When did you stop using the baby monitor?

[RaspberryBlower]

DD is 11 months and last night I had a fantastic sleep because I accidently had the monitor on mute!

However, we're in the next room and I can hear her crying from there without the monitor, it's just a lot louder with it obviously. I'm pretty sure I would wake up though.

When did people stop using theirs?

[likessleep]

when ds was about 10 months old and he had grown out of his reflux.

[Marne]

Raspberry- we did the same with dd1 (forgot to turn it on) and had a great nights sleep .

We didn't use one with dd2.

[Seona1973]

we dont use the monitor for upstairs as we can hear if the lo's cry from their rooms (we never used them upstairs at all). We do still use it for downstairs with ds who is 2.5 years as we dont hear him otherwise - the parent unit is in the living room and is used when we are downstairs and he is uptairs.

[FAQinglovely]

I still use mine - and probably will do for another year or so. Can't hear any noises upstairs (crying type ones) if I've got the TV/Music on in the evenings.

I also use it to "monitor" playing upstairs whn they're old enough to want to play upstairs on their own.

[SlightlyMadStirrup]

Have never used it overnight - only ever when we were downstairs and they were upstairs.

Have never used it with DD3. We can hear her downstairs anyway.

[glamourbadger]

I've never used it overnight - you hear every little squeak! My girls are on a different floor to us and we always hear if they cry out in the night. I still use it during the evening as we can't hear them upstairs if the tv is on.

[onadietcokebreak]

exDP left when DS was 11mths. He used to insist that we had the monitor in the bedroom and always on my side. The glow of the power light always used to make me sleep bad.

The first night without him I just left it downstairs and it was the best nights sleep since DS had been born. Now whether it was the monitor or the relieve that we had finally broken up I dont know!

[geordieminx]

Never used one in our bedroom, once ds went into his own room. We still have one in his room and one in the living room so that we can hear him when ifg he cries when we are down here

[ohdearwhatamess]

About 2 weeks with ds1. Never used with ds2.

[MIAonline]

I still use it at 2yo,but we have an old house and can't hear very well at all through the walls. It is probably a little OTT, but I sleep better knowing that if he is sick, upset etc I will wake up quicker.

If it kept me awake it would probably be gone

[nappyzonecannotcycleuphill]

ds is 2 and we dont use it upstairs as we can hear everything anyway - i do use it through day if in garden and hes having a nap.

[nickytwotimes]

We still use ours in the evening because we wouldn't hear ds (2.8)from downstairs as the house is old and fairly large.
We stopped using it at night from about 8 mths becasue we can hear him through the wall once we are in bed.

[eastereggfeaster]

still use ours and ds is nearly 4 but that's because we wouldn't hear him downstairs if he wanted something and he hasn't really twigged that he could just get out of bed in the night if he needs something.

[cory]

have to admit we never used it in the first place

ours is a 3 bed semi and we reckoned we'd be able to hear her crying from anywhere in the house

also she had the same bedroom as us for her first year

[RaspberryBlower]

Thanks for all the replies - there's quite a variation. I think I'll stop using it at night now.

Onadietcokebreak - your reply made me smile! Hope you're still having peaceful sleeps.

[primigravida]

We never bought one as DS was in our room for first six months and then went into bedroom next door. I can hear him crying from anywhere in the house.

[spicemonster]

I think it really depends on your house layout. We are in a flat with bedrooms on either side of it with firedoors. I cannot hear my DS even if he's screaming and I'm awake.

I have a BT monitor which you can turn down the sensitivity on so it only picks up yells, not every cough or snore

[elvislives]

We have a 3 storey house. If I'm in the kitchen on the ground floor I can't hear DD (25 mo) on the top floor, so we still have ours on every day.

[onadietcokebreak]

RaspberryBlower Thanks Yes bar sickness or teething I get alot more sleep these days!

[CatHerder]

I have it downstairs so I can hear when a sleeping child upstairs wakes up. I'll keep using it till ds2 goes into a bed - after that he can come and get me when he wakes up!

I've never used it at night after we go to bed - once they were old enough to go in a room of their own (6mo ish) they were big enough to cry loud enough to wake me.

[IheartNY]

I still have one for DS1 aged 3.5 but only for when I'm downstairs with door shut and TV on and he's in bed. Same for Ds1 (14 months).
Never used them upstairs as we are all in bedrooms next to each other so can easily hear them at night (even with DS2' door shut)

[Shylily]

A few months for DS whose room is at the back of the house - never used one for DD. I can hear crying but not all the other noise - I'd be awake all night! (In fact, I close their doors and wear earplugs! I sleep so lightly that I'd be up all night.)
When I was at my parent's house sleeping upstairs and they were downstairs I put it outside the bedroom door on low so I could only hear crying.

[Mummyfor3]

Only ever used it if babe asleep in house and we in garden - or vice versa !

In fact, I sleep with ear plugs, mainly to not hear DH's snoring, but also because I do not need to hear every snuffle/cough/dream. So far I have never not woken up if there was real crying. BTW, DS3 now 13 months.

[emma1282]

Until 12 to 13 months I have been using and then stopped.

[247tired]

Hi,
I've joined here because I don't know who else to ask for honest opinions.

me and partner have been together for over 3 years, I have a 6yo girl from previous and we have 18mnth boy together. Our recent argument is use of baby monitors... I want to carry on using them until I feel like little boy is older and in a toddler bed so he's able to get out of bed and play in a morning (obviously with gate on his door) instead of the crying he does atm when he wakes. My partner couldn't care less about using monitors, every morning he unplug it as soon as he can hear LB and he does the same if he's crying at night. I cannot relax knowing the monitors are off! As soon as I hear LB in the mornings I think it's better to just get up and get on with it because leaving him crying or listening to him crying only stresses me out. We are arguing almost every morning over this and I don't know what to do. I do have anxiety and the fear of something happening and me sleeping through is huge and I wish my partner would show the same concern. I don't know if it's coz I've got an older child and been through all this before so I'm just used to it but shouldn't he be used to getting up and getting on with it by now... any advice welcome!