Seeking time for bonding, parents turn to more efficient meal routines
Implications - With newborns requiring constant care and attention, daily meal routines and preparations can serve to sacrifice overall quality time. Seeking to encourage familial bonding, parents are turning to high-tech cuisine devices to help make meals less time-consuming, allowing for more one-to-one interaction. Self-sufficient meal makers reflects a move away from traditional routines, toward more accessible, and instantaneous methods of consumption.
Trend Themes
1. Smart Home Baby Products - Products are being developed and refined to help make mealtime less time-consuming and more interactive
2. Multi-purpose Infant Cooking Products - New and innovative cooking products are being developed to provide parents and caregivers with one compact device that can prepare, cook, and store baby meals
3. Thermochromatic Baby Products - Products featuring thermochromatic properties are being developed and added to baby products to indicate safe consumption temperature
Industry Implications
1. Baby Product Industry - Continuously developing new products that cater to the unique needs of parents and infants
2. Smart Home Industry - Developing smart home devices specifically designed for infant care
3. Kitchen Appliance Industry - Encouraging development of multi-purpose kitchen appliances that make mealtime efficient, nutritional, and innovative
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Date Range:
Dec 13 — Apr 14
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Mild
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