Meet Lucie Fink, beloved content creator, proud mama, and one of our Generation Next parents who is embracing the joys and challenges of life on the parenting journey.
As mother to Milo, 2, and one on the way, Fink brings her experiences and insights to our community and shares the day-to-day hustle of being a business owner, raising an active toddler and leaning on Nanit to connect the dots in-between.
Fink’s day begins and ends with Nanit. Her husband is often on wakeup duty with Milo so that she can get a few extra minutes of pregnancy sleep while the two get breakfast started.
“The first thing I do when I wake up is open my phone, look at my Nanit and go to the history to check out what the morning wake-up situation looked like,” says Fink. “I like to see what spirit and mood my son is in each morning so I know how to present myself downstairs."
Throughout the day, Fink leverages Nanit’s broad range of functionalities to keep her moving and grooving through the ever-changing world of parenthood. Whether she’s checking in on Milo from her office, or putting him to bed from afar, she appreciates its predictive solutions and enhanced schedules that her entire parenting team can align with.
“I love that if I’m on the train home from somewhere and won’t make it for bedtime, I can just use the two-way audio and tell Milo that ‘mommy is not going to see you before bed, but I’lll see you in the morning,’” says Fink. “I can talk to him through it and that’s incredible. I can be there for story time without actually being there.”
Fink also touts Nanit as being the common thread between her and her mom friends, where once the kids are asleep, they open their phones and trade some pretty engaging baby content. “I have a group text with 24 moms, and someone will be like, ‘Nanit pictures, go!’” says Fink. “And everyone will open their Nanit and take a screenshot of their baby sleeping and send it. It’s so fun to see other people’s setups and cribs, or we’ll send screen recordings or videos, and it’s always a laughing moment for everyone.”
In our exclusive video series below, we sat down with Fink to talk life in the suburbs, the work-from-home balance and how Nanit’s advanced sleep and care solutions have become indispensable to her and her family’s sleep routine.
“As a mom, sleep is my number one priority,” says Fink. “It has ripple effects throughout the whole family. Sleep training and schedules were what I was most obsessed with. Nanit helped us get our lives in order as a new family.”
Whether she’s tracking her baby's sleep patterns, chatting with Milo on her train ride home, or swapping cute Nanit pics with fellow moms, this Generation Next mama is doing the most, with Nanit by her side.
Check out the interview, below.
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CONTRIBUTORS
Natalie Barnett, PhD serves as VP of Clinical Research at Nanit. Natalie initiated sleep research collaborations at Nanit and in her current role, Natalie oversees collaborations with researchers at hospitals and universities around the world who use the Nanit camera to better understand pediatric sleep and leads the internal sleep and development research programs at Nanit. Natalie holds a Ph.D. in Genetics from the University of New England in Australia and a Postgraduate Certificate in Pediatric Sleep Science from the University of Western Australia. Natalie was an Assistant Professor in the Neurogenetics Unit at NYU School of Medicine prior to joining Nanit. Natalie is also the voice of Nanit's science-backed, personalized sleep tips delivered to users throughout their baby's first few years.
Kristy Ojala is Nanit’s Digital Content Director. She spends way too much time looking at maps and weather forecasts and pictures of Devon Rex cats and no-cook dinners. A former sleep champion, she strives to share trustworthy somnabulism tips with other parents—praying for that one fine day when no tiny humans wake her up while it’s still dark out. Her kids highly recommend 3 books, approximately 600 stuffies, Chopin’s “Nocturnes,” and the Nanit Sound + Light for bedtime success.
Mackenzie Sangster is on the Brand and Community team at Nanit. She supports content development and editing for Nanit’s Parent Confidently blog as well as other marketing initiatives. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with her friends, cooking, being active, and using the Pro + Flex Duo to keep an eye on her fur-baby, Poppy!
Holly Hays is a contributor and writer for Nanit, channeling her years as a mama and former magazine editor to create fun, useful content for fellow busy, trying-to-do-their-best parents and caregivers. Holly has written for a wide range of brands and media outlets (Ergobaby, HGTV, Manhattan Toy Company, OXO), loves to cook and read mystery novels, and leans heavily on her two daughters to keep her up to date on all the latest slang.