Baby Movement Monitors

CRich15

I am already a mom of two little monsters but never had the luxury of using movement monitors with them. Now that we are planning on #3 very soon I was look at them and curious if you all felt they are worth the money. Mind you it seemed like I would go into their rooms every 2 hours to make sure they were sleeping and could barely sleep myself because I worried. Thought on the product?

kelle017

We have a snuza and it does go off sometimes if she wiggles it loose.  I still use it and wouldn't sleep without it.

Everyusernameistaken

Kimbus22 said:

I know one person who swears by them but in reading reviews, there were a huge number of false alarms and I felt like it would make me more paranoid, not less. I did fine with a straight up video monitor.

All of this. I also had a lot of anxiety about SIDS so we kept our LO in our room until 6 months, which really lowers the risk.

That being said, if you were up every 2 hours checking on them, getting a movement monitor may give you some peace of mind

edited, words

Pookieson

DD was a 28 weeker.  When she was discharged I got one.  It was one of the old school ones that went under the mattress.  It did give me piece of mind, but I had A LOT of false alarms.  I'm on the fence about using one this time.  That being said, with  her history of apnea and being a preemie, I'd rather have false alarms than risk not being alarmed at all. 

CRich15

Thanks ladies for you input.  The new house we are moving into has the master bedroom downstairs and not a lot of room to place LO.  I think we will be purchasing one so I will have the piece of mind and not be up every 30 minutes wondering if the baby is OK. 

dogperson11

For those of you who used the Snuza, how did it work with swaddling ?

Smoby1231

::lurking::

ehh...I stopped using our Snuza at about 3 months. It kept slipping off DD's diaper and going off.  In retrospect I would have used that $90 on something else.

missnacholover

I will be getting a Snuza.  My nephew died at 13 weeks (SIDS) so I am sure I will be paranoid.  They say siblings/cousins have an increased risk so for me it's worth the cost and false alarms.

terraignota

I don't have children yet so I can't speak to how well this product works, plus it's new, but I just saw this online and it made me think of this thread. The Owlet Smart Sock. It pretty much looks like an oxygen saturation monitor used in hospitals. It actually monitors heart rate, oxygen levels, temperature, and sleep quality instead of movement so there may be fewer false alarms. Looks interesting.

edited: wrong link! changed it :-P

DebateThis

They're not recommended by the AAP or FDA and have not been shown to decrease the risk of SIDS at all so I didn't waste my money. Stuff that does reduce the risk of SIDS: https://www.sids.org/nprevent.htm

cement28

We have a hi sense motion sensor ( under mattress style). Our daughter was born at 34 weeks and was in the hospital for a month due to eating issues. She failed the car seat test prior to going home and we felt much better having that even though she slept in our room for 6 months. I have to say it only went off twice and we used it for a year and a half. It went off when she rolled to the far end of the crib.

jlbeanza

I have the Angel Care, and bought it after a scare with my daughter that I will probably never fully recover from (dramatic, I know, but she was sleeping so deeply that she was unresponsive at 4 months old and it scared the crap out of me). I was really anxious before and after that, so the monitor really helped ease my mind. We had a couple false alarms but not nearly as many as the reviews led me to believe. I will 100% use it with my next baby!

robbiau1989

We bought the Snuza which has a setting that will tick each time the baby inhales/exhales which I think will be nice so I can just listen to the audio monitor and know that the baby is fine