Rockit Portable Baby Rocker

I recently took my friend out to the supermarket. Now this doesn’t sound like the most exciting day trip but as a new mum this was one of the few times she had left the house without her little one and she was excited to browse the aisles with two hands to spare. It wasn’t long however before I caught her obliviously moving the trolly back and forth as if attempting to rock the cake and crisps we were purchasing to sleep, even after I pointed it out to her she carried on the rocking.

Annoyed at herself for not being able to switch off she went on to tell me that jiggling her baby about was often the only way to get her to settle, she did this so much that it was getting to the point where she was getting joint pain from all the constant rocking. She was the first person I messaged when the Rockit Portable Baby Rocker landed on my desk, this ingenious space craft was developed by inventor Dr Nick Webb when he noticed his three-month-old would wake as soon as the motion of the moving pram stopped. Tested to the highest EU safety standards it can be used with ages 0-36 months and upwards, it attaches to the pushchair or pram via the universal mount, the Rockit can then be easily attached to the mount when needed and activated via a large push button on the end, the speed can be adjusted via the dial at the base.

The vibration level has been designed to closely mimic the normal hand rocking of a pushchair, it’s great for switching on when you get to your destination, be it your home, the café or the library the Rockit has the benefit of using a quiet motor (40dB to be exact) so as not to disturb baby or the people around you. The Rockit has an IPX1 rating making it safe to use if you get caught out in a light rain shower (it should not be exposed to prolonged rain or heavy rain). The original version was quite the battery drainer (and access to the batteries was a pain) but we are so pleased to see there is now a rechargeable version, it takes a full 5-6 hours for it to receive a full charge, however, 1 hours charge will provide about 3 hours rocking on the medium setting. The timer has also been upgraded from 30mins to 60, which is better suited to get babies to sleep who often sleep in 40min sleep cycles, this gets them past the first sleep cycling and into a deeper sleep before switching off. If you have or know of a little one that only seems to settle with a good jiggling this could be a great investment and help spare those tired parental arms. RRP £49.95

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