Convincing babies to go to sleep can be a challenge. AT reader Catharine gives rave reviews to Lullabub Cot Rockers, which slide underneath the legs of your baby's crib. Using a remote control, parents can start and stop the motion of the crib, helping to soothe babies to sleep.
A 2006 Australian Design Award winner, Lullabubs emulate the movements of riding in a car, which, if Hollywood is to be believed, is the number one means of putting a baby to sleep in romantic comedies featuring infants.
They say it is quiet, and there is a lot of information on how to use the product safely, and how to check to see if your crib is compliant with the use of these, which we like to see. The time is preset to 30 minutes, so if you happen to doze off while your baby does, Lullabubs will turn off automatically. 
Whoa. A remote control cradle? For parents that can't be bothered to rock their own babies? That's just wrong.
"Lullabubs emulate the movements of riding in a car"... but riding in a car emulates the movements of being rocked to sleep in a pair of loving arms. In fact, babies were sleeping successfully for millenia prior to the invention of the automobile.
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Why so judgmental? I agree, I wouldn't buy it myself, but I wouldn't presume to judge the circumstances of others who would.
For the price of a new set, I'd probably just buy an Amby Baby hammock. It's DIY rocking but it comes with the bed. :-)
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Hi there. I'm the one who wrote in about this product. We find it comes in really handy as baby's dad recently had shoulder surgery and only has the use of one arm for the next few weeks. This allows him to be with our baby as he falls asleep.
Your circumstances may be different, but this works for us. Insinuating that we are not 'loving' parents is judgemental and hurtful.
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Catsi, I certainly didn't mean to imply that you're not loving parents, I'm sorry if I came off that way. I've been known to drive my baby/child to sleep and that didn't make me a non-loving parent. (But I didn't buy the car for that purpose.) Shoulder surgery totally makes sense, and I'm sorry I didn't stop to think of good reasons like that why someone wouldn't be able to rock a baby the old-fashioned way. I just get freaked out by seeing so many products on the market that seem to be designed to minimize contact between parent and baby (like bottle-proppers!), that's what I was reacting to.
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