Your average mom-to-be probably takes for granted the ability to track and monitor many things in her life and so will expect the same for baby. Video monitors come in different types, from stand-alones like Motorola’s Wireless Video Baby Monitor, at $130, to app-connected cameras such as Motorola’s Wi-Fi Baby Monitor Camera, around $180.

Motorola Wi-Fi Baby Monitor Camera

Motorola Wireless Video Baby Monitor

Mom-to-Be

New Mom

If you’re not worried about starting a screen addiction at an early age — and really, who can blame exhausted parents for trying to buy some peace and quiet — hand over your iPhone or iPad to your toddler. But not without first putting it into the Laugh & Learn Apptivity Case from Fisher Price that protects your tech from toddler drool, teeth and other indignities.

Snap Happy Mom

Give your Mom a new lens for her iPhone and she’ll never stop Instagramming. Choose from a Olloclip Telephoto at $99 or a four-in-one kit with fisheye, wide angle and macro lens at $80.

Movie Mom

Want to offer up Netflix movies for Mom without having to buy a new TV? Check out the new Roku Streaming Stick. At $60 a quick and easy way to get streaming entertainment to Mom’s TV.

On-the-go Mom

Add a keyboard to a new Apple iPad Mini or a Samsung Galaxy Tab and Mom and Mom may just be able to leave that heavy laptop at home.

Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Folio for Samsung Galaxy Tab

Keep Fit Mom

Help mom with a gadget that makes it fun to track fitness activity. Check out Vancouver’s own Tractivity (at tractivityonline.com), a low-cost sensor that slips onto your shoelace or into an ankle band to track your movement. Pricier but an elegant option is the Misfit Shine, another wearable activity monitor and one that links to an app on your smartphone.

Tractivity Bundle, $39

Shine Bloom Necklace, $80, with Misfit Shine Sensor, $100

Gardening Mom

Check out Wingscapes’ time-lapse camera (from $109) that can capture a garden party, the progress of those tomato plants, even the changing seasons in the garden. The BirdCam Pro Motion-Activated Camera by Wingscapes (from $209) is activated by both heat and motion when birds and animals come close. can do time-lapse images.

Garage Sale Mom

A budget gift at 10 bucks, but this little credit card reader that links to your smartphone is so handy - whether it’s taking credit card payments at the spring garage sale or splitting a restaurant tab with friends, the Square makes dealing with plastic payments easy.

Stressed Out Mom

Make it easy for Mom to find stuff with these handy trackers: The $60 hipKey, sets off an alarm if your phone, your tablet, your kid — or other valuables — go past the safe zone; Kensington’s Proximo Tag at $29.99 links to an app on your phone and for luggage that lets you know when it lands, check out the Trakdot Luggage Tracker at $60.

Grandmom

If you’re looking for a simple way to keep in touch with grandma, check out the Claris Companion. Aimed at helping out the sandwich generation and the seniors they help care for, the Companion offers video calling, photos, email and texts, alerts to let you know grandma has missed her meds and other features. From $99, with a two-year $39-a-month contract.