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I am on my 3rd monitor. The first one got damaged when we moved, ds was 3. The 2nd one I lost ( ) the portable part, and the third one better be the last! Ds sleeps upstairs and when he's sick and we're downstairs watching tv I couldn't hear him if he needed me. So I'll take the monitor where I am. He's 5.
Also, sometimes when he's in the bathtub I'll run down to check on dinner; I bring the monitor with me to make sure he's ok. I can zip up the stairs in a jif if I have to, it just makes me feel 'less guilty' if I have to throw in a load of laundry or check on dinner and he's in the tub.
My friend also tells me she uses her monitor when her ds has a playdate over (he's 5 too) so she can check up on them and see what is going on without going upstairs.
I love my monitor and never plan on taking it out of ds's room, or at least not until he really rebels against it. For right now he likes the idea I can hear him if he doesn't feel good, it's like me being right there with him!
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I still have a monitor in my boy's room, they are 6 and 2. Their room is on the lower level and I keep it on at night!
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Hmmmm..Can we leave it in their rooms for when they're in their teens and have friends over? Nannycams!!
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LOL.... After a certain age they become "Mommy Monitors". They are a life saver if I;m inthe kitchen and the kids are playing in the playroom or wherever. It's like having a super secret spy thingy. I don't think I will get rid of mine until the youngest (Stetson 3 weeks old) is 5...lol.
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Dd1 is almost 5 and I havent had a monitor in her room for almost 2 years. But dd2 has one in her room across the hall and i can still hear what dd1 is doing in her room. At some point I am going to move it into the hall so I can hear both of them and I can hear if anybody is out in the hall. For now things will stay as they are.
The hall monitor will be a perminate fixture so that i dont have any teenagers trying to sneak out!
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It's so funny you are asking this. When we first moved here I had one from my youngest's room in my room and it kept me up all night! Every movement he made I heard and would not sleep. So I took it out
BUT we're getting ready to move again and I'm wondering if I should put it back in our room on a softer setting because his room is furthest away from our's. He will be 2 by the time we move ( Oh my god, he will be TWO...where did the time go?)
I'm curious to see what the others say too
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Originally Posted by desertmom
Hmmmm..Can we leave it in their rooms for when they're in their teens and have friends over? Nannycams!!
OH I like that!!!
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I still have one in the girls room (ages 9,5,3,1) but really only use it once in awhile anymore. For instance: when they were sick it was on so that I could hear if anyone was throwing up in the middle of the night. Our rooms are on the same floor, but it is REALLY hard to hear between them.
The rest of the time I have it off, only because if something is wrong with one of them, one of the others will help her out, or come get me.
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At about a year old when they stopped nursing. A friend and I were talking the other day about monitors. I consider them one of those "not needed" baby things. Unless you are outside while your baby is sleeping or have a huge house or are a deep sleeper, I could always hear them without the monitor - even when we had a two story house.
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I didn't use mine when they were babies in PA but more when we moved to Florida. It was there that I learned of the new home layouts. Master bedroom on one side of the house and kids' rooms on the other. I HATED THAT. I had a newborn who lived on the opposite side of the house from me and I was still nursing. I ended up living in the room with him (his room doubled as our guest room) until he was six months old. I hated travelling through the house at night to nurse every three hours!!!
I also hate the home layouts that have teh masterbedroom on the first floor and the kids' rooms on the second level. I wouldn't mind that when the kids were older but not as babies. It bothers me!!