Levana Stella 2 Video Monitor (Review)

Disclosure: Items were sent for review purposes only, all opinions are completely honest.

Levana, a brand of high-tech, stylish and reliable baby monitors has came out with the Stella 2 Camera Video Baby Monitor. It comes with two cameras instead of one and has a 4.3” screen. Why choose a smaller screen when you don’t have to? This is something that you can’t afford to see half-way.

 

What's in the Box

• Baby Video Monitor
• Pan/Tilt/Zoom Night Vision Camera
• Rechargeable Battery
• 2 Power Adapters
• Instruction Manual
• 1 Year Warranty
• Lifetime Live Customer Support

A video screen this big is the next best thing to actually being in the room with your child. The screen can show each cameras view just by touching ONE button. That is pretty cool. Whether you have larger rooms or need to monitor more than one room, this is perfect!

The two cameras allow you to monitor more than one room in your home on a single monitor! They are great for babies and toddlers alike.

Stella features:

· Touch panel pan/tilt/zoom video baby monitor

· A powerful battery that will last up to 24 hours

· Talk to Baby two-way intercom

· Three soothing lullabies

· Invisible LED night vision

· Private ClearVu Digital Signal

· Expandable up to 4 cameras

User Interface Assessment

Easy to assemble, mount, and use even without using the directions. Pretty simple to figure out the features, because all the buttons are labeled. The two video monitors run via plug-in, while the parent unit can run via cord OR batteries. 

The parent unit is small enough to fit inside your pocket. This is handy if you need to clean the yard while your baby naps, or check the mail. It also has controls for audio, pan-tilt-zoom and multi-camera mode. The parent unit doesn’t beep but it does flash a red “x” when it’s out of range from the video monitors.

The range on this monitor is insane. So insane, that I ended up walking 4 houses down and audio AND Video was still super clear. I can’t imagine someone needing to leave their napping children at home to go any further than the neighbors house to borrow an egg. (Or so I hope not)

Image quality is very clear. Easy to tell if your babies awake (even in the dark) or what the munchkins are up to. It has a menu (3rd button) that allows you to set up your options such as sound sensitivity and screen brightness. Also has a super cool kick-stand that I use to sit the monitor on my desk or a shelf beside me.

I like that I can easily switch between viewing the two cameras. Seeing both screens at once would make the resolution smaller. One button and I can see the other camera via full size, which is awesome!

It is a color picture but only when used in direct lighting. When used at night or in low light, the picture will appear to be in black and white. This monitor doesn’t have temp reading feature like other monitors I’ve used. It’s not a MUST but handy with small children or large homes. It doesn’t matter in my house because I only have one floor, so all rooms are the same temp.

BEST USES

• Infants
• Naps
• Newborns
• Preemies
• Remote Monitoring
• Sleep

Tilt & Zoom

Using the monitor from anywhere in your home you can adjust the camera view horizontally 270° and tilt vertically 110° so you can see everything in baby’s room with the simple touch of a button.

The pan and tilt mode is a must-have in my opinion, especially a silent one. Pan/Tilt means that you can rotate/move the camera down/up and side-to-side. This lets you basically have eyes in the back of your head. (Didn’t your mama ever say that SHE had them? NOW you can!!) If your child moves to a space within the room that the camera wasn’t set on before, just adjust it with the pan and tilt buttons.

The only drawback I had with the tilt/pan feature is that it isn’t as smooth as some others I’ve had. Which takes slightly more time to adjust to exactly the spot you need it to be. That’s only because it seems to tilt/pan a little too much at a time, but it doesn’t take long to figure out.

Also that the zoom is separate from the tilt/pan. So you can only zoom into the specific area that the camera is selected to view. To zoom into other areas, you have to back out and re-adjust the pan and tilt to the area you want to see and THEN zoom back in. Not that much of a deal, but it would be awesome to zoom into the entire area of the room.

