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Know a New Mom? Here Are the Best First Mother's Day Gadget Gifts

When shopping for an expectant or brand new mom, ditch the boring onesies and opt for a high-tech gadget instead.
The Owlet Smart Sock is a baby wearable that monitors and keeps track of the baby's heart rate, oxygen levels and breathing.
The Owlet Smart Sock is a baby wearable that monitors and keeps track of the baby's heart rate, oxygen levels and breathing.Weston Colton

From baby bottles and bibs to blankets and onesies, new moms get plenty of gifts to keep their newborns fed and clothed. But what they really want are ways to keep their babies safe and healthy — not to mention a few extra hours of sleep. So, when shopping for an expectant mom, ditch the boring onesies and opt for a high-tech gadget instead.

Withings Thermo, $99

Rule #1: Never wake a sleeping baby. But... what about when you need to monitor her temperature? Withings Thermo is an FDA-approved, smart temporal thermometer you use by simply scanning the forehead. It uses sensor technology to give you a reading in just seconds. You don’t need to wake the baby or even turn on a light to read it. A vibration lets you know it’s done and the temperature reading appears on the thermometer in big easy-to-read numbers. The readings also sync wirelessly to a smartphone app where you can keep track of up to 8 family member’s history. That way you can easily share the info with the pediatrician.

The Withings Thermo is an FDA-approved thermometer that syncs to your smartphone so you can keep track and easily share info with a pediatrician.
The Withings Thermo is an FDA-approved thermometer that syncs to your smartphone so you can keep track and easily share info with a pediatrician.

Snoo; $1,160

You know those stories of parents who drive around the block half the night to soothe a crying baby? They’re enough to scare an expectant parent into believing they’ll never sleep again, but there is something to it. The white noise and rocking motion have a magical effect on babies. With that in mind, renowned pediatrician Dr. Harvey Karp of Happiest Baby developed the Snoo, a smart sleeper that creates motion and plays sounds to help get baby to sleep.

Created in collaboration with MIT-trained engineers and designer Yves Béhar, Snoo is basically a rocking crib that plays white noise — but because it can hear your baby cry, it’s smart enough to determine what kind of sound to play. For a fussy baby trying to get back to sleep, Snoo plays the sound of light rain. If a baby is crying loudly, it adjusts the intensity of the motion and white noise in response, recreating the soothing sounds of the womb. It also comes with a smart sack designed to keep a baby sleeping on its back.

Snoo is expensive at over $1,000, but some bleary-eyed, sleep-deprived parents could find this high-tech baby bassinet priceless.

The Snoo is a smart sleeper that creates motion and plays sounds to help get baby to sleep.
The Snoo is a smart sleeper that creates motion and plays sounds to help get baby to sleep.

Owlet Smart Sock, $249

New parents can usually be found standing at the entry to the nursery in the middle of the night “just checking” to make sure their baby is still breathing. Give them a worry-free night of sleep with the Owlet Smart Sock, a baby wearable that monitors and keeps track of the baby’s heart rate, oxygen levels, and breathing. It sends alerts of any sudden changes wirelessly to a smartphone app, including letting you know if your baby has rolled over in the crib in the night. You might still get up in the middle of the night to look in on your baby, but you can rest assured, knowing everyone is safely getting a good night’s sleep.

The Owlet Smart Sock is a baby wearable that monitors and keeps track of the baby's heart rate, oxygen levels and breathing.
The Owlet Smart Sock is a baby wearable that monitors and keeps track of the baby's heart rate, oxygen levels and breathing.Weston Colton

Willow Smart Breast Pump, $429

Finally, a re-design of the all-important breast pump. No more sitting at home or hidden away in a bathroom to conceal the noise and paraphernalia that accompanies it. The breast pump has been re-born as a wearable device. The Willow smart breast pump fits under your bra so you can pump in the park or at work without wires and cords and loud electronic noises calling attention to you. Breast milk is collected and stored in a leak-proof bag right in the pump and the battery will last a full day. And, since the lowly breast pump has gone high tech, of course there’s an app that keeps track of how much milk you’ve pumped.

The Willow smart breast pump fits under your bra and syncs with an app that keeps track of how much milk you've pumped.
The Willow smart breast pump fits under your bra and syncs with an app that keeps track of how much milk you've pumped.

Moxi Stroller, $699

The latest addition to the line of 4moms baby gear is literally a power stroller. Generators in the rear wheels of the Moxi Stroller convert every step you take with the baby into usable energy so you can charge your phone, light the pathway and turn on stroller headlights if you’re out for an evening walk. An onboard LCD screen displays your distance traveled and speed. You know, for those power walks! The stroller, with front and rear-facing options and a built-in bassinet for newborns, will make any new mom the envy of the stroller brigade.

The Moxi Stroller has generators in the rear wheels to convert every step you take into usable energy to charge your phone or turn on stroller headlights.
The Moxi Stroller has generators in the rear wheels to convert every step you take into usable energy to charge your phone or turn on stroller headlights.

Philips Avent uGrow (Price varies)

Philips’ Avent uGrow is a digital parenting platform designed to grow with your baby and help you keep track of patterns and changes. It’s an app-based ecosystem that works with connected devices such as a baby monitor and Smart Ear Thermometer, among others. It offers guidance and advice to new parents, while keeping track of data that can be shared with the pediatrician. Our favorite update to this system is integration with the Amazon Echo voice service so parents can use their voice to add data to the app or control connected devices. Alexa, turn off the lights please.

Philips' Avent uGrow works with connected devices such as a baby monitor and thermometer to offer advice and keep track of data that can be shared with a pediatrician.
Philips' Avent uGrow works with connected devices such as a baby monitor and thermometer to offer advice and keep track of data that can be shared with a pediatrician.

Smart Monitor

Being able to remotely check in on little ones and the house is a huge relief for parents, especially when they’re at work or away. Honeywell’s Lyric C1 security camera lets parents watch live video, take screenshots or even talk to their baby using the two-way talk feature and the Lyric app. It sends alerts for motion and noise detection, is easy to set up and can be plugged in to any room. The C1 records HD video with a 135-degree viewing angle, records onto a local SD card and comes with one day of cloud storage, with paid upgrades available.

Honeywell's Lyric C1 security camera lets parents watch live video, take screenshots, or soothe their baby using the two-way talk feature.
Honeywell's Lyric C1 security camera lets parents watch live video, take screenshots, or soothe their baby using the two-way talk feature.