Baby MOnitors - which one do you use

[ezymay]

Hey Nae, Another Angel care user here. We have the more basic model without the temp etc. Just the breathing and sound. Very essential for us!
We have a grobag egg for the room temp, they didn't have that fancy one when we got our but would have it would be good to have it all in one!

[Daffodil Mumma]

Wow sounds like Angelcare is really popular!!
We went with the Oregon scientific (****smith has them)
It has the room temp displayed on both units (and parent one can be set to give alerts at high and low temps). The baby unit runs on mains power and the parent one on rechargeable batteries (like the cordless phone ones) It has the lights and sounds alerts for us. Also the baby unit will play music, white noise or running water which can be on all the time or preset to turn off.
From memory I think it was about $120. We love it!! Even tho we dont use it as a monitor most nights, DS loves the white noise to fall asleep to
The only down side is all the buttons are down the sides of the unit and I am constantly bumping them lol

ETA shop name has been blanked out.....but you know the electronics shop I mean right??? lol

[Rommy'sMummy]

Hi Nae,

We didnt go with the Angelcare as we had been so reliant on constant monitoring during our son's time in hospt that our cardiologist advised us to do without and just have him in the room with us - so we did that for 14 months.

We have a Tomy Walkabout Premier. It has temp display and can be used switched from high to low sensitivity. It also has a night light on the babies unit and a light display on the parents unit - that shows how loud the cry is if you have the sound off (we dont do that) or if when bubs was small I used it in the bathroom while in the shower so I could "see" him cry as I could "hear" him cry as I was under the water. Works really well, and only cost around $80 (few years ago) and is still used now when DS is in his room at night and we are in lounge (other end of house) watching TV.

Dont use it overnight if DS room is open as I can hear him but with his door closed and heater on I need to use it still (and his is 5yrs next month ).

Rachel

[NaeNae]

Thanks everyone so much,

just one more thing - do you think that a secondhand monitor would be ok? There are a few on Ebay in the Angelcare brand 201, 301 and now the 401 (which is new and is about $300).

Would you say a second would be ok rather than buying brand new or would you buy brand new?

Dh is not keen on sharing our bed or room with bub TBH it doesn't bother me either way at this stage but that may change when bubbie is here with us. Also with the 20 min alarm thing did that bother anyone when they were trying to get rest?

sounds silly but I clearly have no idea

[feeb]

What 20 min alarm?

do you mean the alarm if baby does not take a breath in 20 seconds?? This only goes off if baby holds breath, stops breathing or wriggles of pads.

DH also didnt want to co sleep or baby in room but in hospital DS was in bed with us some nights.

We bought a new one as new model was only released 2 weeks before we bought it and also will use for 2 babies so figured was worth money. You could get a 2nd hand but I would want to pay no more than 1/2 price of new otherwise would get a new one.

[NaeNae]

do you mean the alarm if baby does not take a breath in 20 seconds?? This only goes off if baby holds breath, stops breathing or wriggles of pads.
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lol yeah thats the one I meant

Yeah see thats the thing DH doesn't like the idea of me spending so much of my money on new things and granted for something I kind of agree, but this will be our first at home baby so I think its more of an investment if that makes sense.

Nae x x

[feeb]

If it helps you relax and be comfortable baby is ok then its worth the money in my opinion.

You can wake up and look at handset and see the swinging pendulum and know baby is breathing and if baby crys you can see how much baby is crying by how many bars come up. Can also check temp of room just by looking at handset

[MummyNaomi]

We have the Tommee Tippee Sensor one - very similar to the angelcare one. I know Baby Bunting have on sale until the end of this weekend for $159 of if you wait until target have a baby sale they are usually about $150

The Tommee Tippee one is great, it has a green light on the monitor and parents unit that flashes so you know bubs is breathing and the alarm goes off in 20 seconds if no movement detected. Also, you can activate it so you can actually hear a 'tic' with each breath if you want too. It also has a night light and room temperature

Its super sensitive too, we can also hear bubs fart - LOL

I would definately recommend this one too

[Daffodil Mumma]

I dont see that there would be a problem with going second hand......but like feebs, its your peace of mind and comfort.....if youre anything like me, for the first few weeks you will be constantly checking to see if the monitor is working properly lol

[jamakin]

We have angel care sound and movement monitor with 2 pads and 2 handsets too, and i love it! best money we spent! Nae i also looked at some on ebay but they went for almost the same price as new on sale so i just got new. alot of babies things seem to hold there value so you could sell it after you've finished with it.
i could just sleep better at night knowing an alram would sound if something happened to my bub, the room temp was also super handy.

[NaeNae]

Hey everyone,

Thank you all SOOO much for your posts and your own experiences with the monitors. DH and I went to baby bunting after our scan on thurs and I made him walk around and really look at the different things I have been thinking about.

Came to the monitor section and I showed him all the different brands and he asked which one it was that I wanted. I showed him and he just about fell over when he saw the price. Then a really lovely assistant came over and we all got talking and they had the brand new digital angelcare monitor (two handsets) on special for the same price as the other one. DH grumbled about how he didn't have enough money so I piped up and explained that I had been putting my wages aside for this very thing, this is what my baby savings is for to buy the things we want to get for the baby.

SO I brought our very first item for this baby Its my first baby buy this pregnancy I am SOOOO excited.

Thanks again everyone

Nae x x x x

[Olive]

woohooo nae!! i love our anglecare monitor!! yay for buying that first item!