infant monitors- motion monitor users

[janiejones]

So Freddie has taken to rolling so much in his crib that the incidence of false alarms has increased because he's just out of the sensor pad's range.  Like it happening 3 times a night when we used to have just one false alarm a month when he was a still sleeper.


It's time to go to sound only, isn't it?  I'm just so nervous about SIDS.  But waking up for all of this, in a panic, plus still BFing at least 2x a night is making me a zombie.

(He's 6.5 months & crawls if that helps)

[Deleted]

Get a video monitor!

They can zoom in. I always zoom in and watch her chest go up and down.

Cause im a freak.

[alzi]

I love having the video monitor. I can stare at her when I'm feeling obsessive and turn the video off when I need to stop watching her and go to sleep lol

[janiejones]

Jul 12, 2013 8:35:00 GMT -5 Lucy Honeychurch said:

There is no evidence the motion sensors prevent SIDS. Go sound only.

No, but I read several reviews where people found their babies unconscious and were able to "wake" then/do cpr.  Those were enough of a selling feature.  I think we're past the point of it being helpful though.

[jssymom14]

Jul 12, 2013 8:25:59 GMT -5 alzi said:

I love having the video monitor. I can stare at her when I'm feeling obsessive and turn the video off when I need to stop watching her and go to sleep lol

Haha me too! I watch her little chest go up and down. DH gets in trouble when he puts her to bed bc it's not the right view

[moonfrogx]

Yup - sound only at this point.

Honestly - the motion sensor was more for me to have a little piece of mind when DS was a newborn. By the time he started rolling off the pad, I was more comfortable.

I still (he's going to be 6 in August) go in at least once a night to check his breathing.

[Deleted]

The false alarms happened for us also. I was also completely paranoid and afraid to go sound only. It may not be for everyone, but what helped me was to turn the monitor volume way up. This way I could hear every time he moved around. It sounds a little crazy, but it reassured me without having to get up out of bed to check on him. Which I had also done. I would wake up to hear him rustling around a bit and be at peace enough to just drift back to sleep.

[Deleted]

The risk of SIDS after they're 4 months old is very very very minimal. Also, if he's crawling and rolling over, I would think the motion sensor is pretty useless. He'll move around a lot.