Wireless Monitor For When Baby Falls Asleep In Car?

Morglin

We all have to learn by experience, and none of us ever get it totally right - the Perfect Parent should arrive on Planet Earth about the same time as the Perfect Child....:rotfl:

Most of us just do the best we can lol

Lin

borkid

Morglin wrote: »

I am of (obviously) an older generation than you, and I still think best to do what instinct tells you, and ignore the conflicting medical advice!


Lin

I do like your down to earth approach to things. Both mine were moved into their own room at 2 weeks old, 1 week after we came out of hosipital. Hubby and I couldn't sleep with all the noise they made, both were seriously noisy sleepers. When they were in their own room I would wake up just before they cried in the middle of the night for whatever reason, it was if I'd developed an extra sense when my daughter was born. They were much better off with parents who had a couple of 3 hour sleeps at night rather than 'zombies' with no sleep.

I don't know about the current research as my children are 70s and 80s born but not all research is equal (in a previous life I was a medical researcher). I use my common sense about medical things and if the explanation of a particular treatment makes sense then I accept it but I don't jump on the most recent bandwagon just because at this particular time it is the 'lastest research'. Science changes with new evidence it is not cast in stone.

Morglin

To be honest, I buried my baby granddaughter , which was the result of 'expert medical advice' which still tears the guts out of me, 10 years on.:mad:

DH and I have been left disabled for life because of 'expert medical advice/treatment', so, to be honest, I take all the experts with a huge pinch of salt.

Parental instinct is probably the best guide, and to be frank, (and this is aimed at no one!) if fathers are left to feel second best to babies/children(as some of these posts seem to be saying!), no wonder some of today's young dads are less willing to stick around (statistically) than yesteryear's were.

And no wonder, some of today's school starters seem to feel that everyone's life should revolve around them and only them and their needs! (I can see why teachers are moaning a lot!):eek:

Teachers cannot possibly devote every working hour to one child and their adult expectations! :wall:

Makes you wonder how we managed to get our kids to normal life, without all this expert advice, doesn't it?:rotfl:

Lin

Person_one

Person_one wrote: »

I agree that the 'how' should be easily available and that understanding why the advice is there and how it was arrived at is best in an ideal world.

In a situation like this though, where nobody fully knows the 'why' or the 'how' some people will use that as a reason not to follow the advice even though its still based on a solid amount of evidence, and that's a real shame.

Morglin wrote: »

My babies, 40 years ago, went into their own room straight away (with a monitor) and both slept through the night from 6 weeks old - so it worked out just fine all round.:T

We all bonded, we all thrived, and we all get along wonderfully well, so it obviously didn't trash the child/parent relationship too much...:whistle: lol

I always got up, in the night, to feed them, because there were a couple of news accounts, at that time, of mothers feeding in bed, falling asleep and suffocating their babies, so better safe than sorry.

The medical profession constantly changes advice, as over the years there has been much advice to let babies sleep in the same bed as adults - there are now suggestions that this CAN be a contributory factor with cot deaths. :wall:

Over the years, I have heard medical advice advising parents to lay babies on their fronts, backs and sides - all contradicting each other!

Best that parents rely on their own instincts, ignore all the conflicting advice everywhere, and just do what feels right for you and baby.

Well, you really proved my point there, thanks I suppose.

Carmina-Piranha_2

Toto wrote: »

My last child only moved out of my room recently and she is 5 she has a bed in her own room but chose to sleep in her toddler bed next to mine. I miss our little chats first thing in the morning before we get up.

Mine is almost nine and he comes and climbs into my bed every morning for a cuddle and a chat

Carmina-Piranha_2

saidan wrote: »

rear-facing car seats have been found to be 1 of the causes in forgotten baby syndrome - leaving baby in the car by accident as it is harder to see baby is strapped in the car seat.

so its risky if you rear-face, and risky if you dont :eek:

I was reading a poster about this at the surestart centre this morning. It was telling you not to ever leave a baby alone in a car ... but one of the tips is to put something you will need at the other end of your journey, such as laptop or handbag, next to the baby so you are less likely to forget the baby.

It also gave a phone number and said to please contact them if you see a baby alone in a car.

Morglin

Person_one wrote: »

Well, you really proved my point there, thanks I suppose.

Well, if everything was known, it might be worth following, but different medical reports all contradict each other.

Anyone trying to keep up with the advice must be going nuts lol

And, as this thread was actually about car monitors, I will leave it now!


Lin

Carmina-Piranha_2

It was a variation of this poster here http://www.safekids.org/sites/default/files/documents/2013%20Heatstroke%20Poster-NO%20LAW%20-%20English2.pdf

but changed for this country.

supersaver2

Morglin wrote: »

Pretty stupid to leave a child, in a car, in this weather......when did common sense, for some young mums, fly completely out of the window?

Doh.

Lin

I wouldn't describe 39 as being a young mum!

Legendmum

Oh dear Lord! I need to be added to the bad/negligent parent list also!
When my DS was little and fell asleep I too left him in the car, on my drive, outside my house! I would ring my house phone from my mobile leaving the mobile with my child!
Seriously the op asked for advice on a product to buy not for a critic of her parenting skills!