S/O Angel Care Monitors

[mrshandy]

I never got one. But I'm just curious about this. A quick google didn't reveal anything.

I know it checks for baby's breathing, but what do you do if your baby stops breathing? How does it prevent SIDS?

Are there any studies done on SIDS rates among Angel Care owners?

As much as SIDS is terrifying, maybe I'm alone in this, but it didn't keep me up at night. We followed all of the precautions and we only got a video monitor at 8 months (which I love) because we thought it would be helpful during sleep training. Also, because we knew we would be moving to a place that had multiple floors.

[ijack]

It doesn't prevent SIDS. With SIDS if you're kid is going to stop breathing, they are going to stop breathing. It doesn't matter if you know they've stopped and are trying to help. Experts think it's something in your brain that just happens.
It can help prevent suffocation from other things though.

[egishere]

Yeah that's the thing if they quit breathing and the monitor goes off it might be too late. I had the angel cares for my trio but we barely used them because we would get false alarms and it just made me lose more sleep.

[Deleted]

I, also, was just never up nights wondering if my baby was still breathing. Plus he ended up spending very little time in the crib as a tiny dude, so it would have definitely been a waste. I thought it was silly before I had a baby... and I still do. It preys on fear. It has never been demonstrated to lower SIDS risk.

[Deleted]

We were given two as a gift when my twins were born (there had been several SIDS related deaths recently in my town). We never once used them as anything more than a sound monitor. I didn't need to freak myself out anymore or steal any more of my sleep.

[GailGoldie]

It goes off after 15 seconds of no movement... if a child stops breathing for 15 seconds, you can bet you have time to do something to save them - vs. not knowing for hours- and that's the end.... no chance.

And then you hear stories about older babies (far from sIDS risk) being sick and they wake up to find the child dead, etc --- that wouldn't happen if you have an Angelcare monitor- b/c you'd know the child stopped breathing- and again, would have time to do CPR, call 911, etc, and possibly save the child's life.

It's great if people don't worry about that -- more power to you- but a great number of parents do worry - irrational or not - and having something that helps you sleep and not be up worrying all night is golden to those of us who do worry.

we had very few false alarms - they can be prevented by putting a board under the mattress, adjusting it properly, etc... so the few we had never bothered us - we'd rahter have those few, and all other nights = easy sleep, then not have them.

[Deleted]

I actually loved mine. I was a big worrier & it did help give me piece of mind.