Long range baby monitors

[Ljhunt]

Just spent Xmas at my parents, they have an outhouse bedroom at end of the garden, above 20m from main house. Both main house and outhouse have thick walls. WiFi was patchy and our monitor didn’t stretch so one of us had to be with 3MO at all times in evening 🤦‍♀️

would love to find a monitor that stretches that far next time we go. Ideally video but if. It then sound is okay. Can anyone recommend anything tried and tested please?

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I live in a really old house with thick walls and the wifi is horrendous so needed one that didn’t use WIFI.

I use a leapfrog lf920hd (they do smaller screens than that version) and the range is brilliant!

we have a gym about 50m from the house in the garden and I have full signal in there from his nursery. Never cuts out and doesn’t rely on the internet either. Really recommend it.

Babies under 6 months shouldn't be sleeping away from their adults anyway so it's fine if they are asleep in the main house with you.

All advice would be that someone should be with them up to six months minimum. I can't imagine leaving my child in a separate building. Surely you can pop them somewhere safe in the main house with you ?

Thank you will check it out!

to the others, I didn’t ask whether or not I can leave my baby to sleep so not sure why that’s being commented on. Yes the NHS guidance is to not leave baby alone until 6 months, but they also advise no solids before 6 months which lots of people do, and no co-sleeping (which I don’t do myself but again lots of people do). It’s all just guidance to be taken with a pinch of salt and each to their own! Most the books/sleep consultants out there advocate a bedtime routine and early bedtime from about 3 months which just isn’t compatible with never leaving baby alone!

Most the books/sleep consultants out there advocate a bedtime routine and early bedtime from about 3 months which just isn’t compatible with never leaving baby alone!

Most books aren't evidence based though. SIDS is a very small risk but that risk is increased a little if baby sleeps alone before 6 months. That's why the guidance is there.

And co-sleeping is perfectly safe, as long as the WHO safe bedsharing guidelines are followed.

Get a Ring camera. Any movement will ping on your phone

@Ljhunt it is research based advice by your country's health experts. I would strongly recommend you follow their advice.

Tragic incidents occur every year
no parent should ever have a doubt that they took every step possible to reduce risk of sids to their child.

You are right that you get to choose- of course you do... but there really is a risk and people are being helpful here.

It is a small risk of course but it is avoidable.

Not sure if there’s a misunderstanding - my baby sleeps in a next to me which is attached to my bed at nighttime, so she is not alone at night. In the day she naps in the bedroom so is alone then with me in a next door room with the monitor, she is also alone in the bedroom from 7:30pm until whenever my husband and I go to sleep, again with a monitor. She has just transitioned from only napping on me to napping independently (but it must be a quiet dark room) and honestly I feel like myself again, I’m able to get on with things around the house whilst she sleeps

"ust spent Xmas at my parents, they have an outhouse bedroom at end of the garden, above 20m from main house. Both main house and outhouse have thick walls. WiFi was patchy and our monitor didn’t stretch so one of us had to be with 3MO"

20m seperate building is in your op, this isn't safe for a 3mo baby.

Hi @Ljhunt thanks for posting! I appreciate this thread is a few weeks old now, but just wanted to pop a link to our guide to the best baby monitors in case you're still on the hunt for a long-range monitor. The page includes a wide range of fully tried-and-tested monitors including some which have been specifically designed to stretch longer distances. Hope it's helpful!