More baby product recs!

[britbratjf]

Well you ladies were so helpful with the baby wearing recommendations how about throwing out video monitor recommendations? We just used a regular monitor with Dagny and I like it fine but there have been times I've wished for a video monitor so we might splurge for this next baby. We have a fairly large house so I need one with a good range. TIA!!

[summergirl1211]

I love our Motorola video monitor. It's pretty spendy but I can't imagine not having it. The battery dies pretty quickly (especially if you like to watch the video a lot) but we keep it plugged in all night and it still works for a 2+ hour nap and several hours before bedtime. I've taken it outside (on the opposite end of Riley's room) and it's been fine too. There's a zoom option, a few songs that play if you want them to and a microphone so you can talk to them from a different room. HTH!

[vtkatydid12]

I love our Motorola video monitor! We have this one (link) though this model appears to be discontinued now. My favorite features are the 2-way talking (I can talk to M using the receiver unit) and the ability to control (tilt, pan, etc) the camera remotely. It's great. Reception is excellent throughout our house (about 1600 sq ft) and for a decent distance outside. Can't put it DIRECTLY next to a device using wireless internet or the feed skips a bit but that's not a big deal to me. The receiver's battery life is just ok, but it gets the job done!

[xanthepants]

We had the Motorola one as well. I liked it just fine too. We travelled with it and found it easy to set up on the fly as well. Used it outside no issues.

[tribute17]

We have had the motorola one too but we have had to send it in 3 times and gotten a replacement each time. It finally quit a few months ago for good. I think we are going to replace it but I haven't done research on which one I want yet. I will say we started with a regular monitor and it broke so they sent a replacement but didn't have the one in stock so they just sent the video one instead. I would totally get another one. It was such a huge help to be able to see him especially on nights where I couldn't get him to go to sleep and had to leave him.

And btw, it's like you are reading my mind today. I was making a list of things to get/replace for the new baby and ergo and monitor are on my list. Must be that nesting kicked in at the same time for both of us.

[aylafsu1881]

I have a summer infant one and love it. We will buy a second camera and add it to the current monitor for the new baby.

www.amazon.com/Summer-Infant-Touch-Digital-Monitor/dp/B004B762AK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1429039961&sr=8-1&keywords=summer+infant+video+monitor

[julymommy]

Another vote for Motorola

[britbratjf]

tribute17 ha yes! Well Dagnys big bed is delivered this weekend so I'll be moving a lot of stuff into the new baby room & then next Thurs we find out the sex so I feel like I finally am ready to start thinking about what all we will need to buy!

[MissMusic]

The Summer Infant one is the one that is most recommended. We have a First Years and love it, no issues, still going strong!

[origamimommy]

I have a summer infant and love it. We originally wanted a camera from the Apple store to sync with our phones and such, but there were so many instances of them being hacked and I got a non-wifi one. I like it. It works just fine.

[vanessalc]

We have a $50 security camera from Amazon and free app on our phones and we just have an audio monitor on 24/7