When did/will you ditch monitor?

RayRay007

I don't feel the need to respond to DD's every little fuss in the night. She's waking just once at around 5am to eat. I want to turn off the monitor so I don't hear her noise maker or her cough, sigh, toss and turn, fuss a little. I only want to know when she's really awake and ready to eat. Her room is next to ours and I will hear if she starts talking or crying loudly enough. Is it time to shut it off?

lexigrl

LOL...I still use it for my 3 year old to check on him

CarrieLiz

I have a video monitor and some nights I've turned the volume all the way off.  I'll probably use it until he goes to college   Actually, there's probably some teenage boy stuff that I probably don't want to see, but it would be pretty funny if I used it when he was that age!

ITGurl0626

Although my LO's room is not far, she would have to cry out really loud in order for me to hear her without the monitor.  I'd rather catch her before she really wakes up!  But if you feel comfortable, then go ahead & shut it off for one night to see how it works out for you.

MySallyGirl

I ditched it a couple weeks after DS was born because I always heard him wake up from my bedroom and I am such a light sleeper that his every little sound was waking me up!

SouthFloridaMommy

You're supposed to ditch it?  I still use it with my 2.5 year old.  I can't imagine not having it!  I'm pretty sure I will use it forever, but if you're comfortable, then try not using it tonight.  No harm, if your rooms are close and you will hear her when she is really up.

o2bme

lexigrl:

LOL...I still use it for my 3 year old to check on him

Me too!  We have a video monitor in my 3 year old's room and the angelcare movement monitor in DS's room. Once DS reaches a year we will remove the movement pad just use a the monitor part but I'm think of getting a second camera for his room.

SecondTimeinMSU

I also have a video monitor and turn off the volume. His room is right next to ours so I wake as soon as he starts crying but then I don't wake up with every amplified moan, groan, gas, etc since I am such a light sleeper. I still like to have the video part on so I can look at it as soon as I hear something and see if he is awake or not before I barge in there and potentially wake him up. It will probably be a long time before i get rid of it completely.

kateweave

DD's room is across the hall from us.  We sleep with both doors open and no monitor.  That way I can hear her if she cries but I don't hear her movements.  We also have a humidifier in her room so the white noise drowns out any other small noises we or she make so we don't wake each other up

meltoine

Probably not until he's old enough to come to us if he needs something. For that he'd have to be walking, at least in a toddler bed, and understand how to get to us and when he'd need to. I'd say probably between 2 and 3 years old. He's still far from STTN at this point and he wakes up at a different time every night. His room is across the entire house from ours and I wouldn't hear him without the monitor.  

Elisa312

We still use it with DS1.  

 Set it to a "sound activiation" only setting.  then you don't hear everything.  You just hear it when they need you. 

lizobss

lexigrl:

LOL...I still use it for my 3 year old to check on him

haha.  Me too!  It can make for some humorous sights too!! 

MiamiMergers

First Time in MI:

I also have a video monitor and turn off the volume. His room is right next to ours so I wake as soon as he starts crying but then I don't wake up with every amplified moan, groan, gas, etc since I am such a light sleeper. I still like to have the video part on so I can look at it as soon as I hear something and see if he is awake or not before I barge in there and potentially wake him up. It will probably be a long time before i get rid of it completely.

This exactly.

leneae10

I plan on using it until he's at least 5, seriously.  We have 2 cameras and 2 monitor receivers, so I can watch him and any future LO.  Minus 2 weeks of multiple wakeups he has STTN for 3 months and I still can't sleep without hearing his every movement.  His room is downstairs also but there's a ton of space separating us.  I'm a deep sleeper and wouldn't hear him if he cried out.  I can't imagine ignoring him if he needed something. 

sarbieb

First Time in MI:

I also have a video monitor and turn off the volume. His room is right next to ours so I wake as soon as he starts crying but then I don't wake up with every amplified moan, groan, gas, etc since I am such a light sleeper. I still like to have the video part on so I can look at it as soon as I hear something and see if he is awake or not before I barge in there and potentially wake him up. It will probably be a long time before i get rid of it completely.

This exactly.