What is the
SNOO?
The SNOO is the world’s first smart sleeper that actually boosts a baby’s sleep by imitating the sensations of the womb! It was developed by Dr. Karp who is a renowned pediatrician best known for his book, “Happiest Baby on the Block” which utilizes the 5 S’s to turn on your baby’s calming reflex on their own.
The SNOO is designed to do just that ALL ON ITS OWN! It combines the swinging motion and white noise to soothe your baby as you the parent would naturally do but it is engineered to respond on its own. It is designed to react to the increase in your child’s cry in order to soothe them back to sleep. Their main goal is to help parents sleep more and create a safe and soothing environment for babies to sleep as well!
Benefits of the
SNOO
The SNOO works by recognizing the baby’s fussiness and responds with a gentle swing motion and the white noise. This increases as the cry increases then slows down once the baby has fallen back asleep. It really helped me determine if the baby was really hungry or just woken up for another reason. I love how the swaddles attach to the bassinet so the baby is unable to roll over into an unsafe position. Safe sleep is huge for me and many don’t realize that swings and inclined sleepers are actually very unsafe for babies to sleep in overnight.
With that said, I also know any sleep deprived parent will reach a point where they’d do anything for some sleep and that is just what the SNOO is designed to combat.
What about the
price point?
I know the price tag is a little overwhelming at first glance but they claim the investment equates to having a night nanny for about $6/day in the baby’s first 6 months of life. Well, I can be the judge of that! We actually DID have a night nanny during the week for the first 4 weeks after we brought the twins home and I can tell you she definitely cost more than $6/day to employ! What better comparison than that!