Private ClearVu Digital Signal

ClearVu technology provides you the outstanding precision and clarity of a digital signal from up to 750ft away. Stella has a private, secure and interference-free digital signal that no one but you can access.  Feel free to accomplish tasks inside and outside of your home, all the while knowing baby is safe and sound.

The monitor doesn’t have any background noise (whitewash sounds) or static. Nothing interferes such as cell phones or microwaves- not ours or our neighbors, which I especially like. The audio is very clear and has a very strong signal strength. I can do chores or work in my office without worrying my kids are dumping all their toys out in their toy room or getting into an argument about “she said this, he did that”. I can now listen in and see very clearly what’s going on.

LED & Night Vision

            

Invisible infrared LEDs provide a clear image of your child in the dark up to 12ft away. Your baby will sleep more soundly without the distracting red LED lights found on traditional baby video monitors Smart LED Indicator Ring Sound indicator ring changes color with the sound of your baby’s voice alerting you if she if crying out when you have the volume turned down and features adjustable sensitivity.

Two-Way Talking

Talk to Baby and calm them down  with with two-way communication. Let them know that your on the way the sound of your own voice as you head to the rescue. Levana parents also love this feature for communicating to each other when they need some help in the nursery.

Although my kids aren’t babies anymore, I still LOVE this feature. If they are playing in their playroom, I don’t have to constantly get up and check while I’m working. If they are doing something they shouldn’t be, I can warn them with the two-way talking feature. I don’t have to constantly get up while I finish up my work for the day. Makes working from home during the weekends 10x easier.

My kids think this feature is funny though. They try to use this as their own “walkie talkies”. One will come in my office and try to talk to the other through the Levana System. They also make weird faces at each other and do crazy stuff, it’s pretty funny to watch!

3 Remote-controlled lullabies

                                      

Does your baby love the sound of lullabies before bed and cry out for more when the music stops? Stella has three lullabies that can be remotely activated and changed by your parent unit.

Disclosure- I was given this product for review purposes and was not financially compensated otherwise.  All opinions are my own, based on my own use of this product.

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Baby Review: Traveling with Baby? Get the Steri-Bottle

The Steri-bottle is a single-use disposable bottle. Hello convenience. If you’ve ever traveled with a baby even once in your life, you KNOW how hard it can be to wash, rinse, and reuse on the go WHEN babies hungry.

I’ve been on road trips with two kids on bottles at the same time and I seriously felt like I might just have a nervous breakdown in the bathroom at a convenience store somewhere.

It’s the timing. I was driving four hours away from home and had two kids both in diapers and on a bottle. I had to time their diaper changes and bottle feedings both at the same time.

It was hard to wash, rinse, and maintain warm water for both their bottles so that they wouldn’t get a belly ache. It’s hard when you’re traveling. Bringing the dish soap and bottle brush in with you to the bathroom and self-cleaning them so they don’t grow bacteria in them.

The Steri-bottle is so much more convenient and safe for travel. There’s nothing you have to wash or rinse. You don’t have to carry the bottle bush and dish washing liquid, waiting for the restroom water to get hot enough to disinfect the bottles while you wash.

These come individually stacked in packages of 5 and 10. They are about a dollar a bottle, and you throw each away when it’s done being used.

This makes it 10x easier traveling with kids. Traveling shouldn’t be so hard, and it doesn’t have to be. You can pack these in the diaper bag along side the bottles of water and just make them as the babies get hungry. There’s no washing and rinsing at all. Just toss it when the bottles finished.

This isn’t just for travel though. You can use these in many ways to benefit both you and baby. 3 a.m feedings? DONE! Trip to the park? DONE! Out shopping? No need to worry!

Each bottle is ready to use, BPA-free, phthalate free, and made in the USA.    www.steribottle.com

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Jessica Renee

Review: PRK Products Sippy Cup Organization

Potty Training, Toys scattered everywhere, tantrums. Parents’ lives are hectic as it is. Throw in sippy cup/bottle parts everywhere and you practically have a tornado.

