Sleepmate

Sleep Mate: Sleep Assist for Mothers & Children

Scope: Mobile App Design

Contribution : Research and User Experience

Team: Group of 4 Interaction Design Students

Timeline : 4 Weeks

SleepMate is a mobile application designed to help mothers and their young children sleep better by minimizing distractions. Our user research revealed that mothers with young children often struggle to fall asleep, averaging only 3-4 hours of sleep per night.

PROBLEM SPACE

Sleep deprivation, affecting over 45% of the world's population, leads to significant declines in well-being and productivity, with studies showing that insufficient sleep costs the U.S. economy up to $411 billion annually (Rand Corporation).

“35% of Americans don’t get enough sleep (7 hours per day) according to the CDC.”

- SleepAdvisor.org

How it started...

With this problem in mind, we've conducted a survey with a sample size of 23 participants to understand the sleep patterns of individuals and got the below insights:

Of all the issues we've gathered, we realized that most of the sleep disruptions were a cause of Work or life related such as work stress or lifestyle choices.

Among those issues, one of the interesting problem we've come across is the one that occurs more naturally. We've decided to pursue this thread to learn more about the underlying causes and issues...

Mothers with infants

We've decided to proceed forward and conduct further research to understand the difficulties mothers face in managing their kids and their own personal health.

78%

of mothers reported getting less than

5 hours of sleep per night.

12%

of mothers managed to get the recommended 7 hours of sleep.

Limited Sleep:

Mothers get only about 2 hours of sleep per day when their baby is born.

Entertainment Supervision:

Kids aged 2-3 watch TV and use phones under parental supervision.

Calming Preferences:

Children need familiar figures, toys, or cartoons to feel calm and secure.

Regular Soothing:

Infants wake frequently and require constant soothing throughout the night.

Nightmares:

Older children often wake up crying due to nightmares, disrupting sleep.

User Personas

Understanding the User

Problem Statement

Mothers of children aged between 3 - 6 years need to get enough sleep because they tend to attend children's sleeping issues such as their frequent entertainment needs and nighttime awakenings brought on by nightmares.

Brainstorming

Design Goals

Minimize Distractions:

Create a distraction-free sleep environment for both mothers and children.

Promote Relaxation:

Provide features that promote relaxation and stress reduction.

Ensure Usability:

Design an intuitive and user-friendly interface that’s easy to navigate even in a sleep-deprived state.

Market Analysis

User Flow

Low Fidelity Wireframes

Converged Solution