id="cnetReview" section="rvwBody" data-component="indepthReview"> Editor's note (5/13/2019): The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a recall notice for all Fisher-Price Rock 'n' Play Sleeper models due to its involvement in the deaths of more than 30 infants. The USCPSC recommends you cease using this product immediately and contact Fisher-Price directly for a refund.

I started reviewing baby-related technology a few weeks after my wife delivered our first child. But dealing with the forced frugality of early parenthood (our "Friday-night-movie" money has been reallocated into "diapers-and-wipes" money) at the same time as testing the trendiest and priciest infant tech has made me reluctant to label any products "must-buy."

Then I put my infant son in the Fisher-Price Deluxe Newborn Auto Rock 'n Play Sleeper with SmartConnect (or if you hate long product names like I do, the SmartConnect Sleeper). It's a simple sleeper that works during the first year or so of your ba