How old was your child when you stopped using the baby monitor?

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hycoupe001

Hi, my son is 17 months old and I still use a baby monitor for naps and throughout the night. I am scared that he will need me in the night and I wont hear him if I dont have a monitor.Just wondering how old your children were when you stopped using the baby monitor.There is my sons room,another bedroom then our room.What do ya think?Thanks

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I always say a baby monitor is welcome in the house...theres no age even at three its nice to hear if they wander out of their beds.(could be painting the walls )its nice extra security.

How can I improve my signal strength with a 900mhz wireless video baby monitor?

dcigary

We recently purchased a wireless video baby monitor, and although it does work, there is significant interference in the signal due to my computer room with several PC's and servers. Is there a way to boost this signal to compensate for the interference, or to set up a repeater for the signal?

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If you have interference any sort of repeater or amplifier will only repeat and / or amplify the interference (noise) along with the desired transmission (signal). The problem is likely a signal to noise ratio problem and interference.

I presume you have done all you can with repositioning the units to make them closer together without getting closer to the interference. If not try that

With the electronic interference it becomes even more difficult to address. A baby monitor is nothing more than a microphone in the baby's room and a speaker in the monitoring room linked wirelessly. Can you use a wired system? This may be your only practical choice. Perhaps a 5 MHz

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Any good remedies for getting rid of a headache..?

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Rachel

I've had a headache all day, and I want it gone :( but I can't swallow pills and I already took baby asprin in the morning, and I took some liquid childrens medicine almost two hours ago. but it still won't go away. it's at bay right now, like it doesn't hurt as much but it's still bothering me a lot. and I can feel it like behind my right eye. and tips or remedies are appreciated. thanks in advance!

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IHave you seen an orthodontist/dentist to be examined for TMJ/TMD. Tension stress from your TM joint in your jaw can make you sickly with migraines if out of place even a smidge.I got it from a jolt to my head and the tmj muscles stretched out causing sickening headaches, face pain and ear aches. Please check even with your doctor about it.

Many things can trigger a HEADACHES/MIGRAINES: using your arm in an awkward way (bowling) when you don't normally do that, lack of food (skipping meals), head resting in a hairdressers sink, going to a concert with light show, video game screen with fast movements & flashing lights, staring in the light (sun) constantly on your eyes...etc.

You may want to check your settings on all your digital items that you are using. Each device you use has a warning that MANY COMPLETELY IGNORE. Go under your settings for your screen settings on your computer, laptops, televisions, monitors, digital games, etc. AND LOWER THE BRIGHTNESS ON THE SCREEN.

Also, don't forget that all these items are a heat source and depending on how close you are to the item you are using, you are affecting your personal body sources. (ie. flickering lights affect the eyes, laptops on laps affect fluids. etc.)

You may be completely dehydrated if you aren't drinking adequates amounts of water daily. Here's a guide to help you figure out how much water you require daily for your weight.

? Your Weight Times (.5) Equals Divided By 8oz (or 1 Cup) Equals # Cups of Water/Day

⢠150lbs x .5 = 75/8 = 9 Cups of Water/day
⢠175lbs x .5 = /8 = 11 Cups of Water/day
⢠200lbs x .5 = 100/8 = 12.5 Cups Water/day

If you take your medication with an extra caffeine drink, it will hit your system faster, but that only means enough to swallow the medication and wash it down. It does not mean drink an entire can or you will suffer from extreme caffeine withdrawal (rebound migraines).

1. I used to use a combination of medications which included 400mg Ibuprofen 4x a day with food. This takes the swelling and inflammation down. DO NOT exceed1600mg in one day and you may need prilosec for stomach protection as ALL ANTI INFLAMMATORIES are difficult on the stomach. ***You can use Tylenol with Ibuprofen and Aspirin watch for daily maximums & don't exceed.

