Is the $1,395 smart sleeper worth it? Unbiased SNOO Review

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Do you think the Snoo is worth it? Do you have a different recommendation? Let us know!! Instagram @FamilytaleVlogs | instagram.com/familytalevlogs

[@Mormor25]

App overview actually starts at 8:57 Product Overview actually starts at 12:28 Actual review starts 19:50 You are welcome

[@amandametzger2083]

You are a saint!

[@gokuaf]

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[@keepingupwithq7174]

19:50 review

[@nikkih6462]

I love how confident you both are in raising that baby boy !!! 💙

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Aww thanks Nikki!!

[@sergg_c]

Been going back and forth on the Snoo and this helped out so much! Thank you for the honest review! Good luck with your baby!

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Glad it helped! Thank you!!

[@jasonlo8780]

Question, how can you sleep 8 hours a night if your baby is 2 weeks old, when they are supposed to eat every 2-3 hours??

[@morganhanzimanolis]

I love the SNOO! It definitely helps keep your baby on their back. That’s why we chose to get it as well. We’ve been using the owlet since she first came home. When we transferred her to the SNOO, we realized that you can use the owlet sock still BUT it will only think your baby is moving if the motion of the SNOO is above level 1...so we never let it rock faster than that. I can’t believe that Louie may be crawling soon! That’s so exciting!

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Glad it's working for you guys!! How many times a night Noki still wake up?

[@morganhanzimanolis]

Familytale Vlogs She doesn’t really wake up during the night, we wake her up. She goes to bed at 7/8p, we wake her at 10:30p and then again at 3a and then she wakes up on her own between 5:45a-7a.

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Wow that's awesome!

[@morganhanzimanolis]

Familytale Vlogs How’s Louie doing throughout the night?

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

He's all over the board... some nights he sleeps through, other nights he wakes every two hours. No idea why he's like that

[@waltermckenziewilson]

Thanks for this review. It made me very relieved that we didn’t pay the money for the Snoo. My baby had very similar amounts of wake ups as Louie. During the worst of it, I wondered if we would have gotten any better sleep with the Snoo, and it doesn’t look like it. She had bad gas pains starting around 3-4 months and woke up a lot the first month, but months 1-3 were great just in her normal bassinet. She’d sleep almost completely through the night. Our biggest struggle was getting her initially down to sleep. Some nights it’d take 45 minutes to actually get her to fall asleep for the night, did you also have that problem or did the Snoo make it easier?

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

For about the first 4 months or so Louie had to be bounced on the yoga ball for him to go to sleep... usually it would take 15-20 minutes and he would be out and we would put him in the snoo at that point. Sounds like you didn't miss too much by not having it!

[@sonjabryant2567]

Enjoyed today’s vlog I did miss seeing Mr Louie he is soooooo cute.

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Haha there will be plenty of him in our next one, I promise!

[@melissasponagle8118]

Thanks for reviewing the snoo. We considered it a lot for our foster baby who was drug exposed for the constant soothing but ended up sticking to our much cheaper Halo bassinet (which incidentally the side does lower on making it super nice to return a sleeping baby to). I'm really glad we ended up doing that too, because he grew so quickly that we had to transition him to his crib fairly early. So he only ended up using his bassinet for about 2 and a half to three months.

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Oh wow the side coming down on that one makes it super appealing!

[@athenaspencer4684]

❤❤❤ love love love this video...you guys look so much more relaxed now that he is in daycare.

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Thanks Athena!! ❤

[@BH-el4rs]

Holy Moly. $1395 for that?! I don’t even need to try it to say it’s a waste of money. I have 3 boys and they all used the arms reach co-sleeper. All of them slept at least 6 hour stretches by 6 weeks and by 5/6 months, they slept the full 12 hour night. Every baby is different, and I think there’s a lot to be said for having a routine. Babies really like to know what to expect. It makes them comfortable. I always obsessed over making the room the right temperature and what they were wearing. And I have a fan in the room. Helps move the air (stats for SIDS are in support of fans). Anyhoo...at the end of the day, what matters most is that all these beautiful babies are loved. Difficult spells pass, and what you end up with is a human being that you created....a piece of your heart that walks around this earth with you. The gadgets don’t matter. We all survived childhood without the latest technology. But if I can talk anyone out of an unnecessary expense for a baby that they will only use for 3 or 4 months, I’ll do it.

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Haha I hear you, but if you catch a sale and get it for 40% off then it's closer to $850, still a ton of money but since they sell for $700-800 used so it makes it a lot more reasonable. What temperature did you keep your house at for you kids?

[@BH-el4rs]

I suppose that isn’t SO bad, especially if you have more babies and use it for them too. I always keep the thermostat at 68. I live in San Francisco, so we’re lucky to not usually get extremes. I always put a onesie on them and a sleep sack. What they were under that (footie pajamas, or only pants with the onesie) depends on the temp inside the room. Most of the time, they should be wearing what you’d be comfortable in. Nothing to stress about (I know that’s hard). This is your first pancake, after all. Lol. They get easier. Louis is precious.

