New Wearable Health Trackers Let Parents Be Completely OCD About Baby’s Health

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Wearables for grownups get most of the media hype – Fitbit, Jawbone, and Shine – but don’t think that babies have been left out of the quantifiable self craze. Whether they like it or not, babies can now be tracked as well, with devices ranging from teddy bears to turtles. One of the companies in this list pitched at SxSW in March. One of the judges pointed out the potential overkill of all these trackers, “The main thing you want to know when you have a new baby is, ‘Is she alive?’ I can see all this data making parents even more crazy about their baby’s health and calling the doctor about every little thing.”

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