Do you keep baby monitor in your room?

[HavingFaith]

My DS is 16months old and has been sleeping in his own bedroom since he was about 8/9months. Since then, my husband and I keep the baby monitor on in our bedroom all night to make sure we can see/hear our DS. But I’m wondering if this is what everyone does?
DS wakes most nights for a short period, he doesn’t cry or fuss, just babbles away to himself before settling himself back to sleep, sometimes we have to pop in to put his dummy back in reach. But I feel like it’s disturbing mine and my husbands sleep so wondered at what age you stopped doing this (if you did it at all?!)
Thanks xx

I have it in my room but with the sound off so it doesn’t disturb me. If he actually cried I’d hear him anyway.

I just like the option of having a look at the monitor if I hear anything.

My son is nearly 3. We’ve still got it in our room but turn the sound off and have done since around 18 months. That way if he cries in the night we can take a quick look at monitor and work out whether we need to go in or if he looks like he will settle himself.
Often turn the sound back on if he is poorly.

Have an audio one only on ‘mute low’ so only hear an actual cry, not general noise. I only have it because his bedroom is the other side of the house, so wouldn’t hear a cry.

We have ours turned on but with the sound and screen turned off. That makes it quicker to look at the monitor or turn on the heartbeat sound.

I’m an idiot! I honestly don’t know why it didn’t cross my mind to just mute it! His bedroom is next door to ours so we can definitely hear his cries without the monitor. I like being able to quickly see if he’s ok and whether he needs us, so keeping the screen on but sound on mute is the perfect solution! Thank you all, from one over-tired mum xx

I still do and she’s 5 😳 in my defence I sleep with earplugs so worry I wouldn’t hear her without it.

No