How long do you use baby monitor for when they are in their own room?

Mupette

I think DS was about 4 or 5 when i stopped, by that stage he would come to me if he woke up or shouted out

PurpleJay

There is no right time to stop using a monitor. I think I stopped when M went into a bed. We had a bedside cot in our room until then. I think he was about 16-18 months. We still co-slept part of the time for a long while after but he started out in his own bed. He still comes and gets in with us if he wakes in the night (he will be 4 in October) but this is only a couple of times a week now and he soon settles so we don't mind. Our house was smaller at the time and I could hear his bedroom door open straight away. Go with what you are comfortable with. No rush, we have only just taken the stairgate down...!

sooz

I still use one, & my eldest is 8.

Not at night though. Just leave it there so they get used to it, & think it's part of the furniture. Then, when their friends come round to play you can hear their plotting. Like, lets use the bunkbed as a trampoline, lets play hide & seek in the wardrobe, & shall we tie up your little brother & lower the cat out of the window.

Ours also has a talk feature. I could use the voice of god , but I prefer not to, & just come into the room & remind them that as their mother, I know EVERYTHING!

minerva_windsong

My sister still has a baby monitor for my nephew, and he's three next month. I think it's dependent on the child and when you feel they're ready.

daveyjp

It's the one item we had which never got taken out of it's box.

*Louise*

DD has just turned 3 and we still have it switched on. Don't need it for downstairs in the evenings though - it's in our bedroom so I can hear her in the mornings and get up :rotfl:

picnmix

My DD is 5 and I still use it, not sure why as she is perfectly capable of coming to us if she needs anything, but think it reassures us more than her, means when we are downstairs in the evening we can here them straight away. Never really thought about getting rid of it, as don't see it being an issue.

sassyblue

Hi skintchick, haven't read all replies so sorry if l repeat anything.... l'd advise you to use your monitor as long as you feel you need to. I did use mine quite a few months when our little boy went into his own room at about 8 months (kept him in longer than the advised 6 months until l felt ready to move him!). I always used it when he was poorly so l could hear anyhting going on and l still would now if he was poorly, he's 4

Pisces

We only used a monitor until our son was about one, after that we figured he was loud enough to wake us if he needs us, plus he's always been a good sleeper in his own room.

However, I would say to keep using it for as long as you want to, there are no prizes for worrying yourself silly and not having one. Just stop using it when you feel the time's right (although they will probably object if you're still using it when they're in a teenager!)

LilacPixie

My youngest is 2 and we still use it. Her big sister we had stopped using it by about 1 as she was a 7-7 baby but youngest is a bit more unpredictable and often is restless. Ours has an intercom feture so we can shhhsh her when she is just a little restless but still sleeping from another room.