Wireless Monitor For When Baby Falls Asleep In Car?

supersaver2

moomoomama27 wrote: »

I'm judging, yes. I work in child protection, so cannot fathom people knowingly putting their children at risk.

I have 3 children. I had them:
Sleep in same room, shortest time 18 months
All solids started well after 6 months
Same with cows milk, well after 12 months
All mine were rear facing until well over a year old.

I'm sure many others have followed the guidelines too. So I dont get your point?

Only rear facing for such a small amount of time, my daughter has a 'be safe' rear facing seat and she is nearly 3, it grows with her and studies show it is by far the safest position for a young child. Think of the damage your child could have suffered if you'd been in a high impact crash. See how easy it is to judge, none of us are perfect but safety in the car is high priority for me.

janninew

Horace wrote: »

OP would you leave a dog in a hot car?

Why does the car have to be hot just out of interest?

Carmina-Piranha_2

I think Skintchick has had a few unfair comments to be honest. She was talking about making phone calls while facing her child and giving her child the majority of her attention - she wouldn't need a baby alarm because she could see when her baby would wake up.

She wasn't talking about going for a bath or to cook dinner or anything else where she would not see (and hear!) her child.

Some phone calls have to be made during office hours. My eldest was a terrible sleeper, and it is a special sort of torture to have a child who sleeps for 4 hours out of 24 with no naps after the age of 12 months. Mine would have woken up when the car engine stopped though, or when I opened the car door - card had no magic sleep formula for him!

Nowadays I think I could have made phone calls on a mobile standing just outside the car if my voice from inside would have woken him though.

moomoomama27

supersaver2 wrote: »

Only rear facing for such a small amount of time, my daughter has a 'be safe' rear facing seat and she is nearly 3, it grows with her and studies show it is by far the safest position for a young child. Think of the damage your child could have suffered if you'd been in a high impact crash. See how easy it is to judge, none of us are perfect but safety in the car is high priority for me.

Ummm read my post, I said rear facing until well over a year! My eldest is 17 so the seats and research weren't as they are today, yet she rear faced until over 12 months as that was all that was safe back then! My youngest two were 20 months and 26 months before they went forward facing!!!

tazzyb

happycomper22 wrote: »

atolaas wrote: »

updated this for you

Cheers.

I am a firm believer in not taking the risk.

I personally think leaving your baby/toddler asleep in the car whilst you are in the house and cannot see them a terrible thing to do.

There are so many things that could go wrong. Even having a baby monitor does not make it safe in my eyes.

I have mentioned this thread to a few people today and everyone I spoke to agreed with me.

Anyone who wants to justify it as okay that is your call. I stand by what I said. If I saw anyone do it I would call the police and social services and I would do so without any fear that they would think I was wasting their time.

Carmina-Piranha_2

moomoomama27 wrote: »

Ummm read my post, I said rear facing until well over a year! My eldest is 17 so the seats and research weren't as they are today, yet she rear faced until over 12 months as that was all that was safe back then! My youngest two were 20 months and 26 months before they went forward facing!!!

I remember asking 8 years ago, and couldn't find anything for my very large child to be rear-facing in. He was really tall and could not be squished in - well, he could be, but with having ears and head being so high above the backrest it wasn't safe anyhow, said mothercare. Car seats and the safety research have evolved a lot recently

moomoomama27

Carmina-Piranha wrote: »

I remember asking 8 years ago, and couldn't find anything for my very large child to be rear-facing in. He was really tall and could not be squished in - well, he could be, but with having ears and head being so high above the backrest it wasn't safe anyhow, said mothercare. Car seats and the safety research have evolved a lot recently

Totally agree, the extended rear facing seats are very much a recent thing I think. My youngest is 10 and it was a struggle back then to find a seat for him to stay rear facing for as long as he did (26months). The advice for my first two children was rear facing until they hit 20lbs, which for most babies was around 6-9 months of age. It was a struggle to keep my 25lb 12 month old girl rear facing in 1997, there wasn't the research, but my brother was a paramedic and recommended we attempt it gor as long as possible! It became unsafe after 14 months of age, as her head was almost above the back rest!

janninew

Carmina-Piranha wrote: »

I remember asking 8 years ago, and couldn't find anything for my very large child to be rear-facing in. He was really tall and could not be squished in - well, he could be, but with having ears and head being so high above the backrest it wasn't safe anyhow, said mothercare. Car seats and the safety research have evolved a lot recently

Just for info it is still hard to buy rear facing for older children, mothercare, Halfords etc are way behind and you will find the best selection online. I've just bought one that seats a child until they reach 18kg. Not sure why this Country Is still so far behind with car safety compared to other European countries. Think the price puts many people off, we've just paid £370.00 for our rear facing and not one on my friends with similar age children have rear facing seats and think I'm a bit odd to have paid so much!

moomoomama27

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janninew wrote: »

Just for info it is still hard to buy rear facing for older children, mothercare, Halfords etc are way behind and you will find the best selection online. I've just bought one that seats a child until they reach 18kg. Not sure why this Country Is still so far behind with car safety compared to other European countries. Think the price puts many people off, we've just paid £370.00 for our rear facing and not one on my friends with similar age children have rear facing seats and think I'm a bit odd to have paid so much!

I was considered batty in 1997 -2003 when I was doing extended rear facing. I had lots of relatives in the States, so heard about it way before the UK caught on, but even though I could see the research, it was I possible to get a seat sent to the the UK that was suitable back then!

Carmina-Piranha_2

I bought the britax First Class after advice on here, because it could recline so he wasn't as 'tottery' as he would have been sat up. mothercare didn't sell it at the time I don't think, or at least my local one didn't. I bought online.

That's the great thing about asking for online advice, you get it from people who have seen things that aren't on your high street. But regarding baby monitors, I still think I'd want to be looking right at my child if they were outside and not behind a locked back gate.