2. Robaxacet is Tylenol (acetominophen) combined with methocarbonal (muscle relaxant)...this also comes with codeine on request from the pharmacist. This only relaxes any tight muscles around the pain and helps reduce some pain. You can use Robaxacet with Ibuprofen and Aspirin, BUT NOT Tylenol as it's already an ingredient in this pill.

3. Robaxacyl is Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) combines with methocarbonal (muscle relaxant)...this has a blood thinning active ingredient and isn't ideal for anyone under age 16 years or complications with blood pressure, ailments, etc. This both takes down the inflammation as well as treats the pain.You can use Robaxacyl with Ibuprofen and Tylenol, BUT NOT Aspirin as it's already an ingredient in this pill.
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4. Aleve is a Nonsteroidal Anti Inflammatory (Naproxen) which will helps reduce the inflammation, and as the inflammation decreases so does the pain; BUT you CANNOT mix this drug with any of the above mentioned safely.

5. Dynamint has been used on horses legs for years, but it does an amazing job on sore neck muscles. It's ingredients are Peppermint Oil, Eucalyptus Oil , Tea Tree Oil and Calendula Oil.

6. Deep Cold Gold is an alternative rub that works very well on tight aching tendons on your upper shoulders, neck and TMJ joints.

When I was 16 years old I had severe tension headaches that made the ligament behind my ear pop out like a big ole bump. The doctor prescribed a low dose of Elavil (amitryptaline) & it was gone within days. The Elavil in high doses is used for depression but they use it for car accidents because it relaxes the muscles from whiplash.

If you experience a headache with ANY LOSS OF WEAKNESS, SLURRING, IMBALANCE or FEVER, then you need to seek medical attention immediately for a consult to make sure there isn't something more serious going on.

Why are environmentalists going crazy over the new form of mining?

Maddie

I forget what it's called but they blow up the rocks waaaaay under the earth's surface to find oil somehow, and then they just collect it.. But environmentalists are going crazy because it affects the ecosystem
(which is false, it's a mile underground and can't hurt anything)

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Some people respond more to political rhetoric and not factual information. They lack the ability (or motivation) to think critically.

1. Deep-well hydraulic fracturing does not travel far enough through the rock to affect or harm fresh-water supplies. Millions of fracturing jobs and thousands of field-monitoring tests have confirmed this.

2. Statistically, the chance of even minor water contamination from fracturing chemicals in properly constructed deep wells is less than 1 in 1 million. This is documented in various studies.

3. The height of any fracture produced by hydraulic fracturing is limited by natural lithostatic, hydrostatic, and tectonic stresses, as well as frac barriers formed by overlying layers of rock with different geomechanical properties so the typical fracture height is 100-300 feet above the wellbore.

4. It has been standard practice in the industry for decades to line well bores with heavy steel pipe which is cemented around the outside of the pipe. This pipe is placed and cemented to depths that go deeper than any freshwater aquifer in the area (this is the law in most places) before any deeper drilling takes place, especially any deeper drilling that is expected to encounter oil and gas.

5. Water contamination due to spilled industrial chemicals occurs rarely, but is always associated with accidents related to road transport, leaks of on-site surface storage, or during mixing and well construction phases. These failings are already regulated, in fact in the US these come under the full jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency and do not have any exemptions from the Clean Water Act.

6. In the deep wells typical of shale gas no documented examples of chemical contamination from hydraulic fracturing have been found (except for surface spills at the well site or during transport).

7. Hydraulic fracturing has not been documented to increase the presence of methane (a harmless non-toxic gas that has no odor and must reach 5% concentrations to be ignited). Poor well construction from any type of well, including a hydraulically fractured well, a conventional oil well, or even a deep water well can cause methane contamination of shallow fresh-water aquifers. Most cases of methane in fresh water aquifers are the result of biogenic methane bacteria, and/or drawdown of water pressure in the water well that allows the methane that was already there to come out of solution and be desorbed from surrounding rock. Shallow coals and thin shales found in aquifer rocks are often the source of this methane and not associated with oil and gas drilling. High pressure air-drilling is sometimes used by the oil industry, as well as the water well drilling industry, and this can stir up sediment and activate bacteria in shallow fresh water zones. More care in this type of drilling would be appropriate.