[@carrierobinson9442]

Did you end up using the extra mattress pad?

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

We did!

[@sarazaoujan4885]

Thanks for an honest review about the SNOO. I was wondering how the transition was from the SNOO to the crib ? :)))

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

We did it during the 4 month sleep regression so he was already sleeping poorly! Wasn’t too difficult 😊

[@samanthablommer5203]

First time mom arriving August! ❤ I'd love to see a DITL where you go over all things feeding! Breast feeding tips, bottle feeding tips, pumping tips, bottle/ pump organizing, sanitizing, what products you are using or recommend and now transitioning to food! 🤱

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Excited for you Samantha!! That’s a good idea, we will try and put something together in a vlog with that! ❤️

[@dardan1984]

Familytale Vlogs I too would love to see this along with anything else a new mom might need to know. I’m almost 28 weeks pregnant with my first and only child. I haven’t done or gone to any classes and probably won’t due to the stuff going on in this world. Also, I’m pretty sure our parents didn’t have to do any of that.

[@BH-el4rs]

One tip, get the bottle and pump part microwave sanitizing bags. They’re such a time saver.

[@DarthAriel22]

Does is only come with one white noise ?

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

It has a few different noises that you can choose from :)

[@Tmic45]

We bought the SNOO and LOVE IT! Our 8 week old has been sleeping a 5-6 hours stretch for almost 4 weeks (90% of the time)! Will you not be keeping it for future children? It might work really well for the next baby!

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

That’s awesome!! We’ll definitely be keeping ours around for our next baby 😊

[@Tmic45]

Familytale Vlogs also the leg lifters made a huge difference with us and spitting up when we would put her down and seem to help with gas! So maybe look into those next time!

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Oh I forgot to mention in the video - we used tuna cans under the snoo to lift it up and it seemed to help!

[@familyj4715]

The major CON is they act like they for enviroment but they refuse to sell parts like motors that are known to fail, so if out of warranty from used or second baby and stops your out of luck

[@isabelmoons719]

You guys are so funny! For your next baby you should try sleep training. Babies sleep through the night when they learn how to soothe themselves. It’s way harder in the beginning but worth it. My twins were sleeping through the night in their cribs at 3 months old. Try babywise might be outdated but it works well. With that being said babies are tough and you guys are doing great!

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Definitely will have to consider that the next time around haha

[@aniovakimyan3258]

If the snoo is next to my bed I can reach with my arm do the button, i don’t want to reach the floor. It’s cause you are standing

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

They could do two buttons…

[@marciawright2600]

Yes, and remember that Louie was a very fussy baby so it should work even better for a less fussy baby. I wish that I would have had one when my fussy girl was a baby!

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Agreed!

[@Nadine9ymp]

A very personal question, are you back on any form of birth control or are you just leaving it be due to your PCOS? Ive PCOS as well so im very curious.

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Just the mini pill :)

[@jaynez9027]

Baby’s first day at daycare for us! You mean to say she might actually nap in her crib?? Ok maybe daycare is worth it 😂.

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Good luck!! Let me know how it goes! I think Louie sleeping in his crib was definitely helped by daycare so there was some good that came of it, hahah

[@iz183390]

What milestone app do u use?

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Baby sparks :)

[@Katigee26]

I’d like to see a video or you chatting about different phases of your baby so far. I think first time parents of a newborn can be short sighted and super sleep deprived so they think the first stages last forever, but it’s reassuring to hear that it does change and I would be interested to hear how it changes

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Oh that's a great idea! We will definitely try to get something put together!

[@samanthamccloud1534]

Are you guys still planning to go on the cruise you booked?

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

That's still tbd, but it's likely we will try and push it out to late next year...

[@kristingeisler1882]

The Halo Bassinest does have one side that collapses down (and springs back up when you're not pushing on it)! Which was nice for setting her down. But sleep spaces can't have sides that completely remove - they used to have cribs like that but now they're not allowed because too many babies got hurt. I always wonder about products like this because you can't ever know what the alternative reality where you didn't have it would be like. With my daughter, I know that even as a very young infant she would wake up in the night but put herself back to sleep multiple times - either because I observed it when she was in our room or I saw it on the monitor history when she was in her own. She started sleeping 7+ hour stretches from 1 month on. So maybe if she had been in a Snoo we would think it had gotten her back to sleep, and we wouldn't have known she'd be doing it anyway. That's my hesitation with buying something like this. Also the idea of having to wean from it seemed daunting, but it's great that it sounds like Louie did it naturally and easily!

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Such a good point!! We’ll never know how he would’ve slept without it’s really tough to judge it!

[@gabiiszciita]

I think that as a first time parent we don’t always have realistic thought like baby sleeps 8 hrs on the first month jaja I had the same thought.! But I think your baby is lovely.! Sending love.!

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Hahaha we definitely had some thoughts like that and learned really fast we were wrong!! 🤣

[@lexiseden3681]

At first I definitely thought you said there were dead people in the background making noise. 😂

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 hahahahahahaha

[@sarahfitz420]

Ooooh what app do you use for baby development/milestones?! Love you guys. Also agree on the owlet.. I LOVE IT!

