Hi Bumpies!
I was wondering what people's thoughts are on the usefulness of a video baby monitor when you are practicing attachment-style parenting. We will be co-sleeping with our LO (or at least room sharing) from the start, though DH says he would like LO to start sleeping in his/her own room after about six months (I say we'll see when we get there!) We would like LO to get used to napping in the crib from the start (at least once a day), and depending on how that goes I may be out of the room while LO is sleeping. Would a monitor be useful to us? Or is it just another thing that we are being pressured to buy but don't really need?
Thank you!
Re: Usefulness of Baby Monitor?
It depends on the layout of your house. We have a thousand square foot bungalow and live entirely on the main floor (we rent a friend the basement). We have not used or needed a monitor of any kind.
DS generally started the night in his crib, then we bedshared when I went to bed. I can hear him easily anywhere on the main floor.
You can always buy one if you decide you want it later. The stores don't evaporate once the baby is born.
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This. Plus 9 months from now the technology will be better and cheaper.
I do wish I would have bought a better monitor than what I have. I planned on keeping DD in her PnP in our room until 6 months, but she was a light sleeper, and we were waking her up when we came to bed. She moved to her crib without issue at 3 months.
Now that she is older and we allow her to fuss a little before going in, it would be nice to be able to see her. There have been times where I have opened the door, saw that she was laying down and fussing in her sleep, but by me going in, I had woken her up. A video monitor would have allowed me to see that she was asleep.
At home, we pretty much only use one when we'll be in the basement or outside. Our house is small, so even during naps we don't need it. I do like to have one at the grandparents' houses for naps and I use one when DS is at work with me and naps.
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