Sensor mat - recommended or not?
Matilda is 9 weeks and still in with us although we spend every night on a rolling rota of waking each other up with snoring (DH), farting (her) and needing the loo (me). Was all set to move her to her own room at the weekend and then bottled it. We are in a 3 storey house and her room is a level up from ours (although ours is at the foot of the stairs and hers at the top so not too bad). The whole cot death thing is nagging at me (i.e. the fact that baby should be in with you until 6 months) even though we have no other risk factors (I'm aware it's not as black and white as that).
We already have the BT150 monitor so I am a bit reluctant to splash out any more but I am wondering how reliable they are and whether they gave you much more reassurance when you moved LO?
Thanks!
K x
We already have the BT150 monitor so I am a bit reluctant to splash out any more but I am wondering how reliable they are and whether they gave you much more reassurance when you moved LO?
Thanks!
K x
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We moved LO into his own room at 5 weeks as no one was getting great sleep, and having the sensor pad has given me complete peace of mind, i think even at 6 months i would still have been concerned if we only had a normal monitor. We have the Tommee tippee ultimate so in the morning all i look for is the little green flashing light (when he breaths/moves) and i know he is ok, He is a great sleeper and has slept through 7pm-7.30am since 3 months so i think if we didnt have the sensor pad i would wake up in the morning and i want to go straight into see if he was ok,
My friend opted not to get one as she was concerned it would make her paranoid - to me this made no sense at all, i am not at all paranoid about cot death as i know if he did stop breathing for more than 20seconds the alarm would wake me up...
i have rambled on but basically i am much more relaxed knowing my baby is sleeping soundly....
I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them.
We have the Angelcare and have been happy with it.
xxx
On a few occasions he has rolled off the mat and the alarm has sounded in the night and Ive woke straight away . Its scary but worth it for the extra protection.
HTH
Claire x
Jayne xx
Thanks again! xxx
could you give me the details of the Angelcare movement only monitor you have found? Im in the same situation as you in that I want to move Lo into his own room but I already have a good TT monitor, so only need a sensor pad/ movement monitor.
Thanks a lot ;o)
NTT xxx
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_5_18?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=angelcare+movement+only+monitor+ac300&sprefix=angelcare+movement
I was just wondering if you could use these in a moses basket or only once baby goes into their own cots! Xxx
So we did a kind of tuck and tie type thing to keep it tight and secure.
But yes they work fine in the moses basket.
xxx
Couldnt sleep without one - struggled in hospital with ds2 that first night as I didnt have it with me!!!
I have a friend whos baby became a victim of SIDS. I went through it all with her and after that was terrified of it happening to my little man. So when I found out I was pregnant I was straight out buying one x