If you’re a mom than you already KNOW what I’m talking about. Sippy cups can become lost VERY quickly. I don’t know how many sippy cups we’ve lost through the 5 years with my son and daughter. Sippies and bottles can be quite expensive too.

So, I was excited to get the chance to review the PRK Products Sippy Cup Organizer. It has not only saved me time, but it’s saved my sanity and MONEY. This is white plastic tier that comes with a basket to store the tops and assorted parts in.

So, it’s best when you can keep everything together, that way nothing get’s lost. You will save money by not having to buy a ton of sippy cups, and you’ll spend less time looking for sippy cup parts. This makes for a happier mom and child!

It stores up to 12 sippy cups or bottles at a time, so it does hold quite a bit. It loads horizontally, and uses gravity to push another bottle or sippy towards the front when one is taken out. This is heaven. As soon as they are washed, you can just load them in.

The best thing about it is that it’s compatible with over 30 of the best baby bottles and sippy cup brands. So you aren’t sorting through trying to figure out what’s going to fit and what isn’t. Most DO, there isn’t any that I’ve found that don’t.

It is adjustable, so you won’t have to buy a new product when your baby outgrows a bottle. You can just pull it apart and wa-lah. Instantly bigger. It expands to three different sizes, accommodating bottles up to 7.25 inches tall

It not only keeps everything in one place, but it helps save space inside your home. It can be used in the freezer, refrigerator, or cabinet. No matter where you want to store it, it will fit! Easy to access, easy to find anything you need.

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BUY IT: You can buy the Bottle/ Sippy Cup Organizer for $29.95

Disclosure: This isn’t a sponsored post, products were sent for review purposes only. The opinions in this post are completely honest and not influenced in any way.

Jessica Renee

Review: PRK Products Inc. Universal Baby Food Storage

PRK Products make being a parent so much easier.! I don’t know how I ever lived without this. It stores up to 16 baby food glass jars or square food for ALL stages of baby food effectively and safely.

This is truly a universal baby food storage. It arrives not put together so that you can choose which sides to use. There are two size sides. One for the smaller baby food (as you see in the picture above) and then a taller side so you can store Stage 3 foods when you’re baby grows into it.

You can stack stuff on top of this, which makes it so easy to use. You can stick it wherever it is best reached. In a cabinet, on a shelf, or even in the refrigerator.

A growing baby requires lots of things that take up a ton of space. Now there is one less SPACE taker to NOT worry about. The best part about it- no matter what shape or size food your baby food jars are- this will accommodate them!

This even works fabulous for homemade baby food. So- if you make your own and find yourself running out of space in the refrigerator or freezer- NO more worries. Now you can make all you want. Your baby will definitely get all he/she needs!

It even comes with these little pieces you can stick on the back legs. This little piece makes the back of the holder taller than the front so when you grab a bottle of baby food off of it, the others will just slide into place.

I love that it has a totally open back so I can just slide new baby food into it, without stressing over pushing all the others backwards. You can even buy 2 and stack them on top of each other if your baby is in the transitioning stage. Have the stage 2 on top and stage 3 on the bottom.

 

Baby food jars seem harmless enough… until you run out of space or drop them! Here are some facts about our Universal Baby Food Jar Organizer:

• Stores up to 16 jars of baby food
• Stackable to maximize vertical space
• Can be adjusted to accommodate all three stages of standard baby food jars (also holds square baby food containers)
• Four different rows allow you to sort by type
• Slight incline uses gravity to automatically brings the next jar forward
• Regain your kitchen cabinet and store plates, cups, or bowls on top of the Universal Baby Food Storage & Organizer.
• Dishwasher safe
• Stores homemade food in the freezer

Made in the U.S.A.

BUY IT: This Universal Baby Food Storage is available for only @29.95

Disclosure: This isn’t a sponsored post, products were sent for review purposes only. The opinions in this post are completely honest and not influenced in any way.