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?

@SleepingStandingUp thank you! Will look into that one. Is it a video one or just microphone ? X

Ours was the baby board under the mattress and one way voice monitor

We used ours until he was happy getting out of bed to get us after a bad dream or if feeling unwell. He was nearly 4 and before this used to yell from his room. However, we were sleeping downstairs at that point so kept it on in case we didn't hear (rare, but we liked the security). We're upstairs again now and he is happy to climb down from his bed and get either one of us, so we don't use it now excepting the nightlight.

We stopped using ours at about six months, i just forgot to turn it on a few times then got out of the habit. He’s 4 now and if he wants anything will just shout loudly for us!

Never used one and we have a big six bedroom house, a sleep consultant said it's better not to have one as you learn to interpret your DCs cries better, and when you don't have one you really are more in tune and despite really thick walls you do hear them. But each to their own, another thing about living in a bigger house is it is impossible to supervise them all the time, it allows them more independence. We couldn't have stairgates either and they both managed just fine.

Never used or needed one. I had each DD in a cot next to my bed for their first 15 months, then in the room next to mine. When they were babies, they had their daytime nap in the sitting room with me.

DS has just turned 4 and we still use it. He's in the room next door but I always feel more comfortable being able to hear if he wakes up than not being woken by him.

Like others we use mainly as an intercom (though in a mode which only transmits louder noises so we don't get disturbed by every snuffle). DS is 4 and perfectly capable of coming to get us if he needs us but getting out of bed wakes him up more so it's better for him to call if he needs something, and we can often settle him by talking if needed.

Well this has been an eye-opener! A baby monitor at 7 and 4 years old!!
Why?
I am actually concerned about how infantilised children are now and that parents t wear it as some sort of badge of honour.

Had 3 children and never used a monitor

My son snored, talked, farted and grunted constantly in his sleep. I stopped using the monitor after a few days; couldn't staff the cacophony.

@Woody68 in our case, just as a communication device, so they don't shout or come down the stairs for silly things. I could have a Walkie talkie, but I already have a monitor that serves that same purpose. No one is looking anymore, but we cannot hear them when we are downstairs with the TV on, so it's handy to ask and reply questions or requests, which is what is mainly used for. I think some posters are thinking of monitors as CCTV, with parents staring at the screen, but it could be used in a more relaxed way, as a phone. Mine doesn't come on unless there's noise (talking), so I don't even do anything with it unless they are asking for stuff (e.g. I want more milk, I'm hot/cold, need help in the bathroom, bed is wet, lost my teddy...). I don't think it's weird...