Monitors - which one do you like or hate?

seahoyden10

I originally was going to get video monitor with a 2nd camera for Baby B, but a friend of mine said she didn't think it was really necessary.  I also saw the Angelcare Movement/Sound, which got great reviews, but does it work with twins or do you need 2 separate ones?  That is, for the movement part.  So confusing!!!!

Hunter22

I have a summer video monitor for DS and LOVE it. It may have just died last night so I will get a new one with two cameras. I credit the video monitor for getting my DS to sleep through the night earlier since I could watch and look to see if he was settling himself down or if I *really* needed to get up to get him. I also loved the peace of mind of being able to see what the noises I was hearing were. Now, it is just fun to watch him play in his room (and has been since he was like 7 months old, they do some funny things in the cribs and it is amusing to watch). I am sad that we can't spy on him anymore when the girls come lol!

nikinikinine

we have this one - https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2815277&CAWELAID=107504020

works awesome. Don't need it at night b/c we can hear the babies downstairs in our living room from their room upstairs in the nursery and also from across the hall in our bedroom. 

We use it a lot now that we are outside while the babies are napping. 

 

Babsie7

We have the Angelcare and it's been great. We only bought one and used the motion sensor with our dd when she came home from the NICU. We considered getting 3, but they aren't cheap. We bought the one with two receivers, and have one in our bedroom and one in the living room. I would definitely recommend it.

MrsLnt

We have the Angelcare monitors.  One with sound and one that's just a sensor pad.  If you're going that route, Amazon has a much better deal on the newer sound/motion unit than BRU.  We don't have the digital sound monitor and it's so buzzy and staticy.

I like the piece of mind that it gives me but now that we've got babies that roll all around the crib, we get lots of false alarms.  So much so we don't go running anymore.  It's more "oh, baby girl is in her corner again.  who's getting up to reset the monitor?"

sescms2004

We have the Summer Infant Day/Night monitor and an extra camera.  The video monitor has an A/B switch, so you can easily flip back and forth to check on them.  We have each camera mounted on a shelf above their crib.  I heard too many negatives about false alarms on the AngelCare monitors, and honestly, I was never one of those panicked moms who worried about their breathing all the time.  I love our monitor and it gives me plenty of peace of mind, and the picture/sound quality is great.

UsedToBeGoldie

Angelcare monitors saved our sanity. We still use them for the twins and only recently stopped with Griffin, b/c he moved to a twin... but when he went to a toddler bed we still used it - and it was great b/c we would know if he got out of bed - and he never did b/c he knew the alarm would go off

it's so nice to not have to wonder all night if they are breathing- esp when they are sick, etc - it eases the worry sooo much- allowing us to sleep easy.

we have one for each baby - got one new, the newer one that they make with the unit that tells the temp in the room, etc- and got one used on ebay... we only use one parent unit since it picks up the sound from the other one beeping if it does go off.

LOVE them.

JosiePosy

We just have a Sony BabyCall hanging between both cribs. We have a small house and it picks up everything. Works fine for us.

natb22

We have the summer infant best monitor from target. you can add extra cameras, the big selling feature was that it pans and zooms. I've heard great things about angelcare and several MoM's on here have it.