New Parents get peace of mind with Snuza Go! #SnuzaGo
As you may know (or not!), my eldest daughter, Keira, who is now somehow already 2 and a half years old was once a tiny 3 lbs and very premature baby. She spent the first two months of her life hooked up to monitors as she would often suffer from Bradycardia (low heart pace) and apnea (forgetting to breathe). While it was frightening when those monitors went off, they also provided peace of mind.
I panicked at the thought of having to bring her home and leaving her to sleep without anything monitoring her. I didn’t want to be constantly and needlessly worrying about her. I went out and purchased a baby movement monitor so I could do things around the house while she napped without constantly running in to check on her. More importantly so that I could sleep without waking up in a panicked state wondering if she was OK.
The movement monitor was a life saver for a couple of months. Then she did something that inevitably happens to babies. She got super squirmy! She started to do crazy things in her sleep and I would often find her bent around the corner of her crib fast asleep (and perfectly fine).
The problem with this is that once baby gets far enough away from the sensor pad it thinks the baby isn’t breathing anymore and the alarm sounds. Much like when you have a smoke alarm in or near your kitchen that goes off whenever you boil water, you eventually become desensitized.
I found myself responding slower and slower to these false alarms. Still I continued to use that monitor because every now and then she would take an extra long nap, and even with the monitor I worried a little. Can you imagine those long naps if I didn’t have that monitor? Yikes.
Bringing Ava home was a little bit different since she was a normal full-term baby. I still worried though, as new mothers do, and we still used that movement monitor. Of course at 7 months old, and already crawling I am constantly running up to her room to move her away from the end of the crib to get her back on the sensor pad. (Why are babies so attracted to the ends of their cribs?)
I was recently introduced to the Snuza Go!, an easy to use movement monitor that clips onto your baby’s diaper with no wires or sensor pads. It features an ultra-sensitive flexible tip which detects even the slightest movement. (The idea is to sense breathing, not so much rolling around for those wondering.)
An audible alarm is emitted if it does not detect movement for a period of 20 seconds. Parents can also easily reduce the timer to 18 or 15 seconds. For extra reassurance and peace of mind, the Snuza Go! also alerts you when your baby’s movements are very weak or fall to less than 8 movements per minute.
Since it does not require a sensor pad, I need only ensure that the Snuza Go! is fitted properly to Ava’s diaper and turned on so I can be worry free with absolutely no false alarms! Plus thanks to its small size and lack of cords and sensor pad it is easy to tuck into my purse for use anywhere.
Another benefit is that since the Snuza Go! is attached to baby there will never again be loud alarms going off in the middle of the night when I take baby out of the crib for a feeding and forget to turn off the monitor. Oops.
The Snuza Go! can be used in conjunction with a sound or video monitor if needed to extend the distance at which the alarm can be heard. I do need to do this in my current house but when we were living in a bungalow the Snuza Go! alone would have worked just fine.
While these Snuza Go! cannot prevent the worst from happening, it certainly gives me peace of mind without all the false alarms so that Ava can keep sleeping and I can write uninterrupted.
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Disclosure: I am part of the PTPA Brand Ambassador Program with Snuza and I received compensation as part of my affiliation with this group. The opinions on this blog are my own.
Putting her down and telling her that we were finally home!
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Just being in a secure and relaxing environment.
I love watching him sleep peacefully in his crib.
My favorite memory is rocking them to sleep.
It not happening.
My memory has yet to be created. I’m due December 31st!
Having the older girls come running out side trying to figure out if the baby was a girl or boy the moment we pulled into the driveway.
My favorite part of introducing him to his big sister who is 4. She kept saying can we keep him? She just fell in love with him the moment they met.
Since my daughter was a premie, it was great just to get her out of the hospital to take her home.
I haven’t had to do it yet…soon.
We bring our newborn home in January, I’m looking forward to it!
My fav memory is of my husband and daughter during their skin to skin time.
Being able to cuddle in my own bed with the baby.
Snuggling but with my daughter and my son on the rocking chair and just embracing the moment! Priceless! Finally both my babies were with me. Just pure bliss!
just holding and rocking and happy to be home with him!
I was so proud to be a momma, i couldnt put her down 🙂
none yet – will happen soon! 😉
just the joy of the event will never forget it
I remember sitting her in her first bassinet, printed teddy bear material. So cute and peaceful.
Being able to just hold him
My favorite part of bringing my baby home has been the family cuddles in bed in the morning. It is the sweetest feeling to have my newborn snuggled up in one arm and my two year old in the other.
Being home in our own beds and resting comfortably after a long hospital stay.
being so excited yet scared at the same time, just watching them sleep and eat and being amazing
My daughter seeing her sister for the first time, she was premature and still is very small but my oldest daughter is so gentle and sweet with her
We haven’t brought ours home yet, but im sure there will be plenty of memories worth remembering and a few worth forgetting.
We are in the planning stages, so no newborn stories just yet.
My favorite moment bringing my baby home was just introducing her to her sister and holding and putting her to bed. At 17 weeks I was told my baby wouldn’t make it past 24 hours and I shouldn’t keep her but I keep my baby and that was best decision ever. She has a lot of health issues but fights everyday. I thank god I made the decision to keep her and I’ll forever treasure her first night home because I was unsure if I ever have it.
