Turn off the monitor?

PenWedding · January 2011

When did you turn off the monitor at night? I'm thinking that it will be a better nights sleep for us as we won't hear every moan and groan but will still hear him when he wakes in the morning. But of course, I feel a little guilty/nervous about not having it on. Have you discontinued the monitor yet!?

Luv-a-Bug · January 2011

I leave mine on the lowest setting still overnight and then mute it when he starts babbling in the morning (since he's right nextdoor to our room). I figure that way I won't miss it if he needs something overnight, and the small noises don't tend to wake me up especially if my "good ear" is down on the pillow.

blondbomber23 · January 2011

We haven't and won't for awhile. DD still wakes frequently at night. We tried CIO for 2 weeks in which she cried for up to several hours each night....so it was a total failure. After that experience, I don't have any desire to just let her cry all night long.

What about just turning down the volume? That way you would hear if he's really upset and not the minor noises.

mayowife · January 2011

I don't think I need a monitor because I can hear DS without it, but still would never turn it off at night. Maybe you can just turn the volume down?

cc_fame · January 2011

We don't plan on turning ours off until LO is old enough to get out of bed and get us if she needs us. One thing that helps us, though... LO has a sound machine in her room to help soothe her and keep her from hearing household noises. The neat thing is that we can hear her sound machine through her monitor, so it's almost like we also have a sound machine in our room. It helps her little sounds fade into the background noise, but of course we can still hear her when she is louder.

juliane2004 · January 2011

Honestly, if I could only have the monitor on for the night OR the day, I'd pick the night. I need the monitor to hear if she's starts crying at night if something's wrong. Otherwise, I can't hear her from my room and it's only 20 feet away from me.

I do as a PP said and turn it on mute if she wakes up in the morning and starts babbling.

danto · January 2011

I think we turned the sound off at 5 months. That's when her cry got loud enough to hear through our shared wall.

The white noise we have in her room makes me BSC.

We leave the video monitor on all night.

Bella6 · January 2011

I turned ours off months ago, she is down the hall w/the door closed and I can still hear her without it (maybe I am a light sleeper?). I do keep the monitor in my room so I can flip it on and look (its video) to see what the prob is if she really yells.

izziebee · January 2011

We don't have one in our room anymore. DS is just down the hall and even with the door closed I can hear him. We moved into a new house just before Thanksgiving where we are now all on the 2nd floor. In our old house, DH & I were on the 1st floor with DS upstairs so I had a video monitor and even then I have the volume as low as it would go and the video off. If he made a noise or I just wanted peace of mind I'd turn the video on to check him.

We do use the monitor now when DS is in bed and we are in our basement where we watch TV at night, otherwise I'd never hear him.

I should mention also though that 1. I'm a light sleeper so I know that I'll wake if he cries during the night and 2. DS has always been a great sleeper so it is extremely rare for me to have to get up during the night with him.

diana.filipi · January 2011

We stopped (really, I stopped) using the monitor at night sometime around 6 months. I can't remember exactly when now. I can say it was a VERY good decision for me :-) I wake up so easily and this way she sleeps better too. Her room is across the hall so it's not like I wouldn't hear her if she really wanted/needed me.

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