8. Chemical disclosure of well fracturing fluids is already required by law in the United States and is not inappropriate. Full disclosure is required by OSHA and MSDS sheets are required by law to be available at the well site. Most states and oil and gas drillers are now disclosing these chemicals on public websites.

9. The first fracturing job took place in 1947. It is a little late to get upset about it now because nearly 90% of the wells drilled in the world use some application of this process. Nor is shale gas something new- the first shale gas well was drilled in Fredonia, New York in 1821. Shale fracturing research was first begun in the public sector by the US Department of Energy in the 1970's.

10. Most of the chemicals used in a typical fracturing job are found in your kitchen and bathroom. Polyacrimide is used in baby diapers and as a flocculant in public water treatment plants that process your drinking water. Glutaraldehyde can be found in hospitals, and household disinfectants. Ozone and chlorine dioxide are used in municipal water supplies to disinfect your drinking water. Ozone is also emitted by your laser printer. Phosphonate is found in detergents and used as a medical treatment for bone problems. Surfactants are nothing more than a technical name for dish soap. These are the five most commonly used chemicals in a frac job.

11. Fluid forced into the well that is not part of the flow-back water is never coming back. Shales are dessicated when they have generated gas and oil and the water is chemically bound to the shale. It is not coming out of the rock- it is now part of the rock.

12. The radioactivity of shale and water coming back out of a shale is well below Federal safety thresholds. Surface rocks such as granite are probably more likely to have dangerous levels of radioactivity than shales (and this is why I will not live in a house with a granite counter top).

Here is a well written paper explaining more about hydraulic fracturing:http://www.kgs.ku.edu/PRS/Fracturing/Frac_Paper_SPE_152596.pdf

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How much does a baby Red Eared Slider Turtle eat?

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Desiree

My son was given a baby turtle 2 weeks ago by a friend, i have never had to take care of a turtle before. I have only seen Donatello eat 3 times since we got him. He runs around and swims all day so he is not acting like he is depressed or sick. Just wondering how often he is suppose to eat.

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Red eared sliders are very common turtles and do make great pets!

Your turtle will always be begging for food. Red-Eared sliders have a voracious appetite. This will depend a bit on your individual turtle. A good rule of thumb is to feed as much as your turtle will consume in 15 minutes. If you feed in a separate container, it is easier to monitor how much and how fast your turtle eats. It is important to offer a variety of foods at the same time -- don't just give your turtle its favorite items.

As an alternative guideline, another common "rule of thumb" is to give meals that are roughly the same size (in total volume) as the turtle's head and neck. Still, you'll need to monitor your turtle's body condition and adjust if necessary.

Keep in mind, that if you are feeding strictly by these rules, feeding every day might be too much, and every two or three days might be too little. You will likely need to adjust the amount you give your turtle. The best guide is to monitor your turtle's weight and condition, and with a little experience you will get to know better how much your turtle can eat and stay in good condition. You also do not want to let juvenile turtles grow too quickly.If a growing turtle gets too fat or grows too quickly it can cause bone and joint problems

To ensure proper nutrition, strong growth and a healthy long-lived turtle, feed a varied diet to both adults and juveniles. Just remember that adults eat less animal protein and more vegetable matter. Juveniles must be fed every day; adults can be fed once every two to three days. Do not feed more than they can eat; the excess food will go to waste and foul the water. Feed a combination of the following foods:

Commercial diets (No more than 25% of total diet)
Trout Chow, commercial floating fish, reptile or turtle food (pellets, sticks or tablets). The pellets and sticks have the advantage of being formulated specifically for reptiles and don't decompose in the water as fast as other foods.

