PR related: Video monitors

[thebay]

A magical wonderful thing has happened. My kid loves her room and her bed. And her toys. So much so that she'll wake up from a nap in her pitch dark room and play, and give me a heart attack with a resounding crash that was the result of her climbing onto her bookshelf and knocking over her train that was on top.

So. What is a decent, secure, CHEAP video monitor that functions on little to no light? H and I have iPhones, it'd be awesome if it used those as receivers but it's not mandatory. She's 13 months, I feel like we'd have at least a few years of necessary monitoring.

If you haven't used one, great, good for you. We live in a loft apartment and can hear her from every corner, but I need to see her, especially because we're upstairs and she's downstairs.

TIA!

[yelah250]

Curious as well - hope you get some good replies.

[kirotea]

We have one of these

www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006ZPWS4U/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

There are different apps you can get to view it on your phone or a browser. We've had no issues. Plus, it would be wicked easy to add another camera if we needed to.

[athn64]

We have a summer infant brand one. Ours isn't the cheapest, because it comes with a monitor and can connect with your phone. I think they sell just the camera and you can hook it to your wifi.

I like it. It has black and white night vision, so it works in the dark really well.
This is the one we have. (Didn't spend that much on it, though)

[ceebug]

We have this one from Walmart. It doesn't work with a phone, but the infrared is nice.

www.walmart.com/ip/Vtech-Safe-and-Sound-Full-Color-Video-and-Audio-Monitor-with-2-Cameras/35599980

[thebay]

Jan 24, 2015 14:20:13 GMT -5 kirotea said:

We have one of these

www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006ZPWS4U/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

There are different apps you can get to view it on your phone or a browser. We've had no issues. Plus, it would be wicked easy to add another camera if we needed to.

Omg it's only $65?!?!?!! This is fabulous. She sleeps with it REALLY dark, like I cover the glowing fire alarm light dark. Does it glow or is it pretty inconspicuous?

[kirotea]

Jan 24, 2015 14:25:24 GMT -5 thebay said:

Jan 24, 2015 14:20:13 GMT -5 kirotea said:

We have one of these

www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006ZPWS4U/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

There are different apps you can get to view it on your phone or a browser. We've had no issues. Plus, it would be wicked easy to add another camera if we needed to.

Omg it's only $65?!?!?!! This is fabulous. She sleeps with it REALLY dark, like I cover the glowing fire alarm light dark. Does it glow or is it pretty inconspicuous?

There's a red light on it... I think maybe a ring of red when it's in night mode? Like, my kid noticed it but it doesn't bother him enough to not sleep.

[thebay]

Couple of good options here. Hmmmm

[dovetail223]

The is a no judgement statement, but your 13 month old isn't in crib?! Whoa

[sewlinds]

We have a cheap Motorola one and it works in the dark. It's just nice to know what they're doing in there sometimes!

[allthedrinks]

Another vote for the Foscam option. The interface with our phones is great and I love being able to spy on the baby while I'm out on a girls night or something.

[mrspadfoot]

Jan 24, 2015 14:20:13 GMT -5 kirotea said:

We have one of these

www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006ZPWS4U/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

There are different apps you can get to view it on your phone or a browser. We've had no issues. Plus, it would be wicked easy to add another camera if we needed to.

We have the newer version of this one, and I love it.

[thebay]

Jan 24, 2015 15:54:20 GMT -5 dovetail223 said:

The is a no judgement statement, but your 13 month old isn't in crib?! Whoa

She's entirely evil and can escape a pack n play, a crib, whatever. We have poured cement floors and I wasn't comfortable with her potentially falling, so we put her mattress on the floor.

Montessori, yo!

[thebay]

And yes, her room is entirely anchored and baby proofed, with rugs.

[sirhiss]

Another vote for Foscam. We have a monitoring app that allows us to control it (and talk to LO through it). Sometimes we just use the browser on the computer but mostly monitor from our phones.

[alyce85]

We have a dropcam pro. It is awesome. Great night vision and wide angled so we can see all her room: www.amazon.com/Dropcam-Wi-Fi-Wireless-Monitoring-Camera/dp/B00F9FCW7K/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1422152735&sr=8-1&keywords=Dropcam

[thebay]

Looks like foscam is the majority winner. Amazon here I come!