Yes, the vibrations always gently fade-out after one hour. The idea is to get past the 45 minute sleep cycle and into the next cycle and a deeper sleep. What is the battery life for Zed? Monitoring your baby is of the utmost importance – and a video monitor is an essential for most parents. New Relic uses this cookie to store a session identifier so that New Relic can monitor session counts for an application. The ambient music is perfect to use as a sleep cue while you get them ready for bed, plus there’s a truly relaxing purring cat sound. Lastly, it has a genuine outer space noise * that will lull your baby to sleep.

calming vibration modes (3 static vibration speeds + 3 additional modes) let you find the perfect virtual car ride for your baby, helping to improve their nap lengths. Advanced music mastering techniques were used in Wooshh, to produce high-quality sounds from such a small speaker. And we used a premium sound chip to deliver near CD-quality audio with no glitches. We have tested Zed for up to 50 hours on one set of batteries. We recommend using good quality alkaline batteries or NiMH rechargeables. Please avoid Zinc batteries ? make sure batteries are suitable for ?high drain? applications.

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Made from 100% cotton, the material is super soft and stretchy to touch. The mesh at the shoulders and legs is breathable, to ensure your baby doesn’t wake up.

Zed should be positioned at the foot end of the mattress. It doesn’t need to be close to your baby as the vibrations travel through the mattress. Why are there 6 different vibration modes? The Zed has 3 static vibration speeds and a further 3 modes that offer varying speeds to simulate a car accelerating and decelerating, allowing you to find the most comfortable rhythm for your baby. As babies tend to sleep in 45-minute cycles, Zed was designed to fade out gently after 1 hour, by which time your baby will be in their second sleep cycle and a deeper sleep. They also come with little matching hats, to keep your baby’s head warm and help regulate their temperature. A calming red night light is added to Zed as a red glow is known to help relax babies and promote melatonin production, encouraging an ever-deeper sleep.

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Simply place Zed on the mattress by baby’s feet and press the snooze button. The finely tuned vibrations will ripple gently through the mattress, comforting the baby and encouraging a deep sleep. Featuring six different vibration modes that help you to find the perfect setting for baby. The material itself is super light, and thin – but it’s just as warmer as heavier fabrics, while not allowing overheating to happen. The first three vibration modes are different levels of intensity whereas the last three will fluctuate between levels, imitating the way a car changes gear, the vibrations are quite gentle but can definitely be felt through the mattress, baby won’t be wobbled about as much as they would in the car. The first three settings don’t sound too much like a car but then again babies think you have disappeared when you hide behind your hands so we can’t see this being a problem. Zed will rumble on for an hour before gentle fading and then switching off, it is suitable from birth and can be used in the cot, Moses basket or even on the feeding cushion if it helps relax them. This little space man takes two AA batteries which can last up to 50 hours when used at the slowest speed but it’s worth investing in four good quality rechargeable batteries, so you never get caught out. I used it in my son’s cot which is quite big and found that the vibration was super soft as you almost couldn’t feel it on the other side of the mattress. I thought that the red light was really useful as it wasn’t harsh and if I were to go into the room and turn it on, my baby wouldn’t flinch at the brightness, which he usually does with other night lights.” Comfort and features

Mary was impressed by the multiple functions of the Zed, which she found helped her at different stages of Lucian’s daily routine. Simply pop the Zed near your baby’s feet and the gentle vibrations will flow through the mattress to encourage a healthy sleep. The Zed is perfect for babies who have improved sleep in the car. I appreciated the multi-functionality of the night light, as well as the rhythmic vibrations, which are useful when changing or feeding your baby in the middle of the night,” she adds.It emits gentle vibrations through the mattress and also includes lights and relaxing sounds to help your baby fall asleep. NB. We’re also big fans of the SNOO bear, a cuddly teddy that doubles up as a soothing white noise machine, to help your baby drift off.)

We’re confident that, with such a wide variety of noises to choose from and 4 volume levels, you’ll be able to create the perfect sleep-inducing environment for your baby – and maybe even yourself! There is a lot more talk these days about the 4th trimester, the idea is that baby will need this time to adjust to life outside the womb, after 9months of feeling the movements of your body and hearing your voice, heartbeat and car radio, it is a lot to ask of them to suddenly sleep in stillness and silence.

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Featuring Air-Seal™ technology designed to keep bad smells at bay, and stores a few days of nappies in there, without any issues.