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September 2022 Moms
kboydbowman
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Product Spotlight: Baby Monitors
kboydbowman
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Recommendations and questions.
Current pregnancy -
First BFP on 1/4/22. Due date 9/13/22.
First BFP on 1/4/22. Due date 9/13/22.
Four prior losses, no living children - 1 first trimester miscarriage, 1 blighted ovum, 1 chemical, and one extreme premature live birth daughter who died at 15 days old.
Re: Product Spotlight: Baby Monitors
The one con with Nanit is that to monitor with it, you have to use your phone. We keep it up on our Android tablet once she's in bed for the night and that helps, but yeah, definitely a con. On the flip side, though, we can pop in and view her from our phone when she's overnight at the grandparent's house!
Bonus is that you can use HSA funds to buy it through their site, because it includes breathing wear, which is a comfort to have.
I do wish it had a larger screen, a better picture, and longer range, but for how little I've used it, it's fine. I only used it when my babies were very little and I wouldn't hear them crying and wanted to be outside in the summer at the camp fire. We contact nap for the most part and then when I'm working I go to bed with them so don't have much use for it. When they start sleeping in their own beds, they can walk and come find us when they need us.
1. Not to need wifi to connect (which means to also have a separate monitor and not need our phones for it). We actually have multiple friends who had idiots drive around their neighborhoods, hack into their wifi, and then scream crazy stuff through the monitor to their sleeping babies. It caused a lot of lasting fear of sleeping alone. Not okay!!
My husband is a software engineer and we did a lot of research before deciding on this. Here's a good article on it: https://smarthomestarter.com/can-nanit-be-hacked-tips-on-how-to-stay-secure/
Here's another good article for information on monitors that are much higher risk: https://motherhoodhq.com/baby-monitor-hacked/
This is a topic I've been waiting for!!! I'm looking for one with no wifi (I really do not want it to connect to our phones!!! I'm addicted enough as it is.), video and sound! Reading above, I guess another feature would be that it can be portable enough to move the camera from room to room (or to another place entirely!) but not too difficult to set up/angle at baby.
Any recommendations?? (Aside from those stated above)
Infant Optics DXR-8 PRO Baby Monitor 720P 5" HD Display with A.N.R. (Active Noise Reduction), White
Some complicated chromosomal stuff going on - our fingers are crossed, but this may not go according to plan!
@wendy-g yikes, sorry to hear you and your husband have to worry about this, too. I'm kind of a data nerd, so the sleep/heart rate/temperature data might have sucked me in no matter what. Owlet sound especially appealing for those of us expecting kids who might genuinely need some extra monitoring.
Some complicated chromosomal stuff going on - our fingers are crossed, but this may not go according to plan!
Some complicated chromosomal stuff going on - our fingers are crossed, but this may not go according to plan!
Thanks for the tip on 2 cameras! After you mentioned that, I realized how convenient it would be to have one spare to keep in the diaper bag for visits to family and friends.
I really don't need all the bells and whistles. Battery life and range are most important, with a decent screen resolution. No WiFi preferred. We don't have a huge yard, but I'd like to be able to be outside when the little one is napping. The Motorola ones are most appealing due to price and functions, but the reviews trend toward negative...and battery life doesn't seem to get a good rating.
Anyone have any experience with this one? Looks like pairing a second camera is pretty simple, and looks like the range is about 900ft (compared with a Motorola that has 1000ft range).
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07N428WP1/ref=ask_ql_qh_dp_hza
Yes, both Wi-Fi and traditional monitors have both pros and cons, but the hacking potential is present on both. If someone can point me to research that shows I'm incorrect, I would love to read it; I like being a informed as possible!
Oh, but the good news is that if you can find a monitor with channel or frequency hopping that is also from a reputable brand, that's a great way to decrease your chances of being hacked.