Wanna make my life a little easier?

[careyalis]

I registered for an Angel Care Video Monitor which is $300. The more I think about it, the more I realize that it is ridiculous. I definitely want a video monitor, but I am willing to give up the movement part. I keep trying to research, and I am getting nowhere!

Someone please just tell me which one to get! Thanks in advance

[laurack]

I'd much prefer movement over video? But then I am terrified of SIDS and always have been.

I have the angelcare, no video. It's been great for us. I think it was about $100.

[careyalis]

Well crap, now I am torn again. I convinced myself that I was being too paranoid by getting the movement monitor

[laurack]

I'm sorry!!! I just have loved having the movement monitor, it gives me great peace of mind. I feel like video isn't much good when I'm asleep myself. I don't really see much need for video but I'm sure others have good reasons for wanting video?

[bebeetmoi]

I have the Angel Care and have been grateful for the piece of mind. I know lots of other ladies who did the Snuza movement device and Motorolla video monitor combo. I don't know what the price difference is in comparision to the Angel Care, but maybe something to look into!

[devonpow]

I have used a Summer handheld video monitor for both kids and really like them. I figured I wasn't as interested in the movement monitor because I heard there can be a lot of false alarms, plus I figured that the majority of the time I would be really concerned about it he would be sleeping on my room in a bassinet anyway. The video on the other hand is great for YEARS...when they are toddlers it is awesome to watch them, lol.

[bebeetmoi]

Jan 11, 2013 8:45:47 GMT -5 laurack said:

I'm sorry!!! I just have loved having the movement monitor, it gives me great peace of mind. I feel like video isn't much good when I'm asleep myself. I don't really see much need for video but I'm sure others have good reasons for wanting video?

I will say that I love being ale to see her when she's in her crib. Especially when we had to sleep train. But also when she was a newborn to ensure she was OK and a bit later on, that she didn't move herself into a less than desirable position.

[muppetinma]

We just have a very basic audio monitor. (Summer Infant I think?) Then, my husband bought a couple of wireless web cameras. We have one mounted in his room and one that moves around. (Living room usually, or in his office, where Andrew sleeps when we have guests) I can watch the video through my phone or online. DH loves being able to log in from wherever he is and check up on Andrew sleeping or playing. He also has his computer set up to do time lapses every night, which have turned out really funny. The two cameras and the monitor were WELL under $300.

[laurack]

We've only had it go off a handful of times. Most of them, she had gotten herself squished down the very end in a corner. but I think 2 times she was in the main area and it was going off which freaked me out bigtime! I can't say "it saved her" how would I know. But, I hear it and jump up and go shake her slightly!

[TrudyCampbell]

Jan 11, 2013 8:45:50 GMT -5 bebeetmoi said:

I have the Angel Care and have been grateful for the piece of mind. I know lots of other ladies who did the Snuza movement device and Motorolla video monitor combo. I don't know what the price difference is in comparision to the Angel Care, but maybe something to look into!

I have the snuza and Motorola. The snuza provides peace of mind that is worth the cost! I don't know how to compare it to the angel care but its a similar concept.

[Deleted]

The movement part saved my sanity the first few months. I did have post-partum anxiety to the max though. It has gone off a few times, mainly when she was younger. Once it did go off when she was right in the middle of the crib, that one kind of freaked me out. The other few times was because she squished herself into a corner.

[Deleted]

I can't give any recommendations, I just want to say that this decision is all about making YOU comfortable. We just have an audio monitor and we never use it. Our house is tiny and the door to his room is always cracked so I can see him if I want. That wouldn't work for a lot of people and that is fine. I would have gone off the paranoid deep end with video and movement!

[careyalis]

Thanks guys! I guess I will stick with the angel care monitor after all. It's just so freaking expensive for the one I want! I might look into buying it second hand on ebay or something.

[Deleted]

I have the Motorola video monitor. I don't think it was $300, I'm pretty sure it was less. And its a GREAT video monitor. I highly recommend it to anyone. I love that I dont need to barge into his room to check on him, and the motorola video monitor has a voice system that I can talk to him through the monitor. So, if he gets up crying, I can tell him 'Hold on, mommy's coming!" if I am busy real quick. He looks at the monitor and immediately stops crying. Its so cute!

