Wireless Monitor For When Baby Falls Asleep In Car?

roses

Apologies if this is the wrong forum. My DS, 1.5 yrs old, often falls asleep if we are on a long drive. I usually leave him in the car on the driveway when we return home and keep an eye out the window.

Is there a wireless baby monitor where I can leave one in the car and have the receiver with me so I can hear when he wakes up?

Preferably] both units battery powered.

I had a google and a look on amazon but couldn't find such a monitor.

sulphate

Don't leave your child in the car?

roses

Not really a helpful response.

WantToBeSE

In this weather I really would advise against leaving your child in the car.
Besides, I normally found that at that age they would only briefly stir for a bit while I transferred them to a bed/cot.

GwylimT

Even with windows open in the summer it only takes ten to fifteen minutes for the temperature to rise ten degrees in a vehicle. If you want to risk your child dying leave him in the car to sleep, if you would rather have two seconds of inconvenience don't leave him in there.

You cannot find such a monitor because no company would want to promote such a dangerous thing.

chocdonuty

Why on earth would you leave him in the car?
Car seats are for cars, they are not intended to be slept in for long periods as the baby is in the wrong position, all scrunched up and upright, I'd understand if he was in a pram/lie flat buggy and you left him outside the open back door til he woke, but a car?
It's far too hot, you can't hear plus there is the (extremely small) chance the car could be stolen if left unlocked. Much more sensible to bring him in.

roses

Thank you all for your fantastic advice on what a horrific parent I am.

First of all I am looking for a solution I can use all year round.

Second of all I am not a complete moron. I would never leave my son in the sweltering heat, I of course use my judgement.

My son is like me. Once he is up, he is up and he won't go back to sleep so moving him from car to cost doesn't work.

I have found a number of camping baby monitors which suit what I am looking for.

Really, some of the comments here about how I'm neglecting my child are really narrow minded. Most people I know leave their child in the car to sleep in their driveway in the small town where I live. It is not dangerous as long as you use your judgement.

2gorgeousgirls

Wouldn't dream of leaving a baby in a car unattended. Not just from the point of view that it is very warm at the moment - as others have stated even with the windows open the car will get extremely warm very quickly and a baby's body temp will rise much quicker than an adults.

Many years ago a local lady left her child in the car while she went into the petrol station to pay. The car went on fire and, while the child was rescued, she suffered horrendous burns. That story stuck with me and I wouldn't leave my kids even to pay for petrol. If they were with me when I was filling up they came with me to pay which was very inconvenient but I couldn't live with myself if something happened to them because I left them unattended.

I don't think anyone has said you are a horrific parent. And as I have pointed it is not just the weather you need to be aware of. I don't think the lady above is a horrific parent either. She just wasn't thinking of possible dangers and she is now paying the price of watching her daughter suffer with the results of being left in an unattended car. Would you really want to live with something like that. I know the risk of a car going of fire is extremely small but it is still a risk nonetheless.

mountainofdebt

roses wrote: »

Thank you all for your fantastic advice on what a horrific parent I am.

First of all I am looking for a solution I can use all year round.

Second of all I am not a complete moron. I would never leave my son in the sweltering heat, I of course use my judgement.

My son is like me. Once he is up, he is up and he won't go back to sleep so moving him from car to cost doesn't work.

I have found a number of camping baby monitors which suit what I am looking for.

Really, some of the comments here about how I'm neglecting my child are really narrow minded. Most people I know leave their child in the car to sleep in their driveway in the small town where I live. It is not dangerous as long as you use your judgement.

Sorry you don't like the responses .........

Diid they hit a raw nerve perhaps???

Tigsteroonie

Have a look at Ikea's PATRULL monitors. Reading the description, I think they work on gthe basis of a rechargeable battery in both units. You could use these so long as you feel confident they are fully charged.

GwylimT

So your son being awake is an inconvenience?

So you wouldn't leave him a hot car, but you want a monitor for all year round, what about when he is in a freezing car in winter? I know someone who did that, their two year old almost died of hypothermia, funnily enough they feel guilty because they neglected to put her first.