Baby Monitors

shelley_crow

Hi,

I need some baby monitors but am a bit baffled by the selection, technology has really come on since my eldest was a baby 6 years ago.

I need digital monitors and would prefer the talkback feature. I've got neighbours with kids and monitors very close so would need monitors with no interference.

I was looking at the BT 100/150 but they have mixed reviews. I've already bought a Summer Video Monitor, it was so rubbish I ended up sending it back.

What do you use?

Winky,_The_House_Elf

I've got the BT 150 and love it!

The sound is so clear, and the tempreture from the babys room is displayed. It bleeps if the room gets too warm:o


The talk back feature is useful to speak to DH when one of us is downstairs - ie can you fetch me a drink when I am breastfeeding!

The speaker is tinny, but useful for plugging in your ipod, I listen to audiobooks whilst settling DD down.

If you have a Costco Card (or access to one) its only £52 there inc VAT.

Winky x

Rainmaker_uk

This is probably controversioal but I do not think that they are always a great idea.

By having a baby monitor you are always on edge listening for every change in the baby. Silence which should be seen as a positive thing is seen as bad as you are questioning if the baby is still breathing.

I also question whether it means that you go in to the baby too often and makes controlled crying very difficult to deal with.

Just my opinion...

Moomum

Another vote for the BT 150 here

shelley_crow

Rainmaker_uk wrote: »

This is probably controversioal but I do not think that they are always a great idea.

By having a baby monitor you are always on edge listening for every change in the baby. Silence which should be seen as a positive thing is seen as bad as you are questioning if the baby is still breathing.

I also question whether it means that you go in to the baby too often and makes controlled crying very difficult to deal with.

Just my opinion...

i wouldn't stand any chance of hearing him at all if he was asleep upstairs, between the tv, washing machine/tumble dryer and his older brother, it's a noisy house and the sound travels.

I did controlled crying with my son but i wouldn't do it again this time so that wouldn't be an issue. :beer:

galvanizersbaby

Will be watching this thread with interest.
I too need to buy a monitor (I used the Angelcare breathing monitor with my son nearly 9 years ago now and found that the breathing sensor you put under the mattress had a tendency to get going off! ):eek:

Going to check out the BT150

honeypop

Rainmaker_uk wrote: »

This is probably controversioal but I do not think that they are always a great idea.

By having a baby monitor you are always on edge listening for every change in the baby. Silence which should be seen as a positive thing is seen as bad as you are questioning if the baby is still breathing.

I also question whether it means that you go in to the baby too often and makes controlled crying very difficult to deal with.

Just my opinion...

I think it differs for different people.

You say people are ALWAYS on edge listening... but we have never done that. We don't listen out for it, if we hear sound coming from it, then we have a listen but that's all. Regarding the breathing, the BT monitors can pick up the sound of breathing across the room if the sensitivity is at it's highest, so if someone was really bothered they can listen to it from downstairs (or wherever they are) which saves on keeping going into the babies room.

In our house, having the monitor meant we went to babies room less not more, as we could hear if everything was ok in there. Without the monitor we couldn't hear anything with the doors closed, and so crept up to have a listen at the door or look in, just to check there was no noise.

Nicki

We have the BT 150 and a large house over 4 storeys. We've turned the monitor on about half a dozen times in the last 16 months .

If baby is crying that loudly, we can hear him anywhere in the house, and we have 2 older kids, thick walls and a generally noisy house. If he's crying so quietly that you need to go up and press your ear outside his bedroom door, then he's not that upset, and will either settle himself again, or rev up to a volume where he can be heard.

I don't do controlled crying, but am a great believer in letting them have a little independence to self settle from a young age if they can, so don't jump up at the first whimper. All 3 of mine have slept well since they were a few months old, so its worked for us.

WATTY1978

We've got the tommee tippee one with the breathing monitor pad and can honestly say we love it. It doesn't make us overcautious, in fact the very opposite.

it was a sleep saver in the early weeks with our first. We didn't have to sit up all night watching him breathe, we could just put our faith in technology. Yes it takes a bit of getting used to, we would set it off everytime we picked him up for a feed / change but you get used to it. It has never gone off on its own so we can now trust that if it does it will be for a genuine reason.

After a while you get used to their noises and stop jumping up to check them plus you can always turn it off if you plan to use CIO.

I'd say do whatever you need to do to get through those first tiring weeks.

Good luck!

Fitzio

I have a BT100 and it's brilliant. The sound quality is great and I wouldn't be without it. I am definitely not on edge, thinking about it, although I have hear people say they are. I do enjoy the silence, but it picks up any little cough etc. which I can react to if I choose. We did have baby in our room for the first 6 months though so not sure if I would be slightly more cautious about her at a young age if she hadn't been in our room. BT monitors are very good quality anyway, and we felt the 100 was good enough for us.

redsquarelady

I'm another bt100 fan. Couldn't be without it!!:T