Comments on: The great baby monitor experiment, Day 20 http://blog.rookiemoms.com/the-great-baby-monitor-experiment-day-20/ The geeky girls from RookieMoms.com tell you how it is Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:40:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Heather http://blog.rookiemoms.com/the-great-baby-monitor-experiment-day-20/#comment-366 Heather Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:30:18 +0000 http://blog.rookiemoms.com/?p=18#comment-366 Well, here we are in fabulous NYC. I guess it really is a problem out here on the Upper West Side to get interference with audio (and even video!) baby monitors. The fancy Philips promises none of that, and true to form, we haven't had any. Alec tested it further by taking it in the elevator (it cut out), walking across the street (it came back in), going into the Duane Reade across said street (it cut back out), and meandering around in front of the building. Out in the Berkeley suburbs, I don't pick up other babies' signals and the greatest challenge is how far can I reasonably and safely get from my baby and still hear (via monitor) and respond quickly. We'd love to make it to the nearby cafe and can't (with any of the monitors we've tried). Well, here we are in fabulous NYC. I guess it really is a problem out here on the Upper West Side to get interference with audio (and even video!) baby monitors. The fancy Philips promises none of that, and true to form, we haven’t had any.

Alec tested it further by taking it in the elevator (it cut out), walking across the street (it came back in), going into the Duane Reade across said street (it cut back out), and meandering around in front of the building.

Out in the Berkeley suburbs, I don’t pick up other babies’ signals and the greatest challenge is how far can I reasonably and safely get from my baby and still hear (via monitor) and respond quickly. We’d love to make it to the nearby cafe and can’t (with any of the monitors we’ve tried).

]]> By: whitney http://blog.rookiemoms.com/the-great-baby-monitor-experiment-day-20/#comment-262 whitney Tue, 07 Nov 2006 19:03:33 +0000 http://blog.rookiemoms.com/?p=18#comment-262 I agree with the video monitor idea. The value there is that you can see if your kid is standing up, has a leg stuck through the crib, or has lost his binky. A really sexy audio-only monitor doesn't seem to have a lot of added benefit over just that it's more fun to own. But then, I'm the type of person who will just keep buying Hondas and still has not spent over $100 on jeans. I agree with the video monitor idea. The value there is that you can see if your kid is standing up, has a leg stuck through the crib, or has lost his binky. A really sexy audio-only monitor doesn’t seem to have a lot of added benefit over just that it’s more fun to own. But then, I’m the type of person who will just keep buying Hondas and still has not spent over $100 on jeans.

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