The baby monitor puts me on edge

missfire · January 2010

Whenever I have the baby monitor while DS is sleeping or napping, I notice I'm always rushing to get things done and jumping at every little noise thinking my "free time" is over. Today, all I was doing is going through some coupons, which I could do after DS wakes up too. But I was trying to rush-rush-rush to get finished. I'm almost on tip-toe even though I'm on the other side of the house.

Does anyone else still do this? I wonder if it's just the static of the monitor that triggers it.

Asquared · January 2010

i think my bp goes up when I hear a peep from her for the same reason. I keep the volume pretty low though so all I want to hear it if she's crying.

la79al · January 2010

Yup. Same thing here. I am super quiet, even though she is upstairs on the other side of the house. Then when she rolls over or knocks down a paci, I panic thinking that she will be up any second. At night it's even worse.

lovemytwoboys · January 2010

Yes.

My DH hates it, because I always have the baby monitors (both of them) up almost as loud as they go. I have no idea why, but I guess I'm scared I won't hear them if not. I'm a little paranoid

missfire · January 2010

That's a good point - mine was up to the highest volume too. I'm turning it down now ... much nicer!

lauren&matt · January 2010

I say turn it off!!! Unless your house is huuuuge (or you're taking a shower, working outside etc) you will probably hear your dc. We mainly leave ours off (even at night) bc I hear her if she's crying. But I was the same way, jumping at every noise etc.

When I *do* turn it on at night, I keep the volume OFF... it lights up if she's making noise. Not sure if yours does that or not.

And my dd is upstairs (our master is down.)

andrealynn0707 · January 2010

I haven't used my monitor in months. DD is loud enough now that unless I am taking a shower or something I don't need it.

kspalding · January 2010

yep, I do it all the time. I stopped carrying the monitor around because my ds is loud enough where I can hear him when he gets up. I dont even use it at night anymore because I would find myself waking up to every little noise and I would never get back to sleep. I am glad I am not the only one:)

MEJ2008 · January 2010

I don't use the monitor anymore because of this reason. I can hear her cry just fine without it. At night I turn the volume down because every peep wakes me up and I have pregnancy insomnia and can't fall back to sleep for 45 minutes.

lovemytwoboys · January 2010

lauren&matt:

I say turn it off!!! Unless your house is huuuuge (or you're taking a shower, working outside etc) you will probably hear your dc. We mainly leave ours off (even at night) bc I hear her if she's crying. But I was the same way, jumping at every noise etc.

When I *do* turn it on at night, I keep the volume OFF... it lights up if she's making noise. Not sure if yours does that or not.

And my dd is upstairs (our master is down.)

Wow! I'm impressed that you can hear her crying from a different level of your house. My DS is right across the hall from us, but we keep both doors closed, and I have trouble hearing him when he wakes up. Granted he doesn't usually wake up screaming, he just plays and talks, but I still can't imagine being on a different level and not having the monitor on.

Want a personalized experience?

The baby monitor puts me on edge

Re: The baby monitor puts me on edge

Choose Another Board

Search Boards