Video monitor for two kids help??

HeartLikeMine3

DS and LO both have rooms upstairs and we are downstairs so it's really important for me to be able to see and hear them both throughout the night. Im looking for a monitor with a split screen so I can see both rooms at night. I can find plenty of those but reading the reviews I noticed that you can only hear one room at a time. If I'm asleep I cannot go back and forth checking am I missing something. Anyone have any reccomendations i'd rather not have two separate Monitors but that looks like my only option  
TIA for any advice!

huskypuppy14

HeartLikeMine3 said:

DS and LO both have rooms upstairs and we are downstairs so it's really important for me to be able to see and hear them both throughout the night. Im looking for a monitor with a split screen so I can see both rooms at night. I can find plenty of those but reading the reviews I noticed that you can only hear one room at a time. If I'm asleep I cannot go back and forth checking am I missing something. Anyone have any reccomendations i'd rather not have two separate Monitors but that looks like my only option  
TIA for any advice!

I saw some online that switch the room every 7-10 seconds. I think amazon had some. 

ETA: https://www.amazon.com/Motorola-MBP25-2-Wireless-Monitor-Cameras/dp/B00G80HVTY/ref=sr_1_2_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1460946395&sr=8-2&keywords=2+room+baby+monitor#productDetails

It seems most 2 room monitors have the scan feature. It's talked about in the questions section.

GinnyJ2012

My old Motorola switched rooms every 15 seconds. That worked well until it died. We have IP security cameras now and I can hear both rooms at once. I can honestly say that I've never had both boys crying at once. DS1 rarely wakes once he's a sleep, and for the first few months DS2 slept in our room. 

HeartLikeMine3

Ok thanks ladies didn't realize there were any the switched back and forth that will work. My DS is a great sleeper but I still have to make sure I can hear him at all times just incase! Our rooms are so far apart I'd never hear him without a monitor. 

Incandescent

We have the summer wide view, it says it switches every 8 seconds, but we haven't set up the second camera yet. We will this weekend I think.

Cwg22

I have a summer infant monitor with two cameras and it can "scan" from one room to the other automatically every 7/8 seconds. Right now I have a 22 month old and plan to change it to that mode when the baby arrives so I don't have to invest in a second monitor set and then deal with keeping track of two at all times. My SIL does that, two different brands, seems like a lot to keep track of and pack up when you go a on a trip - different chargers, etc. I think the switching should work fine for us especially as my DD gets older, if she really needs us she stands up and screams MOMMY DADDY, no monitor even needed to hear that. 

jennk0118

Incandescent said:

We have the summer wide view, it says it switches every 8 seconds, but we haven't set up the second camera yet. We will this weekend I think.

I have this.. I haven't bought the second camera yet.. But this makes me extremely happy to hear this!!