When did you stop using a monitor in your toddlers room?

[Liviam]

I turned DD's off when she was put in a big girls bed as she happily trots down the hall if she needs us or just wants to hop in our bed. I've found since turning it off I am more intune with her and haven't slept through her needing us yet. I was once told that if your little one needs you they will be heard!! I believe that because DD can get quite a scream up if she needs us quickly and she just calls if she wants us, that make sense? Best of luck - hope you get some sleep!!

[sirenz]

our ds shares a wall with us too, he is litterally about 4 meters away from our room.. my dh has had to ween ME slowly off the monitor as I was constantly paranoid I wouldn't hear him if he woke, but turns out, I can hear him without the monitor so its all good.. Keeping it for when sickness sets in is a great idea, but for now turn it off and get some much needed rest

[sirenz]

BTW I think the fact that your DH sleeps thru the waking up is totally a male selective hearing thing .. my dh says he doesn't hear anything, but I know he only says that because he knows I'm straight out of bed as soon as I hear ds.

[Cally]

We got rid of it when she moved into the toddler bed - about 2 yrs old. She is up the other end of the house from us, but we do still hear here and she pops down to visit us if she needs us in the middle of the night. Between the two of us, one of us will here her - I have woken up to her little foot walking on the floor boards through the kitchen a few times. It's so quiet in the middle of the night it is easy to hear them.

[gypsy79]

Wow, I think I turned our monitor off very early compared to everyone else! I'm not exactly sure when it was, but definitely before 12 months. I was finding that DS was waking a lot at night, but would often settle himself very quickly and not need me. With the monitor right next to my head, I was waking every time he made a noise. Since turning it off, I still wake up as soon as he cries, but I don't hear every single noise. I figure if he needs me he will be loud enough that I will hear him! I am a fairly light sleeper though. If I'm ever not home (very rare!) DH has the monitor on.

We do still have it connected and often turn it on in the evenings so that we can hear him over the noise of the TV!