Baby Monitors

I am considering buying a baby monitor, preferably one that has a screen. Feedback, views on using a monitor, would be appreciated!

I think it really depends on the size/layout of your flat. Babies are pretty loud, and HK flats are very small - so you can usually hear the baby no problem unless you are a super deep sleeper (no new mother is!) or you live in a really fabulously built flat (very few in HK!)


Some people say that a monitor means they get LESS sleep, as they wake up at every little sound...


But the general comments seem to be, if you get one, get one with a GOOD monitor so that way if you are curious, you can just roll over and look at monitor rather than get out of bed and look in person.

Hi Germaine. We were given one but ended up not using it for the reasons crj just mentioned. One, we heard EVERYTHING and I couldn't sleep very well (our baby is a noisy sleeper and makes all kinds of funny sounds). I'm also a light sleeper whereas hubby is not.


Secondly, it seems like I have developed a strange type of 'baby radar,' ha ha! I can hear him when he starts to get going, no problem. I don't live in a flat, but his room is directly above ours and the insulation in our house is pretty crap and his sounds echo in the stairwell.


Another reason why we didn't use it: it was shipped to us from the U.S. and after a few times with a converter (we live on the mainland), the video monitor stopped working and the sound portion of it was making all kinds of weird feedback sounds. We were too lazy to get it fixed or to buy another one!

it's the guilt feeling of leaving him in his own room. Also, I need to have my room door shut in order to sleep, and I am afraid that I would not hear him.


But I know even if i buy a monitor now, it would end up as another useless purchase, amongst the many others.

it's the guilt feeling of leaving him in his own room. Also, I need to have my room door shut in order to sleep, and I am afraid that I would not hear him.


But I know even if i buy a monitor now, it would end up as another useless purchase, amongst the many others.

Germaine, DON'T feel guilty about putting your little one in his own room. I felt sad when we did (he just turned 3 months) but he took to it fine. It's so important that both mummy, daddy, and baby get decent sleep, and your child will also develop important self-soothing methods that will benefit him in the long run. We chose this way and it works for us. There is also the point of view of co-sleeping.


If you do a search here, there are plenty of discussions on it; it really depends what suits you and your family. We just felt that having our baby in his own room was a good first step for him. He loves his nursery (we play in there) and he recognizes when it is time to go to bed (bath, feed, lullabies). I have my nursing chair in there and play his favorite music. I love having that time in there with him (it's so relaxing) and it helps both of us unwind. I think he does appreciate having a space of his own. At naps I chuckle to myself while he's in his cot cooing and kicking around, he's just entertaining himself before dropping off.


Hang in there, your bub is only 2.5 months. Our little guy really started responding to a routine when he was around 3 months. Keep it up, you're doing fine!