Animal Protein (No more than 25% of total diet)
Live feeder fish--do not feed defrosted frozen fish; they are deficient in thiamin and excess consumption will cause a thiamin deficiency in your turtle. Earthworms--buy them from a reptile or aquarium store; do not feed the ones from your yard as they may contain bacteria, parasites and pesticides against which your turtle has no immunity. Finely chopped raw lean beef, beef heart and cooked chicken are okay for treats, but are not appropriate as a major part of a balanced diet for whole prey eaters. High quality dog kibble can be offered occasionally as treats, too; like muscle meat, dog and cat foods are not appropriate when used as a significant portion of a turtle's diet.

Plant Matter (50% or more of total diet)
Offer leaves of dark leafy greens such as collard, mustard and dandelion greens. Offer shredded carrots (and carrot tops), squash and green beans. Fruit can be offered raw; shred hard fruits like apples and melons, chopping soft fruits such as berries. To help keep their beak in trim, let them gnaw on pieces of cantaloupe with the (well washed) rind still attached.

Vitamin Supplements should be added twice a week. Use a good reptile or turtle multivitamin. Turtles must also be supplied with additional calcium; they often enjoy taking bites out of calcium blocks and gnawing on cuttlebone, so always have some available to them.

Can metformin cause me to have a miscarriage or affect me getting pregnant?

Scorpio Ch

My doctor recommended me to use Metformin to try and regulate my periods which would make me ovulate more regularly and hopefully help me get pregnant. But now I'm wondering if it could be doing the total opposite. I'm getting my periods every month, but I haven't been able to get pregnant. I've been on it for about 6 months.

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I would ask my doctor to put me on Clomid. I have heard so much more about that one and the success stories are plentiful. Of course if your periods are very regular, then it is doing what it is supposed to do.

PREGNANCY
While safety during pregnancy has not yet been established, three patients who continued on metformin during their entire pregnancy and one who remained on a glitazone have delivered normal babies. There are no reports of abnormal babies in women who conceived using metformin and all resulting babies were normal. Metformin is a category B medication. This means that insufficient human data is available but no credible animal data suggesting a teratogenic (could produce birth defects) risk. Although to the best of our present knowledge the risk of birth defects would be small, it must also be noted that maternal diabetes has been associated with an increased risk of birth defects and the underlying elevated insulin levels may lead to birth defects if not corrected.

While the most prudent policy may be to avoid the use of these medications during pregnancy until more data on pregnancy outcome is available, the risk of miscarriage may be reduced by continuing metformin during the pregnancy. We ask our PCOS patients taking insulin-lowering medications to monitor their basal body temperatures if pregnancy is a possibility. When the temperature remains elevated for more than 16 days, pregnancy is likely and a home pregnancy test should be performed. If positive, a medical consultation with the physician is scheduled. If the EPT is negative the BBT chart is reviewed by the physician or nurse to determine the appropriate course to follow. Patients should discontinue contact their physician if they are on Avandamet, Actos, or Avandia to receive instructions. Generally, patients taking these medications will be switched to metformin.

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There are several possible ways to attempt ovulation induction in women with polycystic ovaries. The easiest and least complicated method is the use of Clomid tablets, also called Serophene, or clomiphene citrate.

Many will be able to get pregnant using clomiphene to induce ovulation. For women that do not ovulate with clomiphene, the "traditional" next step has been to use injectable gonadotropins. About 90% of women that do not ovulate with clomiphene will ovulate with this medication and the majority will get pregnant as well. However, these medications are expensive and there are risks of ovarian hyperstimulation and multiple pregnancy involved. The daily injections and trips to the office for monitoring are also somewhat inconvenient for most women.

