Would I actually need a baby monitor?

orangeflam

I'm buying things a little along for my baby who will be comming into the world in mid-August. The baby's bedroom is just accross the hall from our bedroom and I wonder if there is any need for a monitor. Did those of you who purchased them really use them? If you didn't purchase one did you wish you had?

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Never purchased one. Was GIVEN one, and used it every now and then. Mostly when I'd be showering while baby slept, or when I needed to relax outside in my backyard. The monitor let me know when she would awaken.

Do I really need a baby monitor even if my baby will be in a room down the hall while I'm sleeping?

Lindze

My husband and I are fighting nonstop about a baby monitor, there are several couples on our street who have babies and who will around the time we will have ours. I feel we need to spend more on a monitor so we don't pick up other babies crying on ours, and he doesn't want to spend any extra money. Can any parents tell me will I wake up if I don't have a monitor close by? Help!

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I don't use a monitor at night for my 4 month old, she has been in her own room since 1 month and I hear her just fine when she wakes up. We also have a fan on in our room as well as a sound machine in hers. My husband does not wake up when she cries but I do, I think it is just a mother's instinct, we are so in tune with our little ones! I do reccomend a monitor for when you need to be doing something outside and won't hear him/her or for peace of mind when you have company or are watching tv and might not here cries over every day noise.

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