Baby moverment sensor mat?

andycarmi

Al_Mac wrote:

The bit you didn't quote "If it makes you feel better and you can afford it, buy it.":D

Yes can afford it, but as people have said its not 100% prove as they can move off it...

lisa76

Got to be honest I am so glad I had mine! I wouldn't have bought one myself, but I was given one by a friend, and I thought it was brilliant. The one time it did go off (because the wire had been stretched and came out - cheers dad!) I jumped out of bed in a complete panic, but thank god everythign was ok.

I am a first time mum too, and I really think it helped put my mind at ease and let me get some sleep at least!

Trying_to_Budget

Hi

Have to say, I have a one of these monitors and I think it was a good buy.
We got it when DD was approx 1 week old, because I couldnt sleep for worrying about her stopping breathing. She is now 9 months and we still use it in her cotbed. Occasionally, she does roll into a far corner and the alarm goes off, but generally it works really well even though the cotbed is large.
Its certainly given me piece of mind, but maybe Im just a worrier!

Poppy9

Do these plug in? If so I would be more concerned with having the baby sleep on something that produces electro magnetic radiation.

I kept my DD in my bedroom till 9 months old. She slept through the night but it gave me piece of mind and it wasn't too far to walk to give her the odd prod:rolleyes: . I had intended to keep her there until 12 months old as I had read something when expecting that the incidence of cot deaths in Asian families is extremely low. They attributed it to the fact that it's normal practice for babies to sleep with their parents till 1 year old. We gave up at 9 months as her chattering was driving us potty!!

andycarmi

Poppy9 wrote:

Do these plug in? If so I would be more concerned with having the baby sleep on something that produces electro magnetic radiation.

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Hadn't thought of that!

Poppy9

andycarmi wrote:

Poppy9 wrote:

Do these plug in? If so I would be more concerned with having the baby sleep on something that produces electro magnetic radiation.

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Hadn't thought of that!

You've not reach full paranoia stage yet then.:D

hobo28

Without meaning to sound rude, when I first read your post, I instantly thought "Aha, first time parent."

As a parent to four kids now, you soon learn that parenting is about not what you *should* do but what you can tolerate.

Getting all the stuff people recommend to keep your baby safe is a one way ticket to being skint. You'll make absolutely everything safe then they'll just trip over air and bang their head on the floor!

You'll need your sleep. Having a stupid mat bleeping all the time will drive you nuts. My mates bleeped like one of those machines at hospital with the heart beats and constant tone if the baby moved off. Like on ER when the patient dies! Great marketing, plays to all your fears. Useless in real life tho.

For my eldest we used a normal monitor and the chattering, snuffling kept us up so we gave up. Trust me, you'll hear them cry. Even in your sleep.

Finally I'll probably get shot for saying this but lets for arguments say it went off and it wasn't a false alarm. What would you be able to do? How many of us are medically trained?

Remember humans have been alive for hundreds of thousands of years and we've survived perfectly well without those monitors!

kit

I had one of these. I had an angelcare one. I really recommend them - my friend has one too (and no, its not her first child either).
I loved it, it only went off once and that because my daugher was curled up in the bottom corner of the cot.

I dont agree that you will hear them cry without a monitor. It depends on the house and how well you sleep. I still have a monitor for my 19 month old as I can't hear her cry..... I sometime even sleep through her crying with the monitor next to me!

If you want one, then get one. If it means you will be happy that your child is healthy and well then I'm all for it.

andycarmi

hobo28 wrote:

Without meaning to sound rude, when I first read your post, I instantly thought "Aha, first time parent."

As a parent to four kids now, you soon learn that parenting is about not what you *should* do but what you can tolerate.

Getting all the stuff people recommend to keep your baby safe is a one way ticket to being skint. You'll make absolutely everything safe then they'll just trip over air and bang their head on the floor!

You'll need your sleep. Having a stupid mat bleeping all the time will drive you nuts. My mates bleeped like one of those machines at hospital with the heart beats and constant tone if the baby moved off. Like on ER when the patient dies! Great marketing, plays to all your fears. Useless in real life tho.

For my eldest we used a normal monitor and the chattering, snuffling kept us up so we gave up. Trust me, you'll hear them cry. Even in your sleep.

Finally I'll probably get shot for saying this but lets for arguments say it went off and it wasn't a false alarm. What would you be able to do? How many of us are medically trained?

Remember humans have been alive for hundreds of thousands of years and we've survived perfectly well without those monitors!

Are you my husband undercover!!! Lol.

I think about things too much and such a worrier. I have thought about your point about what would I be able to do...

going2die_rich

I don't think their is anything wrong with being over worried and if the mat makes you sleep better and worry less then buy it. I do think it'll turn out to be a pain as I can see babies just staying still for quite a while and you'll get sick of it going off all the time for flase alarms. But if you can afford to waste £50 then go ahead as it'll give you peace of mind that you tried it.

I think it's more a worry that if something ever did happen to your child how would you have felt thinking if only you had got it. But you will no doubt have many such situations and many people never actually have them.

Something to consider though is, just say something was to happen to your child would you know what to do? If not, maybe your £50 is better spent on a first aid course for babies rather than a mat thats only going to have a life span of a week before it becomes unbearable for false alarms. After all the mat would only alert you, not actually go ahead and save your child, you'd still be waiting for an ambulance.