Baby MOnitors - which one do you use

Hi All,

I am just starting some research on the different types of monitors out there and boy are there options :lol: so I am wondering, which one do you have (if you have one), how you find it, do you like it and why that particular one.

I got scoffed at by a much older woman yesterday, when I was reading up on some and she made a comment to another lady about how mothers "these days" need technology to let them know their babies are crying. I simply said I live in a very large house and the nursery is in the back so I wouldn't hear bub otherwise (B!tch)

Do you think they are essential?

Thanks all

Nae x

We have angel care sound and movement monitor with 2 pads and 2 handsets.

Love it shows room temp, baby breathing, baby noise. well worth the money!

and pffft to that rude woman you had to deal with!!

We have the same as Feeb and love it - gives huge peace of mind!

Silly rude woman - ignore comments like that!

Hey Nae

We have the Angel Care Sound and Movement Monitor, with two sensor pads. For us it provided a bit more reassurance that we were looking for. If bubs stops breathing for 20 second or more it sets of an alarm.

It is not the cheapest monitor, but it has some great features aside from the obvious (detecting sound and breathing/movement). You can chose whether it detects either sound, sound and movement or just movement, there are number of settings for sesitivity (depending on how you are using it).

We also were able to use it with one sensor pad in the bassinet of our pram, which was DDs bed for 4-5 months, and it just came everywhere with us. Now she is in the cot we have both of the sensor pads, we also have used it the portacot.

It has a soft blue "night light" which is just enough to see what you need to see, but to disturb bubs, or enough to change a bum at night without putting on a big or bright light.

It really depends on what you are looking for, if you are not intereted in the movement component there are a lot of other monitors out there, I am just not sure which to recommend!

Good Luck in your search :)

Yeah i'm the same, Angel Care sound and movement

works AWESOME, gives you piece of mind, worth the money

We have a monitor, but only because we got it in a package with our breathing monitor. But we have used it once and that was on my 30th because there was a fair bit of noise going on, and DH wanted to hear if DS was upset or not.

That being said though, we have a teeny tiny house, and thin walls, so there isn't a chance in hell we wouldn't be able to hear the kids.. lol

Don't let anyone scoff at you honey - its your baby - do it your way.

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.

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.

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.

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 :lol:

Nae x x

:lol: Leasha and Trish we must have posted at the same time :lol:

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.

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

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:lol: This reminded me... we can hear DD fart through hers :rofl:

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.

angelcare sound and movement monitor with the 2 pads. It has a night light and tells you the temp in bubs room.. More then happy with it. highly recommend it.

only thing I took getting used to is there is no sound on the parents unit unless bub is making a noise. With most monitors there is a slight static noise but this one shuts off or something until there is a noise in bubs room.. I always worried it wasn't on the right channel or something but am used to it now

We purchased the Angelcare monitor also.

I have not used it as yet but have been told it is a very good monitor.

All the best with your decision.

We've got an Angelcare Sound and Movement monitor too. I love it!

Oricon Secure 200 - Digital Monitor (temp & talk)
I have heard nothing but good reviews on it and I love that it tells you the room temp...
Baby unit can used with batteries and mains so I'm able to take it with me where ever.

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!

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

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 :redface:).

Rachel

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 :lol:

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.

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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 :lol:

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

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

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

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

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.

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 :dance: Its my first baby buy this pregnancy I am SOOOO excited.

Thanks again everyone

Nae x x x x

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