Raising kids is shockingly high-tech these days. Thanks to the wide array of useful and cool gadgets on the market, moms and dads have it easier than ever, and kids are practically growing up in the future. Here at Bored Panda, we decided to research the best and brightest of the most recent cool inventions designed to make parenting easy, and you just might want to use our findings as a shopping list.
From awesome cribs and travel chairs to bathtime made easy and some great activity ideas - you'll find all the life hacks here, we promise! Don't forget to vote for the most revolutionary of these fun gadgets below, and tell us in the comments if you have any clever tools or parenting tips of your own to recommend!
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Rocking Chair And Cradle In One
Baby Carrier Hoodie
Bath Saver
Portable Baby Crib You Can Attach To Your Bed
Single Handle Extender
Cozy Cuddler Pregnancy Pillow
Bikes That Double As Strollers
This is so unnecessary: just attach a bike seat to your bike. In the Netherlands we use these kind of seats: www.yepp.nl
Safety Bath Mat For Babies
Super Compact Stroller
Baby Food Dispensing Spoon
Baby Shower Cap
Doodle Tablecloth
Fun Plates
Bowl That Keeps Food From Falling Out
Bath Pillow That Saves Space And Makes It Easy To Bathe Your Baby
The Piggyback Rider Standing Child Carrier
Bed For New Parents
Oh Rocking Furniture Multi-Functional Furniture
Love the middle pic of the guy. That's totally one way to use it.
Pin Pres Children’s Shelf
Crib Which Simulates The Feeling Of Being In A Car And Helps A Baby Fall Asleep
This is by Ford. Sadly, as of at least last month, this was just a spec invention. I think they only made one and dont intend to manufacture them (although i hope that changes!)
Doona Infant Car Seat & Base
That's pretty neat... but you could only use it like 6 months max before your kid outgrew it.
Baby Carrier
Triple Rocking Chair
Finally! A chair in which everyone can be uncomfortable at the same time!
Silicone Roll Up Bib That Catches All The Leftovers
Baby Mop Onesie
Self-Heating Bottle That Warms Milk Itself In Minutes
Kit For Structurally-sound Cardboard Forts
Baby Stroller And Scooter Hybrid
2 Drinks Cooler Cup
Cute Little Hands Don't Belong In Diapers! Changing Diaper Clutch
Pony Alex Multifunctional Rocking Horse
100 Water Balloons In Less Than 1 Minute Set
Infant Seat That Replicates Parents Natural Motions
Tiny Diner Portable Placemat
Keep-It-Kleen Soother
Tracking Guardian Bracelet That Shows Your Child's Location And Warns You When They Are Getting Too Far Away
Protector Seat Liner
Illuminated Jetbib Feeding System
Clothes With A Built-in Activity Monitor
Intelligent Thermometer Sticker
I don't like the feeling, that everything has to be under control, and also to connect something with your phone all the time. Yes, you will see illness faster, but I think it makes parents less care, in an unintentionally way. You watch your phone instead of your baby and this is clearly wrong to me.
Does that mean you are against technological remedies against Sudden infant death syndrome? I think that this sticker-app gadget is questionable; however, devices that help to detect serious health problems in infants do make sense given our changed way of life. I am not saying that this changes way of life is good in all means, and I am surely not advocating against a close children-parent relationship. However, control – if it not undermines trust or care – is a good thing!
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I like this. Not as all the time, but as if they're sick already, you'll know when you need to bring them to the doctors or hospital faster.
I find it all so overwhelming that I want to keep everything monitored, constant temperature, breath, weight, minute by minute, instant for instant. Children are children, and parents have to live their childhood quietly with no constant control anxiety. Let go of everything, relax and live well, or become suffocating and overprotective parents. And your children, in response, will become unresponsive, or will succumb to your fears and will not be able to face life.
Color Changing Nightlight With Portable Glowing Balls
Pacifier And A Teether All In One
Spout Cover That Tracks The Temperature Of The Water Coming Out Of The Faucet And Alerts You If It's Getting Too Hot
Babywearing Jacket Twins Maternity
Automated Baby Rocker
Smart Changing Pad That Tracks Your Baby's Weight And Growth Data
all i can think about this is you can now find out how much your baby's dirty diaper weighs.