A relatively new method of treating ovulation problems in women with polycystic ovarian syndrome is to use an oral medication called metformin (brand name is Glucophage) with or without clomiphene citrate. Metformin has been used in the past as an oral agent to help control diabetes. Recently, it has been found to facilitate ovulation in some women with PCOS. Some women who do not ovulate after taking metformin will be able to ovulate when taking metformin in combination with clomiphene. Therefore using metformin would be a benefit to some women with polycystic ovarian syndrome by allowing them to potentially avoid the injectable FSH medications (if they prefer this approach).

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What can I use to transmit noise?

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Spar

Well long story short, I'm scaring my friend. She's my neighbor and I live in the house next to her. Basically I need something that can make noises and can be controlled from another place. I considered a baby monitor (too expensive), or some kind of walkie talkie (probably not loud enough). If there is an app or something I have an iPad or iPod touch I could leave there. There is wifi there and the house next door is within less than 10 yards away so if its some kind of radio, i can here it.
@zachary I would leave it in her closet or attic since her roommate is in on it she could help and make sure she wouldn't break it

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I wouldn't leave an iPhone/Pad outside... If you have a friend or something that you can borrow a home theater system from, you could put one of the speakers outside facing the other house and control the volume and sounds from inside with the amplifier.

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can i use a baby monitor?

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dave

to listen to some one or something without getting in trouble

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In most (all?) states, it is against the law to record someone's voice without their consent. It is immoral to eavesdrop on people like this. A homologous situation is with cell phone cameras; all are required to make an audible click whenever a photo is taken because of concerns of people taking pictures of up women's skirts or in public restrooms and locker rooms.

Have you ever eavesdropped on someone's conversation?

ticktock

If so, was it worth it.... or do you wish you hadn't?

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One time my husband had a friend over and we had been arguing really bad, sooooo.... I took the baby monitor and hooked it up out where they were just to see if he would say something bad about me. He never did so I felt stupid for doing it, lol.

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Why does WIFI lose quality and speed the longer you stay on?

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Seriously, I'm computer retarded and just wondering why it does that. It goes from 54mb/sec to 10 or less sometimes.

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If you speed is dropping then it is nothing to do with how long you have been connected it must be down to another problem.

Generic advice for improving wif reception [you give no info on the router or what device you are connecting with]

To start with the basic rule is to position the wifi router as high and as centrally as possible in your house.

1] Try changing the broadcast channel from the wireless setup interface for your router/modem.You can normally access this by typing "http://192.168.0.1/" into your browsers search bar and then look for the wireless settings menu.
You don't say if your router can use the 5GHz frequency or just the 2.4GHz. The best channels in the 2.5GHz spectrum are 1,6, 11, or 13 as they have less overlap with the other channels.

There is a useful article here about how to get the best performance by selecting the best channel.: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/21132/chaâ¦

If you have an android smarthphone, or a friend does, then install the Wifi Analyzer app free from android market and use it to scan for the best channel and change your routers broadcast channel accordingly. This app will aslo show you all the wifi signals in range that your neighbours are using, so you can select a different channel to them, making a stronger signal for you. https://market.android.com/details?id=coâ¦


2] You can use a tool like Nirsofts totally free WirelessNet View to look at all the local wireless signals that are within range and may be competing with your own router and interfering with reception. from here: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wireless_neâ¦

3] You can buy a Wi-Fi booster like D-Link 645 Smartbeam, here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/D-Link-DIR-645-Wâ¦
Devices such as these can actually boost the wifi signal by using multiple beams that bounce of the walls and are intelligently directed toward whatever device [smarhphone, laptop, tablet] you are using on wifi.

4] If your using the 2.4GHz frequency and not the 5GHz then other devices that use this frequency band can alsso interfere with your reception [eg baby monitors and microwave ovens use 2.4GHz]. Try and make sure that none of these devices are situated between your router and your wifi receiver eg laptop, tablet, smarthphone etc

Why is my internet so much slower on my laptop?

Danny G

I'm with virgin, both my computer & my laptop are connected to my via wireless connection. But my laptop gets but a small fraction of the speed my computer does.

Any ideas on how to sort this out?

