How amazing is this baby monitor? A French company called Withings has won some innovation awards for it – and no wonder: apparently you can monitor noise, movement, temperature and humidity via your iPhone or iPad as well as interact with your baby via voice and light.
It connects over Wi-Fi, and via the free app, streams video of your baby from anywhere you can get an internet connection. You can also talk to your baby through the unit from your iPhone. There’s a 3-megapixel camera with night-vision mode as well as (parent controlled) night light, lullabies, a log for noticing sleep patterns and alerts to let you know if there’s activity when you’re not watching the screen. More info at the Withings website.
For a little balance: there also seem to be some mixed user reviews floating about, mostly with reference to buffering issues and interaction delays depending on the quality of your internet connection. But let’s admit it… the applesque design helps us overlook a glitch or two doesn’t it.
I could only wish for two things in addition to all these shiny features. 1. a pram unit for those of us living in a land where babies nap outdoors summer and winter, and 2. that I actually needed this technological treat (living in an open loft space makes your own eyes and ears monitor enough).
I LOVE Copenhagen, but oh mama it’s easy to miss Vancouver on a sunny day. {Thanks to the sweet tone of Tourism Vancouver’s little destination film}
Granville Street between 16th and Broadway. Meinhardts. Ouisi Bistro. Barney’s. Wicked Cafe. Browsing Chapters with a Starbucks latte in hand. Free tennis courts and sunshine. The #10 downtown. Yaletown & lunch with Melissa. Stanley Park. The Sea Wall. English Bay. The bottom of Broadway. Heritage houses and leafy streets. Eating organic. Capers. The Edge Cafe. Naam. Captain Crunch rolls at The Eatery. Burrard and 5th Avenue Theatre matinees. Toe pointing on 4th, creme coffees & hippy cookies* at Elyssian with Lolo. Saturday mornings at Granville Island where the market is bursting with endless choices and the atmosphere is that perfect mix of local farmer’s market/ art college/ industry/ cottage craft/ design/ cafe/ bars/ theatres. Friendly grocery clerks with genuine smiles. Grouse, Seymour and Cypress ski runs lit up on the mountains that cradle the city. The ocean. Kits Beach and The Kings Head. Dim Sum with Betty. White Rock. My lovely family. Sunday pizza & red wine. Home.
Denmark is experiencing a bit of a cold snap at the moment – in the wind it’s been as cold as -17 in some places. On the plus side, the days are getting noticeably longer and the bright white of the snow has been such a treat. The local ducks are making the most of the situation – luckily there’s ice on the canal to prevent them from sinking like stones with bellies full of our hockey puck buns.
A very good post day for us. I love surprises like this – thank you Esther for the handmade sweater – it’s absolutely gorgeous (not to mention incredibly soft!) and Melissa for the very personal card – love to you both. That’s her own photography (of her own pony) – she is so inspiring, my friend Melissa.
In the last weeks we’ve also had very thoughtful post and packages from Dorthe in Holland (who sent Thor his very first package addressed to himself – loved that), Fam. Østergaard in Roslev, Helle & Preben in Sønderborg, Angela in Toronto and Behnaz in Vancouver. You could say it’s been a very good post month.
How amazing is this baby monitor? A French company called Withings has won some innovation awards for it – and no wonder: apparently you can monitor noise, movement, temperature and humidity via your iPhone or iPad as well as interact with your baby via voice and light.
