Talk to me about baby monitors please

[MrsMigginslovespies]

Hello,

I'm sure there must be a thread on this somewhere, so apologies for any duplication!

DH and I are starting to look at monitors for our first baby (due August) but don't know where to begin! My sister swears by her AngelCare one, but DH is quite keen on one with a video. I think it's a bit of a gimmick, but is he right? Are they good? Or should we go with a monitor mat one/normal BT type thing/etc etc? And what about two way talk/lullabies/flashing lights bla bla? Agh, any help must welcome!

Thank you!

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Hello!

We've noticed this thread is quite old and some of the product recommendations are a little out of date. We've spent weeks speaking to parents and testing out baby monitors. Read our reviews to see which product was crowned best baby monitor.

Hope that helps!

MNHQ

Thank you all so much for your kind advice and help. I suspect we may end up going down the BT150 route, and will check em out online now to see if there are any on offer. We're trying to break up the cost of things a bit, so it's not a hideous shock last minute! Good advice too about keeping the boxes etc in case need to return if faulty (I'm the Queen of taking things back!).

MN is so great for this sort of thing

"Don't buy one yet! The baby should be in your room for 6 months so you won't need one"

we used ours from birth even with the cot in our room - our bedroom is away from our living areas so needed if for naps or times when we went to bed later than him

Have narrowed it down to Angelcare or BT. Leaning towards Angelcare as my sister is so keen on hers. Watch this space

Another vote for the Angelcare with motion sensor, used it for dd, & will do so again for dc2 due soon. Honestly, if we hadn't had the motion sensor, I swear I would have spent every moment she was asleep checking for breathing! She slept in our room until 7 months, but we still had it on for the sensor pad, or when she was in bed & we weren't. It has a very good range on it too, which was important for us, due to high ceilings, & the layout of our house. Once they get to the stage of rolling off the sensor pad, you can just use it as a normal sound monitor.