Baby Monitors

[Arimeh]

Everything snowchickie said.

I don't understand the argument that if you have an alarm going off that you'll ignore it.. hello?? its LOUD!!!! lol

FWIW - We have a babysense breathing monitor and its gone off once in the 2 years we have had it. There was nothing wrong with DS, he had rolled off the sensor pad - so we put both pads in - easily fixed. It hasn't gone off again.

[Sterla]

Thanks for all your replies (esp snowchickie) - really helpful!!! Sounds like Angelcare is the way to go - I didn't even know about the temperature bit.

I've been looking on ebay, might place a bid if I find a decent one, otherwise I think DH and I will pick one up at a store somewhere.

[snowchickie79]

Ah glad I could help. It was something I questioned too but glad I went with my own thoughts and instincts. Yes it has given plenty and plenty of piece of mind and I think it was very worth the $$. I got ours from the same place I bought all my nursery stuff so I got a great discount on it.. Also recommend trying at the Baby Expo's (if there is another one before your bubba is due) as they are usually on special there also. Best thing to do is source the price on it from your local stores and just keep an eye out until you see it on special and then just grab it.. Make sure you get the one with the two sensor pads as when bubba starts moving around the cot, the second scensor will help to make sure the alarm isn't triggered if they move off the sensor pads by accident.

Angelcare do a monitor with the temperature and without. There is one where the temp is displayed on the actual nursery unit so you'd need to physically go into the baby's room to see the temp, whereas my one the temperature is displayed on the parents unit so I can see the temp on my handset.

Arimeh - I completely agree, the alarm is loud and goes off at both the nursery unit and parent unit. The nursery unit alarm is designed to trigger or spook the baby to take a breathe and the parent unit alarm lets us know something is wrong. There ain't no way that I would ignore the alarm no matter what!

Glad to have helped.

[Malyna]

I think Angelcare is introducing a new monitor, with the room temperature and digital display in it - Its going to be a bit more expensive $329 (if my memory serves me correctly), compared to the one that is out at the moment (same two pads, but no room temperature or digital display) which is about $200.... or so the lady at the baby shop, just before xmas told us. We are going for the standard one (two pads et al).. if our tight budget stretches that far!

[feeb]

I think Angelcare is introducing a new monitor, with the room temperature and digital display in it - Its going to be a bit more expensive $329 (if my memory serves me correctly), compared to the one that is out at the moment (same two pads, but no room temperature or digital display) which is about $200.... or so the lady at the baby shop, just before xmas told us. We are going for the standard one (two pads et al).. if our tight budget stretches that far!

This came out in June 2 pads, digital display with room moniter and 2 handsets as I have it its great

[Laranna]

I have the Angelcare sound and movement one too - the one with 2 pads, digital display with room monitor, temp etc.

I agree everything that snowchickie said! DS is still in his cot in our bedroom and I still put the nursery unit on at night even though he is an arms reach away! Just peace of mind really.

[snowchickie79]

Yep the room temp version with 2 pads is what I have and I bought it in July.. I went in May but they told me it was about to be released so I waited till the following month to snag one. Mine wasn't over $300.. From memory around the $240-250 (this was discounted price) mark but they have probably come down a little now as they've been out almost 6 months but if you shop around you should get it cheaper especially if you get all your nursery stuff from the same place, which I did, so they gave me a discount.