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I assume that although you say both the laptop and desktop use a wifi connection that they are not situated in the same place. It is likely that the signal strength will vary in different positions in your house. If the router supports the latest draft n wifi standards and so does the wifi adapter in your desktop then check that your laptops adapted supports 8011n too. If it only supports earlier wifi standards like 8011.g then this is much slower and the reason for the difference.

If the wifi chip in the laptop also supports the 8011n wifi standard then there are several things that can affect wifi signal and things you can do to try and improve things

To start with the basic rule is to position the router as high and as centrally as possible in your house.

1] Try changing the broadcast channel from the wireless setup interface for your router/modem.You can normally access this by typing "http://192.168.0.1/" into your browsers search bar and then look for the wireless settings menu.
You don't say if your router can use the 5GHz frequency or just the 2.4GHz. The best channels in the 2.5GHz spectrum are 1,6, 11, or 13 as they have less overlap with the other channels.

There is a useful article here about how to get the best performance by selecting the best channel.: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/21132/chaâ¦

If you have an android smarthphone, or a friend does, then install the Wifi Analyzer app free from android market and use it to scan for the best channel and change your routers broadcast channel accordingly. This app will aslo show you all the wifi signals in range that your neighbours are using, so you can select a different channel to them, making a stronger signal for you. https://market.android.com/details?id=coâ¦


2] You can use a tool like Nirsofts totally free WirelessNet View to look at all the local wireless signals that are within range and may be competing with your own router and interfering with reception. from here: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wireless_neâ¦

3] You can buy a Wi-Fi booster like D-Link 645 Smartbeam, here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/D-Link-DIR-645-Wâ¦
Devices such as these can actually boost the wifi signal by using multiple beams that bounce of the walls and are intelligently directed toward whatever device [smarhphone, laptop, tablet] you are using on wifi.

4] If your using the 2.4GHz frequency and not the 5GHz then other devices that use this frequency band can alsso interfere with your reception [eg baby monitors and microwave ovens use 2.4GHz]. Try and make sure that none of these devices are situated between your router and your wifi receiver eg laptop, tablet, smarthphone etc

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Looking for a good baby video monitor?

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mama2

The last one I tried would only have the screen on when the baby made a sound. I want one with an option to have it on all the time, sound or not, or by voice. Also, one with no or very little interference would be great.

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This one is wonderful! I have had no problems with it!

http://www.buy.com/prod/mobi-mobicam-digital-wireless-video-monitor-baby-monitoring-system/q/listingid/79702572/loc/20269/210825182.html

Has anyone used a video baby monitor?

Pregnant w

How do they work?
What are the pros and cons?
I am thinking about buying one that you can have two monitors and see two rooms at once and was wondering how many people prefer it.

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Congrats on baby #2!

I couldn't live with out my video monitor!! I have the Summer Infant Day & Night Handheld Color Video Monitor. The picture is so clear both at night and during the day. I love being able to check on my baby with out waking her. I don't even have to get out of bed unless she really needs me! I think if I only had the audio, I would have been getting up a lot more often to investigate every sound, especially during the first few months. The handheld part has a button on top so you can turn off the video screen if the light bothers you at night. Then if you hear something you feel you need to check on, simply click the button and the video comes back on. I read the reviews for this product. Many people say they could not get a signal. I never had a problem. I also read that they can interfere with wi-fi. My husband is a web developer... he never would have allowed wi-fi interference!

I highly recommend this monitor to all my friends. The only con I can think of is that I have had to change the channel due to static. Seriously, it's a flick of a button and I've had to do it maybe 3 times in 7 months. No biggie! I know you can get an extra camera for this monitor, but I don't need one yet. Here is what one person commented: "We bought a second camera to go with the monitor we already had. I love being able to switch back and forth between my two kids' rooms. Only issue is if the monitor is too close to one camera, you can have interference when trying to check on the other one."

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2265802

Hope this helps.

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