holding and using a writing tool is important for a child's motor skill development plus their ability to learn to read, and moving from finger-touch learning to holding a pencil is a major milestone, especially those entering preschool and kindergarten. That's why Leapfrog has created the LeapPad 'Plus Writing' system which has been turbocharged with the ability to recognise handwritten letters and numbers with a 'magic pencil'. Read More
A new type of childs seat for bicycles
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The safety and wellbeing of children is paramount to all parents, along with being able to share new experiences and adventures together. If you’ve ever looked at the traditional behind-the-rider child’s seat on a bicycle and felt it looked a bit vulnerable, then welcome to the world of parenting. If there’s a runaway locomotive or out-of-control dump-truck, you’d like the opportunity to backhand it out of the way before it reaches your precious offspring. Weeride is an award winning design that is uniquely engineered, and allows the rider to share the adventure of cycling with children as young as 12 months in a safer, more enjoyable environment. Read More
V.Smile TV Learning System for kids
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Parents have long-since succumbed to their teens' fascination with video games, but is that who's really at the joystick these days? More and more, younger children are favouring the thrill of playing their older siblings' games and media-savvy pre-schoolers are well versed in the latest television shows and video game offerings, many of which are entirely inappropriate for children. Read More
