One way you can make sure your children have a healthy start from infancy is to monitor their weight. A new scale from Withings, for babies and children, features Bluetooth and Wi-Fi technology so you can keep a record of all your child's weigh-ins. The Smart Kid Scale can be used from infancy to eight years old, and sends all weight information to an app on your smartphone. You can keep track of you child's growth and share that information with doctors. The app also allows you to enter your child's height and compare that to typical ranges for their age.
"With the Smart Kid Scale, we're hoping to bring the same positive outcomes we've seen in adults with weigh tracking to the adults of the future," cofounder of Withings, Cedric Hutchings, said in a statement. "We've made it very simple for parents to track the weight progress of their children and therefore giving them a tool that will assist in turning their children into healthy adults."
You can use a two piece interlocking baby basket that comes with the scale and remove it as your child gets older.
The Smart Kid Scale retails for $179.95. It works with the Withings Baby Companion app.
The Smart Kid Scale is Withings second product made for children. The first was the company's app-connected Smart Baby Monitor and Smart Baby Scale.
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Wi-Fi Smart Scale Lets Parents Monitor Weight of Infants and Kids