All this week our series offers tips, strategies and products to help you before and after your new baby arrives. Following is the full list of products mentioned by technology expert Kris Abel, their retail prices and where you can buy them in stores and online.

1. Combi Pod Bouncer

Price: $120

Available at: Sears/BabysRUs

  • This specially-mounted chair bounces in reaction to your child's movement plus has the option to add a soothing vibration.
  • An added input jack lets you connect your MP3 player to pump-in low volume music into the canopy for baby's entertainment.
  • Well made with 3-point harness and removable toy bar.

2. Itzbeen Baby Timer

Price: $26

Available online at

  • This device will tell you how long "itzbeen" since you last fed baby, changed its diapers, put it to bed, and even gave it medicine.
  • Each time you make a change, just press the matching button.
  • Great fo co-coordinating duties between Mom, Dad, and other caregivers.
  • Also includes a nite light, flashlight, reminder alarms, and switch to keep tracks of sides during breast-feeding.

3. Graco iMonitor Vibe Baby Monitor

Price: $85

Available at: Walmart/ToysRUs

Available online at

  • The two main issues with Baby Monitors are interference and privacy.
  • You don't want them to pick up static and you don't want your neighbours to be able to listen in.
  • Graco's iMonitor is a DIGITAL monitor, offering crystal clear sound and a secure, private channel.
  • I've tested the iMonitor both in our own TV studio and in my office, both areas with as much electronic-based interference as you can imagine and the iMonitor works extremely well.
  • Plus, like a pager, the iMonitor can be set to vibrate when it detects a loud sound, alerting you to cries even in a noisy environment.
  • Battery life is five hours (includes AC Adapters) and range is about 2,000 feet.

4. Germ Garden Nursery Sanitizer

Price: $60

Available online at

  • This stand-alone sanitizer uses a 30 minute blast of hot air to sanitize your pacifiers, toys, and bottles with a dry heat cycle.
  • No chemicals, easy-to-use, kills 99.9% of germs and bacteria.

5. BeBe Sounds Prenatal Heart Listener

Price: $27

Available at Walmart/ToysRUs

Available online at

  • This is a novelty device that acts like a stethescope connected to a pair of headphones.
  • Position the listening cone to your skin and hear the sound of your own heart through the headphones.
  • Place it at the right spot over your navel or on your back late into your pregnancy to hear the sounds of your baby including its heartbeat, kicks, and hiccups.
  • With a connection to your computer you can record these sounds as an audio clip and e-mail them to friends and family.