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Baby Spark! :) It's definitely a must have!

[@wandapitzen3636]

TFS the Snoo review. I would love to watch a DITL video. New deck reveal. Have you had Louie in a little baby pool? That would be fun to see his reaction. There are some cute pools on Amazon for babies his age. Share your favorite recipes, so do a cooking with us video?

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

You'll like our video coming on Monday then ;) We should do another recipe one like we've done in the past!

[@janicemichaloski3319]

I'm glad daycare is working out good for you I used to be head teacher in a infant room of a Goddard daycare i loved that job ..I missed seeing him in vlog today can't wait for next video 😊💕

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

So far so good! He will be in the next vlog a bunch!! ♥️

[@cindiesawyer6336]

I loved this video , but I missed seeing your handsome baby boy..Sasha you look great and I loved your blouse. So sorry you hit your elbow twice. Yall stay safe.

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Aw thank you Cindie!! He will be in the next vlog a bunch, I promise!!

[@MZ-ix3pw]

What's the baby app you use? Sounds really neat 😊

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Baby sparks :)

[@martinataylor7702]

You can get ones where the side's go down and also has movement for half the money

[@yoca78]

Which ones ? What’s the brand

[@maceybeecher]

My baby has slept through the night since 3 months old in a normal crib.

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Wow that would be so amazing!

[@nataliarendon5211]

I think the normal bassinet is healthier, the wifi on this one doesn't convince me at all

[@samng3859]

Worth every penny. You just don’t need one.

[@vivianr1766]

Pp hair loss going hard over here babys 4m tomorrow. Louie is so cute 😍😍😍

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Pp hair loss here too!! Losing sooo much hair 😥

[@privatechannel434]

Great review! 👍

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Thank you!!

[@karenselogic7742]

They do sell cribs that sides come down. Because some of are short. Lol

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Ugh! I wish we had gotten one like that!!

[@brittanyvidal4648]

Food reviews (likes and dislikes), update on nursing and supplements that did or didn’t help, now he’s 5 months y’all can do things you thought was needed and found out you didn’t, Jax and Louie update, POSTPARTUM with a Pandemic🤣 Just some thoughts on videos!

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Good ideas!! We will definitely be incorporating some of that!

[@monster9392]

Honestly, my peace of mind came with bed-sharing. I did it with all of my children.

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

I could see that helping too, did you have issues trying to get them to sleep on their own though?

[@monster9392]

Familytale Vlogs It depends on your parenting style really. For me it’s not a big deal. I never had a schedule for my kids other than a bedtime and I tried the cry it out method but it wasn’t for us. Like any new thing it took a couple weeks for them to get used to sleeping in their own bed but they are only 15 months apart so we transitioned them together. I think that made it better. They stay in their beds for the most part but can wake up a few times in the night. Usually we sit by their bed until they fall back asleep, unless they had a bad dream then we bring them to our bed. They are 4 and 3. I do get tired of having an overly full bed, but I always remind myself that one day they won’t want to cuddle anymore or they won’t need you to make them feel safe. So I try my hardest to cherish the times I’m falling off the bed lol. Another thing that gave us an advantage was having our mattress on the floor. That way we could pure a toddler bed on watch side and didn’t have to worry about anyone falling out and getting hurt. No one ever stayed in the toddler beds but it let us have a bit more room. I tried to keep my last baby in a bed by herself but found that I was constantly getting up to check on her. So I gave up on that after a week. I have lied to so many people( including our pediatrician) about bed sharing because I used to immediately get bad responses. It’s good for some families and not a good idea for others.

[@StephanieGrace19]

2 years later it is $1800. Mind blown

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Wow that's crazy!!!!

[@lynnfeller7565]

Love your videos you two are great miss seeing cute little man

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Thanks Lynn!! He will be in the next vlog a bunch!! :)

[@meetthetables6803]

I swear your husband’s reaction to you knocking your elbow is how mine would’ve reacted if I’d knock mine 🤦🏽‍♀️ not funny 😂😂😂

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Hahahahahah

[@SweetPea112]

I'd love to see videos on his new foods...are you making homemade food, doing baby led weaning? How does that play into daycare? Do they allow baby led weaning? Things like that. Also, how are you baby proofing your home since Louie is getting ready to be more mobile?

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Good idea! We actually just started something new on the feeding front so we will include some more of that!!

[@justanothergirl9753]

Individual reflections on being a parent

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Good ideas!!

[@justanothergirl9753]

Love you guys!

[@lisamugavero4946]

Lol after having 3 kids, I know NOTHING will keep your baby asleep. Plus they outgrow everything within 4 months lol

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

Hahah soo true!

[@michellecoronado4608]

Love more videos 🙏🧘‍♀️👱‍♀️🦋🌺

[@stephanieryans9955]

Max that was kinda funny lol total dad joke!

[@FamilytaleVlogs]

🤣

[@jodeming5088]

Cute video. Tears are ok Max. Any topic will do. Hug Louie for me. Take good care.

[@justanothergirl9753]

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