Here are all the smart bassinets you can buy
An overview of all the smart bassinets on the market today
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Here’s a brief overview of every available bassinet currently sold and the primary pros and cons of each:
Happiest Baby Snoo bassinet
Price: $1,695
How it works: Uses microphones and artificial intelligence to rock in response to your baby’s cries.
Pros: Multiple levels of rocking intensity, auto-shutoff and parental alert if baby isn’t soothing, remote control via app, rentable, elegant design, safety belt attached to swaddle to prevent rolling
Cons: Baby might need to be rocked when placed in other sleep spots due to the sleep association (making for a harder transition to a crib or during travel), price
4moms MamaRoo Sleep bassinet
Price: $449.99
How it works: Uses a motor to rock baby in five ways that mimic soothing motions, like a car ride. Uses an app to adjust the speed, motion style, and white noise.
Pros: Unique rocking motions (kangaroo, car ride, tree swing, wave and rock-a-bye), multiple levels of rocking, safe for up to 25 pounds
Cons: Turns off after 4 hours, fairly loud when swinging (good for baby; bad for parents)
TruBliss Evi smart bassinet
Price: $279
How it works: Uses app or voice commands for gliding motions, nightlights, and sounds.
Pros: Connects to Alexa and Google Home to respond to voice commands, can be set up to run on a timer, storage basket, sleek design
Cons: No manual control panel, at 28 pounds it’s on the heavier side for bassinets so it’ll be harder to move room to room
Fischer-Price smart bassinet
Price: $279
How it works: Uses microphones to automatically use sounds to soothe baby. Uses an app for lights, music, and vibration.
Pros: Auto-soothing feature with music, motion-detecting floor nightlight so you don’t trip, timed or continuous music
Cons: No rocking
Delta Children Nod smart bassinet
Price: $179.99
How it works: Connects via an app and Google Home or Alexa for voice control to glide, play music, and turn on nightlight.
Pros: Storage basket, more affordable price, wheels to move the bassinet room to room, wifi or bluetooth model available
Cons: No rocking
Graco Sense2Snooze smart bassinet
Price: $319.99
How it works: Uses microphones to respond to a crying baby with white noise. Uses an app for rocking, white noise, vibration, and lighting.
Pros: Multiple speeds for rocking and vibrating, wheels to move bassinet around the home, auto-soothing white noise feature, canopy
Cons: Motor can be loud, reviews say baby has to be crying loudly for auto-soother to begin
Cradlewise smart bassinet
Price: $1,399
How it works: Uses a video monitor to see when your baby is starting to move and wake up and bounce them back to sleep
Pros: In-bassinet baby monitoring, sleep tracking on the app, usable up to 2 years and 33 pounds, room temperature sensor, various bouncing settings so child can wean off it as they age, nice design
Cons: Very heavy at 88 pounds, price
All of these bassinets follow the American Academy of Pediatrics’ safe sleep guidelines or the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association safe sleep guidelines.
With any wifi-connected device comes a risk of data leaks or targeted hacks (a quite small risk in that case), so I haven’t included it in the “cons” list since it’s implied that all of these would need good password protection for healthy internet safety.
It’s also worth noting that some medical experts warn against smart bassinets because over-reliance on a machine to soothe your child could inhibit bonding or let you forget a feeding (something a crying baby will NOT let you forget). I’ll cover the both sides of that argument in another post.
I also saw a smart bassinet from the company Creatart but after looking at their marketing materials and reviews, I didn’t think it was reliable and safe so I’m not including it in the roundup.