In the early days, I barely even knew my name, nevermind remember the next feeding and from which side. I wish I’d known about the Itzbeen. There truly is a a gadget for everything!
Itzbeen is a device for new parents who need help staying on track with baby care. The Itzbeen (pronounced: “it’s been”, as in it’s been forever since I’ve slept) has four timers to help you remember the basics, such as time intervals between diaper changes, feeding the baby, naptime or when to give meds. Other cool features include: belt clip, nursing reminder switch, illuminated display, clock, and soft-glowflashlight that automatically goes off after 7 minutes, if left on. It’s like a Swiss Army Utility Device but for baby care…all it needs now is the actual changing pad. And perhaps an extra hand or two.
At first, I kind of thought, do new parents actually need something like this? And then I remembered back when I REALLY had no idea why this baby was crying. Helpful reminders about times for breastfeeding and naptimes could have eased some of that new mom and dad oblivion. I still have no idea what I’m doing, but the Itzbeen could have calmed some of that chaos when the kid was a newborn.
The Itzbeen costs around $25 and can be found at many baby stores.
I love stories like this. In 2006, a stay at home dad developed this gadget as a solution to help care for their new baby. In a short amount of time, the Itzbeen became a hot seller on the Amazon’s New Releases list and then goes on to win an iParenting Media Award. How’s that for ingenuity?
