Otteroo is a water floatie that fits around your baby’s neck and is meant to give her free range of motion while familiarizing her with water. By allowing your baby to move and float without restrictions, the designers of Otteroo believe their product will promote muscle strength, coordination, and give your baby confidence through independence. This product scares the bejesus out of me.
Genaissance Global has the answer for getting boys to "stand up and go" when they are learning to use the potty with The Splashdown! Trainer. With an exclamation point in the name I couldn’t help but get excited too. It is designed to keep your son’s wayward pee from going behind the toilet seat. It’s also an interactive potty training tool when Splashy! cheers on your son and reminds him to put the toilet seat down when done.
Breastfeeding mothers need quality products and effective solutions for pain relief and lactation help while they are nursing their baby. The NuzzleHUG can be worn around the neck to sooth upper body pains or the waist to relieve lower back and pelvic tension. Read about the amazing features of the NuzzleHUG…
Bellabeat
is a doppler device that attaches to your smartphone to monitor your
baby’s heartbeat and kicking patterns while it’s still in the womb. The
latest app update includes the ability for expectant mothers to monitor
their moods and connect with other expectant mothers, to catch early
signs of depression.
There have been few studies linking obesity to cognitive skills;
however, at the University of Illinois, a study was undertaken to
compare certain executive cognitive abilities of healthy weight
pre-adolescent children with obese pre-adolescent children requiring
them to respond to images of swimming fish.
The vast majority of the innovations covered here in InventorSpot come from the minds of brilliant engineers, creators and inventors, people who are used to create new, amazing and useful things. But, today, I am bringing an innovation that has been created by a regular mother, with a son having cerebral palsy: she spent years building a device that allows him to stand and walk. Finally, the device is ready and is an astounding success.
Enter its 64th year, the Good Design International Award continues to
celebrate the latest and greatest innovative products and industrial
goods from all over the world. With dozens of categories available to
showcase your ingenuity, there’s surely a special place for your bright
ideas to this classic Chicago-based contest!