<story><title>Sense – Wake up when it&apos;s right for you</title><url>http://hello.is</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>philbarr</author><text>What affects my sleep isn&amp;#x27;t me setting my alarm for the wrong time, it&amp;#x27;s my 13 week old baby.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m sure I&amp;#x27;ve seen a few things like this in the past. I wonder if they could adopt it for use as a baby monitor? We do currently have a sleep monitor but that just sets off an alarm if she hasn&amp;#x27;t moved in 20 seconds (or I pick her up and forget to turn the damn thing off, grrrr).&lt;p&gt;I could see this being a really useful baby monitor that:&lt;p&gt;- sets off an alarm if no movement in 20 seconds (important one this, obviously)&lt;p&gt;- lets you know if your baby is drifting off into sleep or is basically just messing about and still wide awake. Like, are you going to be able to go to bed now or should you just make a brew?&lt;p&gt;- a recording of and detailed description of sleep patterns during the night, so you&amp;#x27;ve got an idea of how to organise your nights; like maybe you could work out when she&amp;#x27;s more likely to wake up at?&lt;p&gt;- a history and some kind of comparison chart, because with babies it changes all the time, so you might be able to predict and adapt in advance.&lt;p&gt;- an advance warning of when she&amp;#x27;s coming out of sleep. Babies go from slightly peckish to screaming their head off hungry in a couple of minutes, and it takes 5 minutes to warm a bottle. Having a &amp;quot;she&amp;#x27;s gonna need feeding soon alarm&amp;quot; would be really handy.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>YZF</author><text>Babies need to eat&amp;#x2F;nurse frequently.  We&amp;#x27;ve evolved to be highly dependent on our parents until a fairly old age.  The solution that worked for us was for the baby to sleep in our bed next to mom.  Then this whole wake&amp;#x2F;nurse cycles basically happens without fully waking up.  I realize some people are concerned about rolling on the baby but this is extremely rare&amp;#x2F;improbable for normal&amp;#x2F;healthy people. It&amp;#x27;s a somewhat controversial topic but do your own research...  As a dad that had to go to work I also took some breaks and slept in another room (mom would also sleep during the day when the baby was sleeping). YMMV.  Good luck and enjoy!</text></comment>
<story><title>Sense – Wake up when it&apos;s right for you</title><url>http://hello.is</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>philbarr</author><text>What affects my sleep isn&amp;#x27;t me setting my alarm for the wrong time, it&amp;#x27;s my 13 week old baby.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m sure I&amp;#x27;ve seen a few things like this in the past. I wonder if they could adopt it for use as a baby monitor? We do currently have a sleep monitor but that just sets off an alarm if she hasn&amp;#x27;t moved in 20 seconds (or I pick her up and forget to turn the damn thing off, grrrr).&lt;p&gt;I could see this being a really useful baby monitor that:&lt;p&gt;- sets off an alarm if no movement in 20 seconds (important one this, obviously)&lt;p&gt;- lets you know if your baby is drifting off into sleep or is basically just messing about and still wide awake. Like, are you going to be able to go to bed now or should you just make a brew?&lt;p&gt;- a recording of and detailed description of sleep patterns during the night, so you&amp;#x27;ve got an idea of how to organise your nights; like maybe you could work out when she&amp;#x27;s more likely to wake up at?&lt;p&gt;- a history and some kind of comparison chart, because with babies it changes all the time, so you might be able to predict and adapt in advance.&lt;p&gt;- an advance warning of when she&amp;#x27;s coming out of sleep. Babies go from slightly peckish to screaming their head off hungry in a couple of minutes, and it takes 5 minutes to warm a bottle. Having a &amp;quot;she&amp;#x27;s gonna need feeding soon alarm&amp;quot; would be really handy.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>josefresco</author><text>While a gadget would be fun to help with your new-baby concerns, a bunch of your issues are simply fixed by caring for, and observing your child (aka &lt;i&gt;parenting&lt;/i&gt;)&lt;p&gt;Also, a good deal of &amp;quot;training&amp;quot; or learning has to be done for your child to understand when it&amp;#x27;s sleep time, and when it&amp;#x27;s time to eat.  Just because your baby thinks he&amp;#x2F;she is hungry, or not tired does not mean you should accommodate 100%.&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s a constant give and take.  You need to care for and console an upset child, but at the same time educate them so that they are able to sleep&amp;#x2F;eat at times that benefit them overall.&lt;p&gt;Sometimes that means letting them cry in their crib, sometimes that means picking them up and rocking them back to sleep.&lt;p&gt;The kicker is eat child is different, so no gadget can help with your particular child&amp;#x27;s tendencies.&lt;p&gt;Source: Have 2 kids.</text></comment>