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Fitbit Ionic is a great smartwatch for this new dad
Half a year back, my daughter suddenly stopped sleeping through the night, meaning that my wife and I stopped sleeping as well. No fancy bedroom gadget, or anything else, has alleviated the terrible fog that clouds our brains after an average of four hours' sleep. But there is one device that I've found myself clinging to in the last few months, something that's helping me get through the day in one piece. It's the Fitbit Ionic, and yes, I'm as surprised as you are.
Nanit the AI nanny tries to unravel the mysteries of a restless baby
When my wife and I became parents, the most important weapon in our childcare arsenal was an A5-size notebook. In this mighty tome we wrote out every single data point relating to our new baby, from the quantity of milk she drank and duration of sleep through to the volume of excreta. It was, after all, only with this information that we were able, in our sleep-deprived and confused state, to coordinate how to meet her needs.
How I learned to stop worrying and love the Keurig for baby milk
It was in the drafty lounge, just days after our daughter was born, that the health visitor warned us against buying Tommee Tippee's Perfect Prep. She leant in, conspiratorially, and faux-whispered "between you and me, they're unsafe" with eyes darting left and right as if looking for hidden microphones. A week or two later, a consultant echoed the sentiment, saying "they [sic] claim to have done the research, but won't prove it." That sort of universal condemnation for a baby gadget that promised to revolutionize the way we parent piqued my interest. I just had to try it out for myself.
