Nucu Pad – Designed and manufactured in Finland 🇫🇮

Better sleep for years to come

Turn any bed into a smart bed with the Nucu Pad – the world's most advanced sleep pad for your growing baby.

With gentle soothing and insightful sleep sensing – all in one simple solution.

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Guided by purpose,
backed by science

Backed by investments, algorithm development and expertise from leading health tech pioneers, including Oura founder Petteri Lahtela and the original Oura founding team.

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Advanced soothing & sensing

Soothing Nucu Feelscapes®

Safe sounds and vibrations that your baby can feel coming from under the mattress.

Your heartbeat in the baby's bed

Capture your heartbeat with your iPhone and transfer it to the Nucu Pad.

Real-time baby monitoring

Monitor how calmly the baby's sleeping in real-time.

Sleep stages

See how your baby's sleep is developing over weeks, months and years. Coming in February 2025.

Nucu App for IOS

Peace of mind with Nucu insights

You both rest easier with Nucu:

  • Choose Feelscapes from our library or create your own
  • Record your own heartbeat and transfer it to the Nucu Pad
  • Listen to your baby in real-time-time
  • See sleep stages for long and short sleep sessions (coming in February 2025)
  • Monitor your child's sleep environment: ambient light, room temperature and room humidity
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Making your days and nights smoother

Designed for the mindful modern parent, Nucu Pad comes with features that evolve with your baby.

Adaptive Feelscapes and sleep stages coming February 2025.

Trusted by professionals and families

Growing beyond the NICU

Nucu founder Juha Hannula originally created the Nucu Pad together with the University Hospital of Oulu, one of the leading neonatal care hospitals in Finland.

The next-generation Nucu Pad continues our commitment to safety, science and togetherness.

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Sleep is the foundation for growth and development

In our study, we found that recording and using your own heartbeat feelscapes helped babies sleep 47% longer compared to not using any feelscape at all.*

*42 nights, babies aged 3–8 months

Read more about our research

Designed with parents and experts

Nucu works with leading sleep coaches in Finland and Sweden to bring you efficient, safe and sustainable sleep solutions.

Our multidisciplinary Togetherness Board of childcare experts, thought leaders and parents meets once a month to give feedback and direction.

Image: Sleep coach Hanna Bergenkull

Find inspiration in the Nucu Blog

Questions & Answers

Want to know more?

Is Nucu safe?

Yes, the first-generation Nucu Pad has been tested and used in a hospital setting for several years.

All our design choices in the second-generation reflect our dedication to safety:

  • volume levels are safe and cannot be exceeded
  • the controller (outside the crib) houses the battery and the communications (WiFi and Bluetooth)
  • the battery is a stable and reliable LFP battery


The Nucu Pad is not intended to replace touch or interaction with the baby.

What is a multisensory baby pad?

The Nucu Pad is a multisensory baby pad. It is a portable foundation that creates safe and gentle feelscapes using sound and vibration.

'Multisensory' means using more than one sense.

What's the recommended age range for using the Nucu Pad?

The Nucu Pad is designed to grow with your baby. You can benefit from different features based on how old you little one is.

  • 0–3 months: calming wombscapes, your own heartbeat feelcapes, calmness levels, smart baby monitor
  • 3–12 months: calming feelscapes, white noise and your own lullabies, sleep development trends, smart baby monitor
  • 12–24+ months: calming feelscapes, activating feelscapes, your own stories and songs, smart baby monitor
Can I use the Nucu Pad in a crib?

Yes, you can use the Nucu Pad in a crib. The Nucu Plus and Nucu Pro sets come with Crib Base Frame and a Crib Mattress for use in a crib.

Can I use the Nucu Pad in a bassinet?

Yes, you can use the Nucu Pad in a bassinet or side sleeper. The Nucu Basic set comes with a Bassinet Mattress.

Where can I purchase the Nucu Pad?

Currently the Nucu Pad is available only in select countries.

You can also follow us on social or subscribe to the Nucu newsletter to get notified when it's available.

Do I need a subscription to use the Nucu Pad?

Yes, to use the Nucu App and the advanced features of the Nucu Pad you need a Nucu subscription.

A 1-year free Nucu subscription is included in the sets in the Nucu Shop. After the free period, the subscription is billed monthly.

Is Nucu available on Android?

To use the advanced features of the Nucu Pad, you need the Nucu App and the Nucu subscription.

Currently, the Nucu App is only available on iOS (iPhone). We plan to add support for Android phones in the future.

Is Nucu available on iOS?

Yes, the Nucu app is available on iOS. To use all the features, you need an iPhone (iOS 16.4 or later)

The Nucu Pad is not a medical device. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or health condition.