When to stop using a baby monitor

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My partner doesn't think it's necessary anymore but I still like to see little one if I wake in the night. We keep it on silent as can hear from our room anyway but partner thinks we should stop using it completely now. What age did others stop using theirs?

Going against the grain here but wouldn't use one past 2 max. There is something icky about it past that age.

Our daughter is nearly 5 and we still use it. We sleep on a different floor in a pretty soundproofed house.

We still use ours, for kids aged 3 and almost-5 - our house is rather soundproof and there's no way we'd hear them in the night unless there was murderous screaming. When eldest was tiny we never used a monitor as we lived in a much more open plan house and it was easy to hear.

I never had one, but honestly if it's not affecting him in any way why is he so bothered about it?

We stopped with both DD’s by about 12 months. No need for one as an intercom (theyre only really in their rooms to sleep) and I hear them if they shout (they’re 5 and 3 now)

4 and 2.5 here. We have them on when we are downstairs (sound only) so we can hear them over the tv/talk etc as we close their bedroom doors. When we go to bed we leave our door open but not theirs and don't use the monitors. Since having children I wake if a sparrow farts so no need

5yo here and still using the vid with no plans on stopping. Slightly ridiculous because he's the best sleeper ever but if he does wake up he would never get up he would just shout me and get upset. I want to make sure I waste up straight away as I'd never want him alone and upset.

My sons 2 and we went from a audio monitor to a video monitor at a year old because he was climbing onto his drawers so it gave me peace of mind that I could see him without needing to be in his room, we will continue to use it for when we take his bars off his cot and then for when the new baby moves into the same room so we can see them both.

There probably useful until they are soundly sleeping in their own bed without bars I think so 3-5yrs old.

@chardonm what exactly is icky about using them past 2? Strange thing to say... we are keeping ours on currently, then still when both children are in the same room in order to see baby and toddler.

By then toddler will be 3.5yrs and baby 5/6 months. We still have the bars on the cotbed and wouldn’t trust him to stay in bed when we do have them off so it’s good to have so I don’t have to wonder if a bang in the night is him falling out of bed or just kicking the cot - I can see from my phone without the need to actually go into the room.

Our DS is 5 1/2 and still use a monitor! Although it's audio only and we have thick walls so can't hear if he shouts and due to lay out of the house, steep stairs etc feel much more comfortable him shouting if he needs to rather than wandering about and coming to find us downstairs/ in our room.

When we've been away and he's woken us up by appearing suddenly at the side of the bed staring at me it's shocked the life out of me.... And him by my reaction! I'll be keeping the monitor and encouraging him to stay in bed and call out for a good while yet!

@chardonm kinda icky you'd suggest that.

Lol at using a monitor being "icky" past 2. Our toddler is 2 and a bit and we're still using one. She still wakes up regularly at least once or twice a week in the night. Can see us using it for quite a while yet.

Still using an old audio one for 6yo. He almost always shouts us as some stage in the evening and we wouldn't hear him without the monitor (tall house and we sleep on a different floor to him).
I never go up when he shouts - just reply over the monitor. It's basically an intercom so I don't have to climb the stairs. I am very lazy.

@chardonm There is something icky about it past that age what exactly do you think two year old do in their room that you think parents hearing it would be icky? Or what do you think parents are hoping to hear?? It's not like it's on in the 14 yos room ffs.

We still use one, our DD is 4. We mainly use it for when we are downstairs or in the garden in the later evenings. She also has a tendency to take her nappy off, so we use the video one to make sure it’s still on her which is a pain . She is still young as well so I don’t see it as a problem.

We stopped using it around the 2nd birthday.

At some point a baby monitor just disturbs the parents sleep. Toddlers don’t need attention every time they stir at night. We don’t want to hear EVERY wake up. But if it’s a needy distressed wake up we’ll hear it anyway.

I stopped using one once my LO had been in his own bed for a while, so around 2.5. He just got up and called out if he needed someone

We stopped when dd asked for us to stop. I think she was around 5, maybe late 4.

6 and 3. Still using it with both. More as a communication device than as a proper "monitor". We have video and I just check that they are in bed and haven't fallen off!

Surely the point of a fancy video one is so you can still use it when they are a toddler to check whether they are playing silly buggers or sleeping?? Or have fallen out of bed etc

For those of you using the monitor when baby is upstairs may I ask which model you have ? We have a hello baby one and it looses connection when we're in the living room (we live in a bungalow). Tia x
Also DS is 10 months but I plan to use it for a few years yet as I don't see any harm in it being there !

I never used one for any of mine. I could always hear them.

@nomoreusernamesleft we use the angel care

I never used one. House was such that if baby was upset you could hear her screaming, otherwise she could be whinging or talking to herself and it helped her self settle to not go to her too quickly. However, if it reassures you then there is really no reason not to use the monitor for as long as you need to.

Around 10 months with DD but lived in a flat at the time, we have a house now so I'll probably use it for longer with this baby.