Food-Holder Can Handle Sandwiches And More Without The Mess
Smart Toothbrush
Dinner Dj Dining Set
Safety Bandage Knee Pad
Bad... They need to experience bumps and scrapes. It's how they learn. Not from being wrapped up in cotton wool.
The hoodie is actually quite wonderful. Used one while carrying my kids.
#1 Rocking Chair And Cradle In One Is as old as the hills. You can see them in Medieval paintings.
All I learned from looking at these is how much of a negative nancy a lot of people can be. Don't like it, don't use it..very simple!
I believe that most of these inventions have forgot to factor in that babies/toddlers are prone to releasing flying projectiles...
Fast and loose with the term 'genius'. A couple of things here would be useful though.
This article brought to you by: someone who has not had kids. Literally nothing I would ever buy/take/use. Ever. Especially the bed things.
really I am suspecting that you never had kids or maybe you never helped raise them if you had..cause I so wish I had half of these things when i had mine and yes they are helpful. Your comment sounds like one made by someone who is Bitter and angry with the world
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Somehow we got along for thousands of years without all these (I'm sure) expensive gadgets'. The most expensive gadget I had with two of my three kids was a diaper genie, but only because I lived in a small apartment at the time. With my third I didn't even have that. I guess I'm old school. Raising kids isn't meant to be easy. They're lots of work, but they're a privilege and a gift!
I've got four kids, some of these things are brilliant (some are as old as the hills too), some would be helpful under very specific circumstances (twins, disabilities, very little space or lots of travel, etc), and some make me wonder how they ever got past the prototype phase (seriously, a giant, heavy spoon that the kid would constantly grab at, would be impossible to properly clean, [have a side of mold with those pears, yum!]and leak sticky baby food everywhere every time mom had to move her hand rapidly away from a grasping babe? Who looked at that and thought, wow, cool, order a thousand of those for the shop!). But old, new, brilliant, helpful, or dumb as a bag of rocks, it was a funny compilation.
I don't have baby yet, but I want that Pin Drop! I can put all of my comic and novel there~
I don't have any kids, but i can use some of this stuff with my cat! lool
Nice article for lazy parents who need to be assisted in about everything... Maybe there should be classes about how to be a parent (preferably before conception) instead of inventing loads of gadgets encouraging people to stay how they are?
The hoodie is actually quite wonderful. Used one while carrying my kids.
#1 Rocking Chair And Cradle In One Is as old as the hills. You can see them in Medieval paintings.
All I learned from looking at these is how much of a negative nancy a lot of people can be. Don't like it, don't use it..very simple!
I believe that most of these inventions have forgot to factor in that babies/toddlers are prone to releasing flying projectiles...
Fast and loose with the term 'genius'. A couple of things here would be useful though.
This article brought to you by: someone who has not had kids. Literally nothing I would ever buy/take/use. Ever. Especially the bed things.
really I am suspecting that you never had kids or maybe you never helped raise them if you had..cause I so wish I had half of these things when i had mine and yes they are helpful. Your comment sounds like one made by someone who is Bitter and angry with the world
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Somehow we got along for thousands of years without all these (I'm sure) expensive gadgets'. The most expensive gadget I had with two of my three kids was a diaper genie, but only because I lived in a small apartment at the time. With my third I didn't even have that. I guess I'm old school. Raising kids isn't meant to be easy. They're lots of work, but they're a privilege and a gift!
I've got four kids, some of these things are brilliant (some are as old as the hills too), some would be helpful under very specific circumstances (twins, disabilities, very little space or lots of travel, etc), and some make me wonder how they ever got past the prototype phase (seriously, a giant, heavy spoon that the kid would constantly grab at, would be impossible to properly clean, [have a side of mold with those pears, yum!]and leak sticky baby food everywhere every time mom had to move her hand rapidly away from a grasping babe? Who looked at that and thought, wow, cool, order a thousand of those for the shop!). But old, new, brilliant, helpful, or dumb as a bag of rocks, it was a funny compilation.
I don't have baby yet, but I want that Pin Drop! I can put all of my comic and novel there~
I don't have any kids, but i can use some of this stuff with my cat! lool
Nice article for lazy parents who need to be assisted in about everything... Maybe there should be classes about how to be a parent (preferably before conception) instead of inventing loads of gadgets encouraging people to stay how they are?
