Nurseries and Baby Gear
Audio vs. Video Baby Monitor
We will be first time parents this year and are looking for some help on baby monitors. Which do you prefer just audio or video w/audio? Is it worth the extra cost to go with the video baby monitor?
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Re: Audio vs. Video Baby Monitor
For us, yes. We have a 2-story home and I like being able to check-in on my big girls when they are playing up stairs in their shared room and I can look in on the baby while she sleeps without opening the door.
When we move into a 4-br house they will each have a camera in their room and one in the playroom (we have the Summer Infant video monitor and you can hook 4 camers up).
We just got it last year and I wish we would have purchased it much sooner.
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If you plan on having more kids, I'd say, just get the video monitor now. I can already tell it will be so much nicer to look in on a napping nb/infant on a monitor while playing with my toddler instead of going upstairs at every other noise I hear. Babies can make a lot of noise while they sleep and you're better off not taking the chance on waking him/her by opening the door to peek in.
Plus w/ a lot of the video monitors, you can add up to 4 camera's which will make things a lot simpler with a growing family.
We still use the angelcare monitor for naps and night time and haven't used the video monitor yet (he sleeps in our room, so I can see him just fine), but, when ds outgrows the angelcare monitor and moves into his room, I will be using the video monitor. Better safe than sorry. Plus, I like that I can add extra cameras onto the video monitor and plan on installing them in the bedrooms of our future LOs.
exactly this. our video monitor was invaluable when we went through nap sleep training. if he was fussing and standing up, we'd go in there, if he was fussing and laying down, we learned he was just about to fall asleep. without the video monitor, sleep training would have been so much more difficult.
I'm a major cheapskate, but a video monitor was well worth the money for us. SO nice to be able to peek in on them without going in (because if they're fussing a little and they see you, it's all over!)
And I have a feeling it will only get more useful as it gets older. My best friend told me the story of how her 2 year old was making noise in his crib but she didn't go in because he was just playing not upset and crying, and it turned out he had pulled off his diaper and painted the walls with poop! Will be nice to be able to see what's going on in there without disturbing her!