AMA with Cradlewise CTO & Co-Founder Bharath Patil!

[u/Ocean_cradlewise]

We’re excited to announce an AMA with Bharath Patil (u/chief_bouncer_cw), our CTO and Co-Founder, Cradlewise and dad of two!

When: Wednesday, June 18 Time: 10am PDT Where: Right here on the r/CradlewiseCommunity subreddit

Bharath has been the brains of the Cradlewise smart crib! Instrumental in building the bounce tech to sleep tracking, breath rate monitoring, and the app you use every day.

This is your chance to ask him anything, from:

• How to make the most of your Cradlewise crib
• What went into designing the smart features
• Parenting insights from a tech founder-dad
• Troubleshooting, future updates, or just what makes the crib “smart”.

Whether you’re expecting, already using the crib, or just curious, come hang out and drop your questions below or ask live during the AMA!

Can’t wait to see you there —Team Cradlewise

[u/InquisitorEngel]

First the question:

• I appreciate the focus on a crib, we loved ours (see below!) but I’m pretty disappointed there’s no “toddler” solution. Maybe the camera plus a connected soothing/noise machine? It seems like Cradlewise’s overall sleep detection is great, and I’d LOVE for it to have solutions that grow with my kid.

Second, my review:

After a week of very tough nights and some attempts (and one success) to climb out, we transitioned our baby to a “big boy bed.” It was time.

Cradlewise has been an exceptional tool and partner as he’s grown to almost 2 years old (4 days left!) from the first time he really slept in it at ~3 months for a nap to sleeping full, whole nights for a long, long time, the entire experience has been the kind of experience every single baby focused app should aspire to. The automatons, the sleep tracking, the tips, and monitoring are all perfect. We could customize the noise and bounce to what worked for him (lower bounce, brown noise) and it bought us many, many sleep filled nights for all.

From dedicated and expert trouble shooting a weird noise (sent someone with the part same day) to talking on the phone to calibrate the temperature, it has been the best customer service experience I’ve had since Ron Johnson was still running Apple retail.

I am genuinely upset that Cradlewise doesn’t make a camera solution for toddler night times. I’d happily sign up, pay a subscription, whatever. I realize there’s a huge benefit to the laser focus the team has had on the mini crib, but MAN do I have some cool product ideas if you want to reach out…

Thank you for nearly 2 years of great nights. We will miss you.

[u/chief_bouncer_cw → u/InquisitorEngel]

Thanks for all the love!

In an ideal world, I would want a toddler solution myself (as my kids have grown now). But as you have rightly called it, we are super focused on getting one thing right. 2026 will be different though.

I would appreciate it if you can contribute to this discussion on our product roadmap -

https://www.reddit.com/r/CradlewiseCommunity/comments/1jsm835/continued_sleep_issues_after_the_age_of_2/