Why Smart Homes are Perfect for New Mothers
Becoming a new mother is an overwhelming, life-changing experience. It’s both terrifying and exciting at the same time. While being a new mother is a full-time job, it becomes extremely hectic and tiresome to manage and take care of everything yourself. The good news is, in this exhausting and exciting experience, you can have a best friend you can fully trust; a smart home. Yes, a smart home is your best friend and helper in taking care of your newborn, even when you are not around. It can take care of managing the temperature of your house for the newborn, adjust lighting, and be the perfect nanny for your newborn. To help you have some sleep in these restless, sleepless nights, a smart home is the best partner. You can trust it to ease more than half of your burden, from monitoring your newborn’s pulse to swinging them to sleep if they wake up in the middle of the night. Here are five ways why a smart home is the best choice for a new mother.
Smart Doors
Smart doors are best for both your convenience and the maximum security of your newborn. Smart locks like those from August and Kwikset automatically lock all the exterior doors once you return home from work or just before your scheduled bedtime. Next time when you are all warm and cozy in your bed and wonder if the doors are all locked, just confirm from your smart assistant. Smart locks also come with keyless entry and you can enter your house with a secure code. This is especially best for those new mothers who are prone to losing keys. Smart video doorbells provide video surveillance of your visitors and allow you to communicate with them through the video without getting up. You can also give them a head-up that you will get to the door in a few minutes if you are nursing your newborn.
Smart Lighting
Smart light bulbs can be programmed to switch on and off, dim, or change colors based on a schedule you establish. They're fantastic for extra security while you are not at home, and they're especially useful for dimming lights to assist your newborn to feel sleepy before bedtime. Zero bulbs like that from Soraa and an array of 16 different colors from FluxSmart help both the new mother and the newborn with better sleep and set the mood.
For new mothers, it is not possible to leave the newborn unattended even for half an hour. This takes a serious toll on your mental and physical health and can affect your newborn as well. To prevent some of those entirely sleepless nights, and let you have some rest, smart homes are there to act as nannies for your newborn while you are asleep or busy.
Owlet is a smart sock that your newborn can wear at night to monitor their pulse and inform you if anything is wrong.
The Hatch Baby Smart Changing Pad will keep track of your newborn's weight gain and diaper changes so you can rest easy knowing he or she is on track.
The Snoo Smart Crib detects and responds to newborns’ movements and cries by gently rocking them back to sleep.
Both Evoz and Nanit are smart baby monitors that provide you alerts when your newborn is crying and will track your newborn’s sleep and wake-up schedules for you.
Smart thermostats keep track of the temperature of your house and each room individually to cater to the needs of the newborn. It can be set to Increase the temperature automatically at night time and lower it once the sun is out. A multi-zone thermostat helps you to keep the newborn’s nursery warm and other rooms cold according to your requirements. The energy conservations also help you as a new mother to save more for your newborn.
Smart Motion sensors
A smart home helps new mothers to take care of their newborns even if they are not around. If you are in the kitchen and want to monitor your newborn’s movements, motion sensors are there to help. You can get notified if the newborn is awake or if they try to get out of the crib. Motion sensors are especially useful to keep an eye on crawling babies.
Parenting is never easy and being a new mother makes you go crazy with the endless to-do lists. No matter how much you want, you can’t always be with your newborn especially if you are a working mother. To take the panic out of your parenting, a smart home is your best friend. It gives back the control, freedom, convenience, and security for you to enjoy this wholesome experience of motherhood without having to worry about things like the nursery’s temperature and door locks.