From self-rocking prams to motorised buggies, baby tech showcases the best of innovation, writes former sceptic Phoebe Arslanagić-Little

My friend’s pram rocked itself back and forth, as if by a ghostly hand. Inside it her baby boy dozed, I assume under the happy impression that it was his mother diligently pushing him backwards and forwards. Instead, she sat comfortably, sipping sparkling wine and looking at me sympathetically while I jiggled my wriggling, irritated baby on my shoulder.

During my pregnancy, I tried hard to be a baby tech sceptic. I raised a cynical eyebrow at motor-powered buggies that rocked their occupants and took themselves up-hill. I laughed aloud at the shiny black steriliser my mother bought (it looks like a mini fridge from the Death Star). I spoke very loudly at parties about the pressure upon parents to buy gimmicky........

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