Q. We just wanted to get some more information on how it really works. The FAQ on the site was pretty vague. Thank you!
A. It detects movement in the crib. Breathing = movement. But you have to remember to keep anything that would create movement artificially away from the crib. That means no mobile, no fan blowing directly on the crib (not like you would anyway), and no toys that create vibrations. If your baby stops breathing, there is no movement, and the alarm would sound off. But if something like a mobile is moving and preventing the sensor from picking up this lack of baby movement...
We have one and love it. We have a very small house and we both never really felt comfortable having our daughter sleep in our bed with us. We literally did not have the room next to the bed for a bassinet, so she was in her crib from day 1.
You can set your parent's unit to continuously monitor the noises in the room, like a regular monitor, or you can set it to only pick up noises like coughs, rolling around, and cries. This was huge for me, because with a regular monitor, I wasn't ever getting any sleep. I was listening for noises which weren't there, and the constant static would drive me crazy (static is non-existent with this).
As far as the movement part of it, we never had a false alarm. The only times the monitor ever went off was when we took our baby out of the crib without shutting the nursery unit off first. There is a setting on your parent's unit that you can turn on or off, whatever you prefer...it's a rhythmic "tick" sound. As long as it ticks, it indicates that the movement sensor is working. Or if you're like us, you can turn it off and just test it once a day. My daughter is healthy, but it gave me extra piece of mind knowing that we had it. No, it doesn't *prevent* SIDS, but it helps to keep you in check with your baby. If we didn't have this monitor, I'd be going in her room while she was sleeping all the time and putting my hand on her chest to make sure she was breathing. As a new mom, I was completely petrified of everything.
Another great feature I loved is that it detects and displays in digital format the temperature in your baby's room on your parent's unit. You can set it to sound off an alarm if the temperature in the nursery drops too low or kicks up too high, at temps specified by you.
The parent's unit is cordless and rechargeable, and the charge lasts a full day and night, and probably longer, but we've never let it go that long.
My daughter is 14.5 months and we still use the unit as a sound monitor only. After trying all kinds of monitors, even as a sound monitor I would have spent the extra money for it.
To me, the cost of the monitor is pennies to give you that extra piece of mind.
We have one and love it. We have a very small house and we both never really felt comfortable having our daughter sleep in our bed with us. We literally did not have the room next to the bed for a bassinet, so she was in her crib from day 1.
You can set your parent's unit to continuously monitor the noises in the room, like a regular monitor, or you can set it to only pick up noises like coughs, rolling around, and cries. This was huge for me, because with a regular monitor, I wasn't ever getting any sleep. I was listening for noises which weren't there, and the constant static would drive me crazy (static is non-existent with this).
As far as the movement part of it, we never had a false alarm. The only times the monitor ever went off was when we took our baby out of the crib without shutting the nursery unit off first. There is a setting on your parent's unit that you can turn on or off, whatever you prefer...it's a rhythmic "tick" sound. As long as it ticks, it indicates that the movement sensor is working. Or if you're like us, you can turn it off and just test it once a day. My daughter is healthy, but it gave me extra piece of mind knowing that we had it. No, it doesn't *prevent* SIDS, but it helps to keep you in check with your baby. If we didn't have this monitor, I'd be going in her room while she was sleeping all the time and putting my hand on her chest to make sure she was breathing. As a new mom, I was completely petrified of everything.
Another great feature I loved is that it detects and displays in digital format the temperature in your baby's room on your parent's unit. You can set it to sound off an alarm if the temperature in the nursery drops too low or kicks up too high, at temps specified by you.
The parent's unit is cordless and rechargeable, and the charge lasts a full day and night, and probably longer, but we've never let it go that long.
My daughter is 14.5 months and we still use the unit as a sound monitor only. After trying all kinds of monitors, even as a sound monitor I would have spent the extra money for it.
To me, the cost of the monitor is pennies to give you that extra piece of mind.
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