Baby monitor to use in hotel on wifi

[ChampagneLassie]

There are loads of reviewsbut I feel baffled. I want a camera baby monitor which rubs off wifi. Ideally I'd like to use my phone to view or a seperate handset.

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Interestingly I’ve been having this discussion with friends recently as I’m of the opinion it’s a bad thing to do; they don’t seem to see the issue which frankly is mystifying.
It’s not something I’ll be doing at any point.

I don't think you were ready to have a baby

It's all about the context, though, isn't it?

Assuming you're living in a terraced house with a small garden at the back. When the baby has a daytime nap (thank goodness mine often did 2-3 hour stints without fail), would you not go out into the garden with the monitor whilst they're sleeping? Or would you be waiting anxiously outside the baby's door perhaps?

So, say you would go out into the garden (with the monitor) - would you then not do this evenings as well? Shouldn't be different?

Similarly, assuming your next-door neighbour (in this row of terraced houses), has a garden with a gate between you or a way to get through to each other garden's, i.e. just a few centimetres away from perhaps your own garden table is or kitchen/diner (assuming at the back, overlooking the garden). What is the difference?

Obviously if you're in a large detached, with a big distance between your gardens/kitchens etc it's very different.

People seem very 'stuck' in their thinking rather than looking at context.

I'm assuming most people would have their baby in its own room at aged 1 and would be sleeping in their own bedrooms at night? That is potentially 10 hours of no supervision (apart from maybe a monitor, a more recent invention)!

TRIGGER BABY DEATH
yes op they do. My older sister chocked on her vomit in her cot, she was almost one. It was before baby monitors and heartbreakingly she died. So please stick to your choice of using a babysitter.

I mention before baby monitors as to why my mum didn't know in her own home. Not that it would be safe using a monitor elsewhere.

What an idiot. Money obviously doesn’t buy sense.

here we go with the justification

those scenarios actually involve you going about your day on your own property not a neighbour’s house for dinner / a cup of tea. Technically you have left a baby at home alone in the latter scenario not the former.

in terms of framing someone’s level of judgment and responsibility this sort of “argument” is very telling. Rather like the “I’m just popping to the shops over the road my baby’s asleep I don’t want to wake them, it will be fine”

there will be a time when it’s isn’t fine and then it won’t be fine that you did it.

When I was at primary school in the 60s we used to knock on various neighbours' doors and offer to take the baby for a walk in their pram - most times the mums agreed and we'd parade around the streets or park with someone's baby.

I don't ever remember a baby coming to any harm so statistically and in reality it was a very safe activity - I don't think any of you today would let some random street kids take your baby for a walk!

"Ha ha well in my house it would take a lot longer than 15 seconds, I can assure you! ;)"

That's interesting because I live in a big house, yours must be absolutely massive if it would take you more than 15 seconds to run to your choking baby.

I was being slightly facetious here but, yes, I've been staying in small B&B/boutique hotels where my room would be nearer than it would be between my living room and baby's room (my kids are now nearly in their teens).

Also don't operate in a way where I expect the worst. Baby's choke but very, very rare they do so without eating something (and even then, their gagging reflex is much more sensitive so gag more easily but also able to clear it if you don't panic and try to intervene straightaway).

BTW, I have never left my baby when going to a neighbours but I think there are context around all these things.

I do think that anxiety is a bigger killer than anything. It impact not only mood but physically as well....

'babies'

Well I came here to check info on wifi listening and am amazed. How did those responding here ever survive their childhood? I followed the 'expert' published advice of babies put on front to sleep and leaving them to cry themselves to sleep and not to 'give in' and show who was in control! and yes one did puke so never again. That was well over 30 years ago. Mothers today are so LUCKY to have technology. They can walk across a road staring at their mobiles! So here we have an OP wishing to move from the dark ages and actually use modern technology and the sky falls on her! If we all worked on the 'yes but what if' we would remain in a ball with extreme mental health issues. The issue is the type of hotel, the location of restaurant from room, the sleep patterns of the children and their health etc. How relaxing is a meal with babies in tow constantly worrying about disturbing other guests or having the magic of sound AND vision from a mobile that never leaves you sides anyway? Hotels dont have the staff to wander and abduct babies plus they would be caught on camera. Since covid many have even stopped daily housekeeping. Anyone abducting a screaming baby...seriously? Over more years than i like to admit I have stayed in hundreds of hotels and only 1 fire alarm false alarm and the time taken for people to decide if real, for staff to decide if real then take action anyone could get back into their room, might even use lifts lol. Leaving a baby/young child alone in a hotel room with NO monitoring is irresponsible but with todays technology where you can monitor every blink what is not to like? Do you use nurseries? get references for every babysitter? Obviously you test a system to make sure it works but living a life of worst case scenario and paranoia is even worse for a child. What of the 'plastics' that go in their mouth? cheap stuff made in China that Trading Standards do not have the cash to investigate? lead pipes still in many properties, lead paint, vinyl wallpaper and paint encouraging damp and spores? but gosh dont leave a baby a few rooms away as you can watch their every move......