Video Monitors

The best by far in my opinion, is the Summer brand video monitor. It costs about $100 I think and is mobile so you can move it around instead of installing it over the crib. I am a postpartum doula and have used many over the years. This one is my favorite. S. F.

Hi B.,

Looks like everyone has the same advice! I also have the Summer Infant handheld monitor. We also bought ours on eBay and bought the extra camera so we could put a camera in each boys' room. It has been such a blessing because, with my first son, I would do the same thing with the sound monitor - hear something then go into his room and accidently wake him up. The video gives me such piece of mind and it's also really fun to watch his 'nighttime routine" of falling asleep! Well worth the extra money!!!

-D.

We got the Summer video monitor. The viewer can either be plugged in or run off of a rechargable battery. It has 2 different settings which was great for us - our neighbor has the same model and sometimes we would see each other's kids on the monitors. If that happens, you just switch to the other channel. It's expensive, but I highly recommend it. You can always sell it off on Craig's List when you are no longer using it.

I currently have the older model of the summer video monitor and I love it. I love being able to look in at any time and see that everything is alright. I have used it for nine months straight and it is still something i depend on nightly. However, depending how far away it is from the baby's room you may have interference or static. I have heard that some moms use an audio monitor along with it. Honestly i have not doubled up on the monitors and even with some interference it is worth it! I would buy another one if this one was to run out and I would reccomend it. :0)

hi, B.!

i know exactly what you mean! we just LOVE our video monitor...in fact, i am not quite sure what i would do without it! we have the summer brand one with the small handheld video unit...it is portable and i can take it all over the house with me. i highly recommend it! we bought it at babies r us, but i just saw it at target on paseo/i-25. hope this helps!

-B.

I have one and the brand is "Summer". I like it and it was only $100 dollars at Babies R Us. I do get static sometimes, but it doesn't bother me. I was always checking on my son too and waking him when the door would open, so it has been great to see him on the screen and know he is sleeping soundly. When your baby is older, the monitor is nice because you can see what he's doing when he is a wake. You will know if you need to go in or just leave him to go back to sleep.

We bought a regular home security type of camera at Home Depot. We love it! I think whatever you spend on a video camera is worth it. It is so fun to watch the baby.

I have one made by summer infant and its great. Mine came with 2 cameras and one hand held unit that you can switch back and forth from camera to camera and I love it! It is super clear color picture when it is daytime and super clear regular images when its night time. I absolutely love it! It has a bigger screen on the hand held than most of them out there and its cheapest to get it on ebay, I think it goes for around $229 but if you just want one camera its a lot cheaper. Mine is the silver and blue one.

Yes, the Summer Infant video monitor is by far the best one on the market. Most other brands require that the monitoring unit be plugged in to view the baby, but Summer Infant's monitor is wireless and works well even when outside doing yard work. I highly recommend it!

my son and daughter in law jsut love the video monitor they have i dont know what brand it is but they had an audio one before and had to get up at every little noise ( they are first time parents) and didnt get very much sleep. not they can just look and see if the baby is realy awake or not not have to get up and go to his room. and lately they have bee watching him wake up in the morning and entertain himself for a while

I work from home while I'm home with my 8 month old because daycare is so expensive. Since my husband and I agreed upon this, I was very worried about being at the computer and on the phone while my son was in the swing, etc. So I bought the Graco video monitor. Although it was $200, it was a very good buy. There are a few minor flaws with it, for instance even when the sound is turned down all the way, it is still extremely loud, which is a big annoyance to my husband who has to be to work early, because i get up in the middle of the night when our son wakes up. Also, there is a slight delay because it works off of a satellite. The last thing is you have to manually point the camera in the right direction (which wasn't really a surprise). But other than that, I love that I can see my son (even at night because of the infrared). I do highly recommend this if you want to watch your little one! I'm always worried that he'll stop breathing, get his head/hand/foot stuck in something, etc. So this just helps calm my nerves!

We have the Summer baby infant monitor, color and portable. Our two-year-old is difficult to get to sleep and we are stilling using it to "check" on him. Summer has been good about backing up their products... sending replacement batteries free of charge when our monitor would no longer recharge for any length of time (we were over-charging it apparently). And when it died after two plus years of use, they replaced it at half price. We have found ours indespensible and well worth the money.