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They tell me that I’ll relax with my second baby, but I can’t imagine worrying any less about my child’s safety whether she’s the first or fifth. As a parent, my primary responsibility it to raise a healthy and happy child, but to do that, I need to protect her from danger. I could cripple myself with worry because it’s such a daunting task, or I can arm myself with the technology this generation is so lucky to have at its fingertips to help.
Garmin Drive 50 – Dedicated GPS Navigator with Driver Awareness
The Garmin Drive 50 with optional Garmin babyCam is one of those devices that will make parenting easier plus it makes driving safer too by providing dedicated, easy-to-use GPS navigator that’s pre-loaded with detailed maps of the U.S. (or U.S. and Canada depending on the model you purchase). The 5.0-inch dual-orientation display provides driver alerts including information about upcoming sharp curves, speed changes, school zones, and more. You’ll also be to find popular restaurants and shops with its Foursquare integration and with Garmin Real Directions™ with Garmin Real Voice™ you get directions that include more than just hard-to-read street names. The user-friendly voice will give you directions based on easy-to-see landmarks, businesses, and more to help you navigate easier.
Garmin babyCam
Add the Garmin babyCam and you can see into your backseat to know how your baby is doing. This is especially important the first year while they’re backward facing. The Garmin babyCam only works with Garmin products (View list of compatible Garmin navigators) and pairs easily with the Garmin Personal Navigation Device (PND). Don’t worry if you can’t mount a camera to your car’s seat headrest, there are accessories for additional mounting options.
Having your baby monitor and navigation system sharing a dedicated screen lets you keep your eyes on the road while still monitoring your baby and looking out for road problems The Garmin Drive 50 stays within your line of site and provides alerts like railroad crossings, when you’re going the wrong way on a one-way street, when you’re approaching an animal crossing, when the speed limit changes and it shows you your current speed and more. It’s definitely one way to be sure you’re driving safely.
I’ll be trying out the Garmin Drive 50 with optional Garmin babyCam soon. I can’t wait to have more control over what goes on inside and outside of my car.
How do you navigate your childcare responsibilities and driving?
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My kids are hitting the pre-teen stage now, but this device is amazing! It is perfect for small babies. Love it!
I love the BabyCam this is so innovative. I know people have the mirror bu I think the cam would be a lot better!
I’m pregnant right now with my first. I am so adding this monitor to my registry!
This is making me flashback on the funky baby mirror I had when my kids where little. All of this technology is so great to keep the eyes on the road and to arrive safely.
This is one of the best inventions in the world. Not only because it’s about technology again but it is because it can help the people most especially parents to increase the awareness in the road to make the travel more safe. As a parent, safety is the top priority for me anywhere, anytime. Good job!
With my youngest, I relied on my older kids to give me updates on the baby. Wish I had this available! Considering the current recommendation is rear-facing until 2, I can imagine this will be greatly appreciated by parents for years to come.
Great invention. I sure wish they had these when I was raising babies. Would have helped a ton!
I wish i had this when my kids were younger. I will have to get one for my friends baby shower. It is going to be a great gift.
Garmin makes nothing but the best. I’ll definitely have my friend look into this
Now that’s some smart tech. I would love to combine that one with my own traditional safety quirks. Good thing there are other mounting options in case I have this one for my car’s unusual internal angle.
That sounds like a really handy device for parents with small babies. I really could have used this when my girls were little!
The Garmin Drive would be so helpful for big family trips. I didn’t know they had that babycam. That’s so perfect!
What an amazing device! When my children were little, I would rely on my toddler to tell me what my baby was doing while I drove.
These both look like great devices. I would have loved to have the babyCam when my son was little.
How neat! That’s something I never would have thought of. We never had anything like that when my kids were little.
That monitor is such a great idea! Something like this adds a whole new layer of protection for us.
That monitor sounds great. I think every parent should have one.