Placed underneath your baby’s cot mattress, the motion sensor will send alerts to the parent unit if no motion is detected for 20 seconds or more, or if there is a sudden jolt of movement, ensuring you can check on your baby’s wellbeing if movements slow.
Initially, our parent tester Catherine found the sensor far too sensitive, “it just kept beeping to tell me the baby wasn’t moving but that was because he was asleep.”
Despite there being three sensitivity settings, Catherine opted to disable the motion sensor due to very regular alerts. This experience was mirrored by some Amazon reviewers - one of whom said “Motion tracking is very erratic - going off on highest sensitivity even when I can see my child breathing.”
Whilst a motion sensor can provide peace of mind for parents, there is a slight risk that the sensitivity of the Tommee Tipeee Dreamee motion pad could actually heighten anxieties through false alarms, especially with smaller, younger babies.
What’s the Tommee Tippee Dreamee like to use day-to-day?
Our parent tester overall found the menu system on easy to understand but less responsive compared to others she had tested such as the VTech RM7767HD Baby Monitor.
It also took a while for her to learn how to navigate around the menu - something which was also noted by Which? testing.
Does the Tommee Tippee Dreamee have any extra features?
The Tommee Tippee has a variety of other useful features to help make parents’ lives easier.
The cry sensor can be set up to trigger lullabies automatically and soothe your baby back to sleep if they cry - a helpful support for parents trying to encourage self-soothing or avoid nursing them back to sleep on auto-pilot when they wake.
For those overnight feeds during the early newborn phase, the monitor can also be used to send feeding reminders, alerting you that it’s time to feed your baby once a set interval of time has passed.
The built-in room thermometer is great for peace of mind during peak hot and cold seasons and can reduce the need for a stand-alone nursery thermometer. It’s worth noting however that this rounds up to the nearest whole degree; so not as specific as some stand-alone thermometers.
Is the Tommee Tippee Dreamee safe?
For parents concerned about the risk of hacking when using Wifi enabled baby monitors, the local auto-pairing of the camera and parent unit and the absence of an internet connection may be welcome news, without the need to password protect or encrypt the device.
The motion pad also uses battery power rather than the mains, so there are no trailing wires or exposed cords to worry about near your baby’s cot.
Is it easy to keep clean?
The Tommee Tippee Dreamee parent unit, camera and motion pad are all made of white plastic, which is easy to wipe down as and when required.
Is the Tommee Tippee Dreamee good value for money?
With an RRP of £150, the Tommee Tippee Dreamee is around twice as much as the Spear & Jackson Video Baby Monitor, yet our parent tester Catherine preferred the more budget-friendly design.
It doesn’t have the best video quality of the baby monitors we tested and may take some practice to navigate through all the settings, however, for those who are looking for a complete nursery package including a motion sensor, it makes a fair all-rounder with helpful functionality for parents.
Our verdict
A fair video baby monitor with a range of parent-friendly features to support your baby’s bedtime routine, but if you’re looking to reduce your anxiety levels, the overly sensitive motion pad could have the opposite effect.