Anyone make there own baby monitor?

[whitetrash]

This is the last thing we have left to get and as I keep reading reviews, they all seem to suck. So I was thinking of just setting up a wifi webcam in there and using it.

Anyone done this before? Have any issues with it?

[Lason]

Sounds like a lot of work for such a simple thing. I guess Im old school, we just used our ears.

[Baron Von Crowder]

We paid lots for a wireless one with a screen and a seperate handheld portable, and it flat out sucks. It pops and crackles all night long. I never thought about a webcam.

[Mach1Run]

The only time I ever used ours was if I was outside in the garage while the baby was asleep. It has a hiss if you crank the volume way up but I just needed it up enough to know she was awake.

[KBScobravert]

I love ours. For the week I was home using it, I loved it and my wife has no complaints either. Has pan tilt zoom a light and you can speak to he kiddo through a speaker. Made by Summer Infant if memory serves me.

[slow99]

We have the Philips Avent and love it. Tried several others that were just annoying. The avent has a light as well so you can mute and just watch the light. I would also suggest that you stay away from the angel care sids crib monitor. It was a pain in the ass and we sold it shortly after we bought it. We found the SNUZA diaper clip sids monitor that was phenomenal. I loved that thing.

[downshift_me]

Sounds like a lot of work for such a simple thing. I guess Im old school, we just used our ears.

Yeah, same here. I never saw the need....kind of like the wipes warmer and bottle warmer.

[8mpg]

How did we ever survive throughout history without baby monitors?

[Zfan]

how did we ever survive throughout history without baby monitors?

x2...lol

[yellowstang]

How did we ever survive throughout history without baby monitors?

LOL, so true!

On Facebook I'm in 2 groups for diabetics, one for insulin pumps and one for the CGM (Continuous Glucose Monitor), and I swear, %80 of the people act like they would die and have no control at all over the diabeetus without the devices. I mean really, they help you manage, but fucken A, people have survived for years without it, and lived just fine!

/rant off...

[ceyko]

I use the Foscam P/T wireless cameras for the twins and IP Cam View on the iPad/iPhone.

Admittedly I do have a standard audio/video baby monitor too for at night. Otherwise it was bright as hell in our room with either device lit up.

Voice activation is a nice feature on them as well. With twins, it gets trickier - but with a single kid should be no big deal.

[Chili]

"Anyone make there own baby monitor?"

No, but my mother-in-law made me one. And named her Leah!

[DamonH]

I use the Foscam P/T wireless cameras for the twins and IP Cam View on the iPad/iPhone.

I do the same. The cameras can do sound/voice, but we have an intercom so we just use that.

[Probie]

"Anyone make there own baby monitor?"

No, but my mother-in-law made me one. And named her Leah!

Lol

[Semper299]

How did we ever survive throughout history without baby monitors?

And kids sleeping on their stomachs.....