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Angelcare Monitor

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What are your thoughts/ opnions/ reviews of this monitor. DH and I picked up the deluxe model this morning (Link below). Then we went to our friends house who has an 11 month old, and my girlfriend gave me the baby bargains book. The angelcare monitor was rated an "F".

Should we stick with the one we wanted, or switch to a video monitor? (We are thinking of setting up our web cam and have it stream to our phones, so we have the video on our cells)

 Link: https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2970307

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  • CheyenneShawCheyenneShaw
    I think you should try it out and if it doesnt work you can return it. i personally am using the mobi video monitor=)
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  • dragonsmercydragonsmercy member
    I have a nearly 11 month old, and another on the way... but I'll tell you from my time on the boards that a LOT of 0 - 3, 3 - 6 moms will swear by their angelcare monitor and the peace of mind it's provided. I ended up getting an AngelCare when my daughter was 7 or 8 months old, and while I'm not using the sensor pad at the moment, it still works great as an audio monitor. Also, I'll be very glad that I've got it once my second's here. It really does give you a bit of peace of mind when it comes to SIDS scares.
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  • mrsashbymrsashby member
    All I remember about people using it when my DS was an infant was false alarms (being totally freaked out by the baby scooting off and having the alarm go off for know reason).  Really, the angel care monitor is a non-medical grade monitor that mimics the kind you get from the hospital if your baby is a preemie or has sleep apnea.  But that's just my opinion!
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  • allisonnicole65allisonnicole65 member
    A friend of mine has these moniters and she swears by them. It saved her baby girl's life when she was 2 months old as well as her little brothers life when he was a baby. I think it's very reassuring to hear that your baby is still breathing. I just found out I'm having my first baby and she already told me I'll be getting these moniters as our gift. After seeing what they can do I wouldn't want any other kind of moniter.
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  • Geback723Geback723
    We got one. Although we haven't got to use it yet, I feel very good and safe knowing we have it. As far as people complaining about false alarms, I would rather have a false alarm than no alarm at all that my baby has stopped breathing. There is a video on youtube of a small cat laying in the crib with the sensor mat and it picks up its breathing, that's pretty impressive if you ask me!
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  • wife1014wife1014 member
    I loved having the angelcare.  It really gives you a piece of mind.  We will be using it with baby #2 as well.  I did get a video as well.  I needed to buy another monitor anyway, as we still use one with O. 
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  • TexasLadyBugTexasLadyBug

    We bought one when we were pregnant with DS, and yes it can and will give you false alarms until you program it correctly. For spring mattresses it suggesting placing a piece of wood board, which we did, and then to adjust the monitors sensory levels to work with your bed. The only time we had false alarms was when we were getting everything set up. 

    After everything was adjusted etc....it worked great and we had no issues. The only other time the alarm went off is when DS rolled off the sensor pad area. The alarm did what it was suppose to do and at that point (6months) we stopped using the sensor pad part.

    We will be using it again this time around with DD. My thing with the angelcare over the video or voice/sound only monitior is that with the video or voice monitor you can not see or hear your baby stop breathing. The angel care will sound a alarm when the baby has stopped moving after a certain amount of time. No movement means no breathing.  

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  • CCFikesCCFikes
    we bought the deluxe angelcare monitor. the consumer reviews on babies-r-us sold us. i've never seen so many positive and must have comments for one item. some did report false alarms but also stated they were rare. just make sure you a piece of plywood or some type of material underneath it to help keep it secure and accurate. that's supposed cut down the false alarms. personally, i'd rather have a false alarm than find my baby the next morning...
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  • mplsbride31mplsbride31

    We used it for DD and will use it for this baby too. It does give you a lot of piece of mind. We used the plywood underneath the crib, and we had maybe 1 false alarm, when she started to roll off of it and that's when we quit using the sensor part. 

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  • cari12cari12

    We used it with DD1 from about 5 months (when we moved her to her crib) to just over a year when we started getting too many false alarms from her moving all over the crib. Before that, we hardly had any false alarms (we did the plywood board under the mattress as well) though and the peace of mind was absolutely worth it.

    We'll definitely be using it with DD2 as well, I can't imagine not having it. I slept SO much better once we got it for DD1 and wish we had had it from the start. 


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  • NicoleWINicoleWI member
    Why did it get an F? I thought it was rated pretty well when we got it. Anyway, we LOVE ours. I debated a lot about monitors and I am so glad I got the Angelcare. It definitely brought me peace of mind and helped me sleep better, especially when DD was sick.
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  • stillbeaksgirlstillbeaksgirl

    we have this monitor from DS. He was a preemie and weighed about 4 lbs when we brought him home. He set off that motion monitor like 7 times in two days when we first got home and we were freaking out. We eventually realized that he was just too small for the motion detector to work properly. we shut that part off and used the audio only until he got up to about 6 lbs. then, we were able to use both portions fine. There were one or two occasions after that when the motion detector went off. i would run in and pick up DS and make sure he was breathing. it was fine both times and i'll never really know if he was having an issue and then it stopped when i picked him up or if it was a false alarm. but, once he was at a newborn weight, i did feel better having the motion detector, just in case.

    we plan on using this again with DD. 

     

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