Elder parents and new born babies, despite having nothing in common, have one wish quite the same - the desire for independence. That strong will acquires a stubbornness at times and a thing of concern for you. You possibly can not spend the whole day looking after them in your house or theirs (if they are too indulging not to move from their old memories). So what do you do then? Do you leave the situation as it is, to worsen with time? Or do you quit your job just because your child didn’t find cerelac interesting and starved the whole day? I am here with 10 gadgets that won’t completely solve the problem but will do a world of good for them and for you.

5 Gadgets for Your New Born Baby

1.Glowing Pillow

Are you a mother? Then you will realize how horrific it is to jump up from the bed at the middle of the night and search for the baby in the dark room because you had seen a nightmare. How dearly you will curse yourself for not having let the baby sleep with you.

Glowing Pillow has a LED light unit within the pillow provides a comforting glow so that the mother can see what she is doing (or just to look adoringly at her baby). It has an auto-timer, and promotes proper spinal alignment to the baby while nursing in bed.

Is this what you want? Nurse N Glow Pillow, $40, supermomz.com

2. High Tech Stroller

Were you ever concerned about your baby while going through a busy traffic? Did you ever consider that her fragile, tiny muscles may be shaking under pressure where it is perfectly normal for you ?

Orbit stroller is of that kind where you can place the baby and show her the entire world. A 360 degree rotation allows your baby to be rear, forward, or even sideways facing. The Infant Car Seat, Toddler Car Seat, Toddler Stroller Seat and Bassinet easily dock onto the Stroller from any angle. The decision is yours.

Is that what you wanna buy? Orbit Stroller, $900, orbitbaby.com

3. Handy Blender

Have you ever had a slight regret that you couldn’t feed your baby fresh food and most importantly new recipes because you are too busy with your work (which is understandable) and come home too tired to cook anything?

Cordless hand blender is a hassle free cooking machine. The hand-held design and long battery life make blending of any kind easy and actually kind of fun and most importantly, your baby well fed.

Is that what you wanna cook with? Cordless Hand Blender by Breville, $100, brevilleusa.com

4. Hands-free diaper pail

You must have a hard time while changing your baby’s diapers at the middle of the night, or just when you are hurrying for office in the morning? Did you ever think of keeping a housemaid just because of this and couldn’t because the idea was too expensive?

Hands free diaper pail has a motion sensor on the top of the unit that will sense when you’re ready to make a deposit, then will quickly open up. Also its activated carbon filters absorb & trap the worst diaper smells. Don’t worry, the sensor is too far for the little one to touch with his little hands. Come clean.

Is this what you wanna go for? Graco Touch-Free Diaper Pail, $50, gracobaby.com

5. Tuba Light

Did you ever had a tough time stopping the baby from screaming and crying at night when you could have been fast asleep? You never know why babies cry. But you can certainly distract them easily too.

Tuba light is such a distracting device. Once babies stick their hand into the center of this device, the light will change and turn on and off, and it gives a really nice glow. And it can be charming even to elders like us.
Do you want this light to be yours? Tuba Light, $196, moderntots.com

5 Gadgets to Help Your Aging Parents

1.  Robot Cleaner

Are you concerned over your parents being too attentive to cleanliness of the house while they should rest and take care of their health? Are you worried about their hygiene and try to maintain every corner of your house to be as clean as possible? It is not always possible to keep a check 24*7. And a maid will be too expensive.

the iRobot family of automated cleaners is available at your local big-box store. Although you could hire someone to clean your parents’ home. If a box of cereal spills, they can let the tiny, effective iRobot Roomba handle it with the push of a button, rather than struggling with an upright vacuum. The Scooba, which washes floors on its own, can prevent your parents from slipping and falling while trying to keep them clean.

Do you want them? Robots, $120 to $500, irobot.com

2. Automatic Pill Reminder

This is perhaps the commonest of them all. Doctors say, by the time a person reaches 70, he survives by 10 pills a day in average. That is too many to remember even for us. How will your parents? Is this the thing that distracts you even at the office?

Pillboxes with alarms and timers send your parents medication reminders by phone, e-mail, or pager. Rescue Alert will monitor your parents’ pillbox electronically and alert a dispatcher if the lid isn’t opened when it’s supposed to be.

Do you want this to be your parents’ alarms? Rescue Alert, mcilwainmobility.com

3.  Personal Emergency Response System (PERS)

Isn’t it scary to think of a situation where your old mother has slipped on the wet floor and she can not even lift herself up to call you. You come at night and see her lying there. How bad will you feel being a son or a daughter?

Personal Emergency Response System connects your parents to a 24-hour call center with a push of the button. The transmitter can be worn on a neck pendant or bracelet and sends a signal to the call center via a receiver connected to your parents’ home phone line. Your parent can push the button after a fall or any kind of emergency and the call center will contact you or emergency personnel as appropriate.

Do you want them to watch over? PERS, $200 to $1,500,(rentals $ 15 to $ 50 per month), service is provided by a lot of providers.

4.  Safe Cooking System

Are your parents too stubborn to let you cook for them? Parents will be parents. They will always try to make our lives easier. Shouldn’t we do the same? What if they tried to cook one day and got burnt? how painful it is to bear the pain and the scar at the old age?

The Safe-T-element Cooking System device consists of cover plates you can install over existing stovetop burners that limit how hot they can get and automatically shut off the stove if they reach a certain temperature.

Do you want them to use this? Safe-T-element™ Cooking System, Price not known, safetelement.com/

5. Your E-Neighbor

What if one day you sense there is something wrong with your parents and you can not call them up because the land phone isn’t working? How anxious will you be! So isn’t it good to feel safe if someone was there to monitor? well, actually there is a system who is there help.

The E-Neighbor System is programmed to detect unusual activity in the home. A shower left running or a fridge that goes unopened for a day could trigger a phone call to you or a caregiver.

The GrandCare Como adds a new twist: It reprograms your parents’ television via the Internet to monitor their well-being and, unlike other systems, acts as a two-way street, creating a customized “channel” through which you can send photos of grandchildren and coordinate a calendar with caregivers.

Do you need them to take care of your parents?

E-neighbor, $300 plus $20 per month for emergency call center service, healthsense.com

GrandCare Como, Prices vary. grandcare.com

Parting Thoughts

Baby or parents - Gadgets or no gadgets - it is ultimately your presence, your warmth and care is what they seek. Your parents may never say and your baby can not, but you should know some relationships are too important to leave in the hands of robots and machines for days. One word from you can make them happier than hundreds of automated voices. A phone call or a simple visit along with ”How are you, dear?” cost us almost nothing. Would you do that from now?

[references: caring.com & msnbc]