[bellewithablade]

I wanted the movement monitor, but my brother who is a pedi talked me out of it. I got the motorola video instead. What he said is that there is absolutely no evidence that these mass marketed video monitors prevent SIDS or suffocation events with infants. He, and the pedis he works with believes that they prey on the fears of new moms without sufficient evidence. He said they give false peace of mind. I'm an evidence based medicine type of person so it convinced me If you need an apnea monitor, they will prescribe you one in the hospital to take home. It is much better then the mass marketed stuff. Don't feel bad about not getting one. It doesn't make you a worse or less vigilant parent

[christidee]

I have the summer infant baby touch monitor and I love it. We can even add additional cameras to it.

[laurack]

yes but the movement monitor is very sensitive. If there isn't movement it goes off. So... how could it not help if she did stop breathing?! I mean, if she stopped breathing it would go off, either startling her into breathing and/or startling me into going and shaking her a bit.

I guess the way I saw it, for my own peace of mind $100 was not much money.

I can see how its probably not necessary, but saying it "doesn't work" I don't understand that. Are you saying, that in the event of a baby stopping breathing for some random reason, the monitor wouldn't go off? Or that it would go off but it would be too late to save them?

Sorry just confused a bit.

[Deleted]

I only have sound but there have been times I wished I had video. We room share though so I only use it for naps and beginning if night. For me personally, movement isn't necessary.

[mrsjaymay]

We love our summer infant video one. I would easily say it's our favorite, can't-live-without baby item. I love watching her. It's clear enough that I can see her breathing on it. I still often wake up through the night and I love checking on her.
We never got the movement sensor monitor, but that's not to say that I wouldn't have liked to have one. I say splurge and get the one that does it all

[Faevantastic]

I'm using a wireless surveillance camera and using an iPhone app. This is it: mydlink.dlink.com/products/DCS-930L.

This a screenshot of what it looks like (lights off in his room):

[rxbeth]

I have just been doing an audio monitor and the Snuza Halo. I will be getting a video monitor soon, though.

[joyhart02]

We only have sounds monitors in both the girls rooms.

But do whatever you are comfortable with. Maybe if you get it do not open in until the baby comes home and see how you feel then?

[lolaburns]

I have the Angel Care Movement Video and Sound and I cannot imagine not having it. It's on the Top 5 of things we love for the baby. I LOVE IT! We also have the Snuza.

[rxbeth]

Yeah, if I didn't have the Snuza, i wouldn't sleep at night. I still use it.

[laurack]

I still use the angelcare. Well I don't use the monitor to listen (her room is right next to ours so to be honest probably never needed it!) but, I still turn on the movement monitor. I feel like SIDs is still a possibility at this age?

[rubber pants]

we actually have both (angelcare and the summer infant video monitor). I would never be able to sleep if we didnt have the movement one.

Doesnt angelcare come with a video monitor system? can you trade it in and get the video monitor one?

[imimahoney]

We used the angel care until 7 months I think. The angel care on amazon was 75 and we now use the Motorola video monitor and that was 150. Both were totally worth the cost.

[TrudyCampbell]

Jan 11, 2013 14:44:25 GMT -5 rxbeth said:

Yeah, if I didn't have the Snuza, i wouldn't sleep at night. I still use it.

You are my soul sister. We still use it too!

[biblionerd]

I said if I could have changed one thing that I would have gotten a movement monitor. I also need a video monitor. It's a necessity for me. Especially now that DS is older and I can see what he's doing, why he's fussing, etc. I can't see me feeling comfortable having him in the crib with his blanket, for instance, and not able to see him. I'm a worrier though. If we have a third I'll be getting a movement monitor since we'll need little of anything else.

[gmoneymommy]

I think it's really about what makes you comfortable. We only had an audio monitor for the first month or so and I didn't sleep. I was so paranoid about SIDS that I checked him every 2 minutes. I ended up getting the Angelcare movement monitor and it really helped me. We sill share a room so I haven't felt the need for a video monitor yet, but likely want one when he moves to his room.