Weaning Mummy off the baby monitor

Hi all, we are in the process of setting up the baby room in preparation and are planning to move DD into her new bedroom, which is larger. When we move her over, the plan is to stop using the baby monitor. She's 13 months. She is a good sleeper so I don't really use the monitor to get up to her or anything. I mainly use it for 2 things:

1) checking the temperature and
2) checking she is breathing. We have the Angelcare one.

I know I can get a thermometer for her room but I really like being able to roll over during the night and know what the temp is in there and make a snap decision as to whether I need to get up and add layers/remove layers or put the heater on.

And the breathing thing..........I know at 13 months the SIDS risk is so low now but I've gotten used to it and once again like being able to roll over and see that everything is okay.

I'm a baby monitor addict, please tell me how you weaned yourself off the monitor.

In all honesty, the only way I weaned myself was to throw the "night" responsibility to DH. He sits up late and mostly falls alseep on the couch anyway. So when he would normally come to bed he is up with DD as she still night wakes and has bad nights etc. I often find him sleeping in her room on the single bed, DD in her cot.

Not sure what we will do when this one comes, maybe get a different monitor? :dunno:

We used to use the Tommee Tippee Breathing monitor, but when DS went into his bed we had no choice but to stop using it as he could get out of bed himself (and therefore the breathing monitor would go off). He was 20 months, up until then I used the monitor religiously. We no longer bother even with the monitor (without the breathing monitor) until we go to bed and to be honest I think we only use it as we are used to the white noise of it (as we can hear DSs desktop fan through it - as well as him hehehehe). I find it too quiet to sleep with out it on once in our bedroom, even if DS jumps in bed with us or is staying at Nan's I still turn it on :ROFL:
Perhaps I just need to put a fan on in our own room then I can ditch it altogether :)

I was hoping someone would suggest a pill or something to help me :P

I forget to turn it on...

I'm addicted to my video monitor!
I only use it during the day and I just watch him, a few times we have had people over at night and I've put him down in his own room and not wanted to move him I just lay in bed staring at it wide awake until he wakes at 1-2am!

Oh weemansmummy, I could only imagine how bad I would be if I had a video monitor!!!

Ok, so Oskar is *mumbles* 4 *coughs* and I STILL use it lol. It shows the temp and his room isn't that far from mine, BUT I can hear him before he makes too much noise and then possibly waking Elijah. Also, if he's sick I can hear him better and go check if I'm concerned. So, umm.... perhaps there needs to be a "baby monitors anonymous" set up huh? lol

ugh.. 13 months.. no way I would have been able to give up my moniter addiction then.. I ummm turned DD's off a couple months ago... shes 2.5. I still dont like the idea of it but I know its for the best. lol..

Maybe go by turning it down gradually and then trying to turn it off. I really have no idea though.. as I said, i want ours back but DP keeps telling me Im silly because shes in the room next to us etc.. yeah blah blah.. what would he know :p

This is me at the moment, thanks for starting this thread! We also have the Angelcare monitor and I honestly don't know how I'm going to wean myself off it :lol: have to do it by December as I'll need it for this bub. I was thinking of not using it during the day to begin with.

Looking forward to reading the replies!

I still use my aby monitor and my youngest is 22months :D So i'm not help!

Okay, so maybe we should just get another monitor for the new baby?? I wonder about interference etc etc........and also what DH will say when I suggest this!

Im thinking it would be ok if they are different brands?

I've just dragged ours across the world for our 21 month old and didn't even consider leaving it behind or find that odd until I read this thread! My little one still wakes quite a lot so I find it useful in the evening when I'm in another part of the house and I've really relied on it while we've all been jetlagged.

you should be able to get another transmitter for the receiver :D

I can't sleep unless I know the breathing monitor is on.

Starangelk our friends and I both have the avent dect monitors and have been away for the weekend together several times with no interference issues.

I still have my Angelcare monitor hooked up to DD's bed (she is 3.5yo!!). I haven't been using it quite as much lately but was able to justify it's use to myself by "if she ever goes sleepwalking etc I will know about it", "if ever she was stolen through the night I would know about it" - I mean really who thinks about this stuff!?! I do like it for when they are sick though - more peace of mind for nervous nelly mums :shakehead: Anyway, glad I'm not alone.....

We are the same as Naomi - only stopped using the breathing/alarm option fulltime on our monitor when DD moved into her toddler bed - last week, at 22 months. I just couldn't sleep well without the alarm set but since the control has been taken out of my hands, I'm good with it :) I do switch it on randomly at night though (through the settings on the parents console) but I have to quickly turn it off if I hear DD climbing out of her bed! We initially thought it would be a good way to know if she was wandering but she's quite noisey so we get warning anyway. I still like seeing the little pendulum swing on my monitor though so I use it a bit, lol.

Can you just keep using it and get another monitor for the next baby? Or get a cheaper monitor for your DD that tells you the temp only? There are several that do just that.

I'll still be using a monitor for DD when our next baby arrives in December. She'll be 27-28 months by then. We'll use the Angel Care sensor pads on the new baby and a cheaper monitor with a temp gauge for DD. Until then, I'm gradually weaning myself by leaving the alarm off after she's woken throughout the night. I certainly wouldn't have been game enough to stop using it at 13 months though so don't feel like you need to stop just yet, you're not alone! :lol:

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I was hoping someone would suggest a pill or something to help me :P

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If you find one let me know, DS is 2 and I still have the sound and breathing monitor on even though his room is across the hall from us!

The chord that charges the hand piece burnt out on mine. Sorts the addiction out pretty quick smart XD

ummm I have a monitor for each of my kids rooms - nearly 5 years, 2.5 years and 4 months - all Oricom - no interference. We have a large house.

Thanks guys, that makes me feel so much better to know I am not the only one out there who loves their monitor. I spoke to DH and he said no worries if I want to get another one.....not that I needed to ask his permission but I did expect him to have a bit of a spak about 2 expensive monitors. So....now I'm off to google the sales :)