Angelcare movement monitor

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Has anyone tried one of these? Is it worth getting?

I had one. It was the only way I slept. The only downside was we often forgot it was on when getting ds out and so the alarm would go off 😂

I had one but probably wouldn't recommend it. Didn't realise until after buying it that it can't be used in a side sleeper crib which we used until 6 months (it picks up your breathing as well). After that time I'd relaxed a bit. I did use it once she went into her own room but you had to remember to pause it and then the parent unit of the monitor would repeatedly beep to remind you it was paused (very annoying for the parent still trying to sleep).

I was quite anxious so we got a snuza hero which clips onto the nappy and we were happy with that. Helped me sleep better at night.

Just be aware that they apparently don't reduce the chances of SIDS. As far as I was concerned I'd like to know if baby stopped breathing as soon as possible.

Used one with DC1 in a Moses basket and then cot, now using one in a co sleeper snuzpod with DC2.
With regards to what PP said about it picking up my breathing I haven't found that's the case at all as when I move DC onto the bed and forget to switch it off it still goes off 😂

I don't think I would have slept without ours. Definitely worth it IMO. Infuriating when you pick baby up, carry them downstairs, and then the bloody thing starts going off because you've forgotten to disable it. At least it proves that it's still working!

For me a visual monitor was sufficient. It could pick up her breathing and I felt that the prospect of the movement alarm going off accidentally would cause too much stress.

Do not buy this one! I had such a bad experience with ours, it did not work, it would sound all the time even when I could actually SEE my baby breathing, it was incredibly stressful, at first, and then just annoying. We did not have a thick mattress, we did have a solid base, it should have worked, and it didn't. We ended up buying a tommee tippee one instead, which was fab. Learn from my expensive lesson, get another brand!

We were given one as a present but like a PP found it wasn’t compatible with a bedside crib.

Dd has been in her own room since 6 months and we don’t use a monitor at all, and I think a breathing monitor would just increase any anxiety rather than relieve it, especially with false alarms etc. For us, it’s just not worth it, especially as dd would be drawn to the wire from the mattress to under her cot like a moth to a flame.

I’m planning on getting a video monitor once we take the side of the cot off to make it into a bed, but for now just keeping the bedroom doors open works well.

We use the Nanny breathing monitor and love it

It was great in Moses basket, no false alarms in four months and it helped me sleep - especially in the early days. You do need to be aware that it's so sensitive even a fan can trigger it, meaning if you aren't careful with positioning if you have a fan on it's pointless.

I still find it reassuring now in cot but we do need two sensor pads to cover the space and have had a couple of false alarms when she's wriggled right to the end of the cot.

I'll keep using it until she's older, we even take it away with us. Heath visitor seemed to think it might give false reassurance but we still never ever take risks with bedding, temperature etc. The wire is quite long though so you need to be careful baby can't get hold of it at all as I think that could be dangerous (our's is wound tightly round cot slats and then taped to side)

I had it and loved it. We had a near miss with dd when she had somehow managed to roll on her front and was very difficult to rouse and after that I just couldn't relax - I was constantly up checking on her.

I very rarely had any issues with it going off when it shouldn't have (we followed the instructions and placed the monitor on a piece of wood). We used it until dd was about 14 months, by that point she moved around too much so it wasn't reliable any more. We still use the monitor now at 3.5 years, just without the sensor pad so it was worth the money for me (plus I'm about to use it again with soon to be dc2)

They're half price in the Asda baby event this week... I don't think I will get one but the offer seems decent.

Absolutely love this! Still use it now and DS is 2years old! I had to adjust the sensitivity slightly as he got older as he sometimes moves off it but it has been the one thing that gave me reassurance and let me shut my eyes at night. The Best Buy we made!

@BergamotMouse why can't they be used in a side sleeper?

We got one and used it for about 6 months. We never once had a false alarm and you could tell it worked as I often forgot to switch it off when picking her up and it always sounded a short time after LOUDLY. We stopped using it as 6 months as she rolled off it a lot and we were worried about the wire as she was very interested in wires generally plus we felt more confident and she was still sleeping in same room with us just in her cot. The important thing is to use it as an extra measure and not to compromise any of the other guidance: firm flat mattresses, clear cot, on back, foot of cot, in room with you for at least 6 months etc.

We used one and found it great for peace of mind. What I will say though is that when baby starts wriggling around the cot more, they can go off due to the sensor not picking baby up. We stopped using ours at 11 months for that reason. DS used to scull himself up the top of his cot and it was causing the alarm to go off when all was actually fine.

Definitely have us peace of mind though that if anything happened, we'd be there in seconds

@ThirdChildFourthPile it's because it could then pick up your breathing or movements from bed, meaning it might not set off if baby did stop breathing

Our Nanny sensors even picked up the slight breeze of a fan the other side of the room! We had to test position etc before we could use both

Thank you. I'm glad I read this thread because I was planning on buying both products.

I think I'll get both but keep the sides of the crib when when I want to use the monitor.