Hatch Rest+ 2nd Gen All-in-one Sleep Assistant, Nightlight & Sound Machine with Back-up Battery

Here is what I love about our Rest+: It is great that the device can be shared with others. My boyfriend and I both have the Rest app on our phones. I was able to easily share the device. He was able to create his own account and control and program the Rest+. Setting up a timed program was really simple. We picked the sound, color, and volume of the sound. We set it to be a little bit louder (30% volume) while we are normally awake so that we are less likely to wake up the baby. We programmed it to get quieter (25%) at the time that we typically go to bed. When it is ok for baby to wake up, we set a different color and sound. This will hopefully help him to get accustomed to this as he grows into his toddler days and help him to know when it is ok to get out of bed or when it is time to sleep still. The ability to program favorites and control the device manually has come in super handy for naps. Just tap on the top of the device to turn on to a predefined program. Another feature that will be great in the future is the toddler lock. Any programmed time can be set to have the toddler lock enabled. This will make it so that the buttons on the physical device cannot be pushed during that time frame. This is a great device that will help define a routine that will be able to adapt as our baby grows.

I LOVE the Hatch Rest+! It is easy to use and has lots of helpful features. The ability to adjust the controls and options from my phone is great! The different sounds and LED night light colors and presets offer great variety and customization. The LED clock is great for late night baby feedings. The ability to instantly turn the unit on/off with the touch ring on top is especially handy when I am holding baby or don’t have my phone nearby. The baby sound monitor feature works great when I want to hear when baby wakes up from her nap, but I am upstairs, so I otherwise wouldn’t hear her. Once I figured out which sounds baby loves best, they help to calm her down faster when she is fussy or tired, sometimes even instantaneously! The trick is in the volume- louder than you would expect- but it works like magic! The sounds also help mask ambient noises that otherwise might startle or wake baby up. The program and timer features are nice, but I would love to see a sound volume fade feature integrated into them. The instant off has woken baby up, so I find that gradually fading the sound down works better. This is easy to do on my phone, but if I don’t have my phone handy I need to use the volume buttons at the back of the unit, which are hard to see, even when the night light is on. It would be helpful to have the volume buttons on top, or back-lit at the front for quicker and easier access at night. Regardless, I would buy this product again in a heartbeat, and highly recommend it, especially for new parents!