We use the Summer video monitor and would totally recommend it. However, like any video/sound monitor, you can pick up public airwaves, so if anybody has them close to you like neighbors, they can pick up your sound or video. Mine picks up a neighbors crib which freaks me out. I still can't find out whose it really is.
Highly recommend a video baby monitor. You can see what they are doing even if they are not making noises. Having one saved my daughters life. She was choking without any sound and I ran in there and picked her up. She ended up perfectly fine, but the ER doctors think she was chocking on her own saliva.
She's 2 1/2 now and its nice to watch her in bed and see when she gets out of it (she just got a toddler bed) I can go in there and make sure she's tucked in as well.
We also use a video monitor. We intially used a regular audio only monitor (Sony Baby Call Monitor), which worked well...but since both our babies are very noisy sleepers, we decided to get a video monitor so we could see what was going on without actually going in their room. We bought the Summer Infant Video monitor and it works great!
BFP July 09 - m/c Aug 09
BFP Nov 09 - c/p Dec 09
BFP Dec 09 - A&J born in August 2010 at 37w, 6d
BFP Sept 11 - ectopic pregnancy/left tube removed
BFP April 12 - E born December 2012 at 39w, 1d
DS has acid relux and milk protein allergy, and had torticollis, used to EP,
now we FF .
April siggy 3-6 month
Born 7lb, 15oz, 21-1/4, 2 mo - 12lbs, 14oz. 25",
3mo - 14lb, 4oz 26in , 4 mo - 16lb, 1oz, 26 3/4 in, 5 mo 18 lb, 4oz 27-3/4 in, 6 mo 28 3/4 in 19lb, 14oz
We registered for the sony one that someone posted above. Its just an audio monitor and i am not even sure if we'll end up using it. It creeps me out that people can tap into your frequency and see/hear what is going on in your house by way of these baby monitors.
I have the Graco iVibe with the 2 parent receivers. It comes highly recommended in the Baby Bargains book and we love it. It's rechargable plus with the 2 receivers Joe can have one and so can I.
We have the Graco imonitor vibe for ds#1. but they are discontinuing it. They have a new one replacing it, which we will be getting for ds#2. It has some really neat features on it.
When we decided not to have the babies sleep in our room, we exchanged the video monitor we got as a shower gift for Angelcare motion sensor monitors. They have the sound function and also beep if a baby doesn't breathe after so many seconds (that's adjustable). It does give some false alarms when the babies squirm far away from the middle of their cribs, but they've given me a lot of peace of mind especially back when the babies were newborns. If I get irrationally worried about them, I can also just peek my head in their doorway to see the little lights on the monitor that blink when they breathe. It's very comforting.
we have a movement monitor. we decided not to get the angle care one but a different one based on review. we love ours but because it didn't come with a sound monitor we got a graco ivibe and hate it. it has poor reception. i think we might buy a sony to replace it. we love the movement monitor. we can hear it if it goes off even if the sound monitor is not on. it has only gone off 2 times in the last 16 months. both times because he moved off it. it has two pads and we now have both pads installed and have no issues now.
Re: Baby Monitor
We have the Sony 900MHZ monitor.
https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2815277
We've had it since DD was born in March 2008 & it still works, we love it. I picked this one since it was one of the top from the Baby 411 books.
We have the Summer Infant Day and Night Handheld video monitor.
Hands down one of my top 5 baby purchases ever.... we love it!!!!
https://www.amazon.com/Summer-Infant-Deluxe-Handheld-Monitor/dp/B00020V5A2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1286833576&sr=8-2
We use the Summer video monitor and would totally recommend it. However, like any video/sound monitor, you can pick up public airwaves, so if anybody has them close to you like neighbors, they can pick up your sound or video. Mine picks up a neighbors crib which freaks me out. I still can't find out whose it really is.
https://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=summer+baby+monitor&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=9148358897694251282&ei=QpezTIePMYv_nAelwJD7BQ&sa=X&oi=product_catalog_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CEYQ8wIwAg#Highly recommend a video baby monitor. You can see what they are doing even if they are not making noises. Having one saved my daughters life. She was choking without any sound and I ran in there and picked her up. She ended up perfectly fine, but the ER doctors think she was chocking on her own saliva.
She's 2 1/2 now and its nice to watch her in bed and see when she gets out of it (she just got a toddler bed) I can go in there and make sure she's tucked in as well.
We also use a video monitor. We intially used a regular audio only monitor (Sony Baby Call Monitor), which worked well...but since both our babies are very noisy sleepers, we decided to get a video monitor so we could see what was going on without actually going in their room. We bought the Summer Infant Video monitor and it works great!
https://www.buybuybaby.com/product.asp?SKU=125624&
BFP Nov 09 - c/p Dec 09
BFP Dec 09 - A&J born in August 2010 at 37w, 6d
BFP Sept 11 - ectopic pregnancy/left tube removed
BFP April 12 - E born December 2012 at 39w, 1d
Born 7lb, 15oz, 21-1/4, 2 mo - 12lbs, 14oz. 25", 3mo - 14lb, 4oz 26in , 4 mo - 16lb, 1oz, 26 3/4 in, 5 mo 18 lb, 4oz 27-3/4 in, 6 mo 28 3/4 in 19lb, 14oz
BFP#2: 8/14/11 M/C 8/30/11 6w1d
BFP #3: 10/26/11
Beta #1 @11dpo: 22 Beta #2 @13dpo: 90 Beta #3 @17dpo: 480
Missed m/c 12w3d 12/28/11, d&c 12/30/11
dx Homozygous C677T MTHFR
We have the same one. We decided on it for the same reason.
We have the Graco imonitor vibe for ds#1. but they are discontinuing it. They have a new one replacing it, which we will be getting for ds#2. It has some really neat features on it.
https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4419454 (sorry cant make it a clicky)
This exactly!! I didn't think we needed a video monitor and now I can't imagine life without it:) It is wonderful.