Baby monitor?

Ang

I was wondering how often you guys use your baby monitor...

I received one at my baby shower, and I have never used it. In fact, my daughter is 10 weeks old, and the monitor is still in it's sealed packaging. I am considering returning it, and here's why...I work 8 hours a day, so she is normally at a sitters for at least 8.5, I am never more than 10 feet from her in the evenings, and we co-sleep, because I breastfeed. Even if we weren't co-sleeping, she would be in the same room, because I'm a single mom, living with my parents, so only one bedroom for us.

Should I take the monitor back, or keep it?

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keep it because when you have to go cook or use the bathroom its good to have ESPECIALLY when shes sick and you want to monitor her breathing or coughing/choking......you may want to go outside on the front step and talk to a neighbor or a friend that stopped pass...it will seem way way way more valuable as she gets a little older and starts climbing out of bed or when she starts rolling over....you will need to know when shes moving about....so by all means keep it...you'll thank me later!

Baby Cam/Monitor Questions?

txcharm71

I have a baby monitor/camera and was wanting to know how safe it is. I have seen programs where people with back-up cams have picked up monitors in peoples homes. Is this true and if so, what can I do to protect my home or make it harder to pick it up outside of my home.

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The same thing can happen with audio-only monitors, where the sounds from your baby's room is picked up by another set of monitors or even a cordless phone. There should be different frequency settings to avoid this, but I'm not sure about video monitors. We always stuck with the simple audio type and they worked fine.

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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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