Baby MOnitors - which one do you use

[mummato1]

thanks for starting this post Nae, I will be following it as well. I still havent brought one, as I am undecided on the type and also if it is really essential.

Interested to see what others think.

[Indadhanu]

PFFT to that rude woman.

We have a Fisher-Price one. It's simple, but really sensitive. Jazz is asleep right now (OMG praise the universe!) and when she rolls over I can hear her blankets rustle through the monitor. And its about 2m away from her! It has a night light on the microphone part which is good, gives just enough light to be able to see but not too much to make the room bright.

We did have a problem in our old house with interferance on one channel, but nothing in the new house. Not sure what the problem was, but just thought you'd like to know.

[~Trish~]

Yeah, pffft to her! I have used a monitor for both boys. It's so handy when I'm up the other end of the house or outside.

I use a Philips digital monitor, it has crystal clear reception, 2 hand-sets (one is really tiny and handy) and the baby's unit has a night-light. I love it

Lots of people love the Angelcare monitor (as you can tell from the other posts ), they really are a great monitor too.

[*Beema*]

when she rolls over I can hear her blankets rustle through the monitor. And its about 2m away from her!

This reminded me... we can hear DD fart through hers

[first_time_mummy]

i actually was very surprised with the costs of a baby monitor, and when i told my partner he didnt believe me. the cheapest one we have found was close to 200 dollars, and that was just at our local big w....

Im hoping to try and purchase one second hand somewhere.

[NaeNae]

Interestingly the Angel Care one is the one I liked the most so its great to have so many reviews on that one so far.

Mel, Winter and Feeb - She is one of the vollies I work with and has some pretty major issues anyway, I feel sorry for her a bit, her son died 2 yrs ago and she is so bitter on the inside. I just wish people didn't feel the need to mock others like this just because they didn't have the luxury of technology when they did it iykwim.

Anyways it did get me thinking which is why I posted this as well so some good did come from her comment

Nae x x

[NaeNae]

Leasha and Trish we must have posted at the same time

[Lolli]

Nae, we've got a Orion monitor and it fantastic. Both units are tiny and the parent unit hangs on a cord around your neck. But having said that, we also have an Angelcare breathing monitor as a seperate unit, so it would have been cheaper to buy the all in one.

Definately an essential here, we have a two storey house and I can't hear anything upstairs if I'm in the kitchen.