The chubbiness of my newborn daughter!
Actually walking in the door and realizing that he was ours, we did it! After 2 loses I didn’t really believe that it would happen. I cried for quite a while.
rocking her to sleep for the first time
Wondering how I was going to re-learn how to live day by day. Lots of adjustments, which all came easier than I ever expected.
That was a long time ago but when my grandbaby came home just loved just holding her.
Would love this!! Expecting my 2nd child in January (my first is 11 years old!)
Showing her around the house…….(as if she’d knew what I was talking about!)
My favorite memory is bringing my little one home and finally putting him into the nursery and clothes that I had been getting ready for the past 7 months
Cuddling with my husband and baby.
My favorite memory was bringing home our daughter and letting her meet her older brother. It was so sweet to see how much they loved eachother!
we also brought home a little preemie girl. My favourite memory of bringing her home was being able to leave the hospital after spending 28 days on the maternity ward with a PPRM and then 14 days in NICU with wee miss. Fresh air and being able to walk more then 2 feet away from a bed with my baby girl was the best feeling in the world.
My favorite memory of bringing our daughter home is when my boyfriend and I were peacefully watching at our beautiful baby girl sleep in her bassinet for the first time. The amount of love is unexplainable and the best feeling in the world.
I’m a FTM to be so have no memories of bringing home a newborn. I can’t wait until November when I get to change that!
this is an amazing product; my fondest memory would be just being able to hold my baby all day. I remember being so scared when she would be sleeping that I would be checking on her every 2 minutes making sure she was ok. She is now 12 and I still check on her everynight.
My best friend is due to have her baby in September and I know she would love this product. She is if not worse as paranoid as I am when it comes to babies sleeping
no kids yet but my sister is pregnant with my first neice or newphew.
I just loved getting out of that hospital. I was in for a week with my first daughter. She was perfect but I was not. The relief to finally make it home even though I still needed a lot of help was overwhelming.
I have not had the joy yet, but I can’t wait to find out!
Introducing her to our dog who fell in love with her and has not left her side since.
I was so proud and Happy … and excited to be a new mom 🙂
LOVE MY KIDS
Finally having a baby to go in the baby room! It didn’t seem real until then 🙂
I just brought my 4th child home on the July 30,and I loved being able to cuddle with her and not being bugged my the drs and nurses,it was also so amazing to watch my other kids interact with her 🙂 Proud momma!
Getting to know him. Spending quality time with him.
Snuggling and staring!
The baby’s tiny hands and feet are just so adorable
The first night, my husband and I brought him home and just stood and looked at him so much, we stayed up the whole first night just amazed at what we had created. So much love in the house that day.
I love how she was such an easy baby from day one.
After seven years of marriage, my husband and I will be having our first baby in January! I can’t wait to see baby’s little face!
see baby in crib for first time…so tiny
I can only imagine what it will be like and I can’t wait! I think I will be overwhelmed with joy thinking about how all my biggest dreams have finally come true.
just snuggling with a sleepy baby =)
the look on the face of 3 1/2 year old ‘big sister’ as she held her baby sister for the first time
Just getting to finally see the baby I had dreamed of laying in the crib we built for her.
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It was to be in my own home and being able to stair at my baby gor all the time I want
Just as we walked in the door my son spit up all over me, my husband goes ” and it begins”
being home with him and just sitting in the glider and nursing him
I will always remember the look on great-grandmas face
What a awesome sounding product!! Thanks for this great review
My daughter was a 3lb preemie and I didn’t get to bring her home until she was 8 weeks old, it was so scary for the first few nights!
I would love to have one of these! My baby is due August 30th!
The proud look on my father’s face when I walked through the door of my house with her.. he was waiting so very patiently 🙂
being able to cuddle and watch him sleep
That was 38 years ago but I still remember just snuggling and smelling that sweet baby smell.
Just holding him on my lap and watching him sleep.
feeling like my family was complete with this beautiful addition
my favourite memory is giving my daughter a tour of the house and meeting her dog for the first time
being able just to cuddle with him 24/7
having naps with him
The most memorable memory was bringing the baby home. She was still in her infant seat, sleeping away. We placed her down in her seat on the living room floor. My husband and I both looked at each other and said “So, what do we do now”. It was rather funny after a few stressful days.
Being home with my hubby and my baby and knowing this was going to be a great and wonderful change….and it was…..oh so many years ago. Now I watch my great granddaughter grow since she and her mother moved in with us….
I loved the feeling of my family being at home when we arrived home from the hospital!
My favourite memory of bringing her home was introducing her to her new home. We had just moved into a larger apartment a month before she arrived to have extra space for her.
My best memory is the first time I came into the room to see my husband had chosen to pick up the baby and hold him for no reason. It was so nice to see him finally comfortable enough to just want to snuggle the little guy.
I loved when she was milk drunk.
All the sleepy smiles
not being pregnant anymore lol
Coming home and cuddling on the sofa with hubby, baby and I
I loved being home with my newborn and nursing her to sleep.
I just remember being so happy to be home and out of the hospital. We snuggled up and slept. Everything else was forgotten.
we shall see!! 😉