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MrsR
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please settle a debate...
When did you stop using your monitor at night?
I ask because I have had trouble sleeping lately and my DH thinks if I shut the monitor (video and audio) that I will sleep better. I currently leave the audio off since I can hear her from my room - but I like having the video on.
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Calla
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Re: please settle a debate...
I stopped using audio at 9.5 months. I never had a video.
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-Laurie-
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Re: please settle a debate...
Video has been off since 5 months. I can easily turn it on if I need.
Been sleeping great :)
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| Posted 2/17/06 9:01 AM |
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curley999
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Re: please settle a debate...
Claire is 14 months and I still always put the audio monitor on for naps and nighttime. I sleep better knowing I will hear her quickly if she needs me.
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| Posted 2/17/06 9:03 AM |
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05mommy09
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Re: please settle a debate...
I pretty much use it everynight! But nights where the monitor is real statcky or buzzing, I do turn it off (or turn it real low)...His bdrm is so close to mine- I could hear everything!
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| Posted 2/17/06 9:09 AM |
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CunningOne
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Re: please settle a debate...
I only used an audible monitor, we did not have video. We stopped around 8 months or so, and I quickly found out I can hear him without the monitor because the room is right next to ours!
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| Posted 2/17/06 9:10 AM |
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nrthshgrl
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Re: please settle a debate...
Stopped using the audio at 6 months - and kept the video monitor on until they were about 18 months. Mainly because if I heard them, I could see if they were just talking in their sleep or really awake. If they weren't awake & I went in to check, there was a chance, they'd wake up.
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HillandRon
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Re: please settle a debate...
I am still using the audio monitor at 6 months. We don't have a video one. I really don't know when I would stop using it...
Jacob's room is right next to our room though
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BabyAvocado
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Re: please settle a debate...
Jake is 7 mos and I'm still using the audio monitor (we don't have video). It hasn't even crossed my mind that I could stop using it now.
His room is across the hall from ours and I could definitely hear him if he were to wail but I like hearing him stirring and babbling in his sleep at night just to know that he's okay in there so I keep it on. 
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Re: please settle a debate...
Although Hayley's room is cloe to ours, I have her door shut because we have a humidifier running in her room at night. Even when I don't have the humidifier on I will probably use it because I can be a heavy sleeper and I would be afraid I won't hear her.
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| Posted 2/17/06 9:48 AM |
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Re: please settle a debate...
Aidan is 20 months and I use the audio because I acutally cannot hear him sometimes. I am a heavy sleeper and he plays TOO quietly in his room now without calling me. I keep it low enough to not disturb my sleep though.
Never had a video, checking in on him before I go to bed is enough for me IMO.
I think you may sleep better if you lower it to not hear all the little noises and sleep talking, but will hear her if she cries.
Message edited 2/17/2006 1:10:35 PM.
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monkeybride
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Re: please settle a debate...
God help me I can't put DD in her own room let alone turn off a monitor....
Honestly if she was in her own room I have no idea when I would be able to sleep without a monitor. Her room is not that close to ours.
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rose825
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Re: please settle a debate...
audio was gone at 1 1/2 I still use the video and he is 3.
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michele31
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Re: please settle a debate...
I use it every night and Molly is over 2. I couldn't sleep if I didn't have it on.
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| Posted 2/17/06 9:17 PM |
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hazeleyes33
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Re: please settle a debate...
Our room is very close to the kids so I think I used the monitor until my dd was a couple months old and then my son I didn't use it at night right away. There was no sense in keeping it on and it did keep me up at night. Any extra noise keeps me awake.
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| Posted 2/17/06 9:54 PM |
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Re: please settle a debate...
My room is right next to the kids room, so I will probably be doing the same that I did when Alex was little... Using the monitor while I was in the front room, or showering, etc.
At night I wake up when my son cries, or needs me, sometimes even if he coughs different.. Its wild how your ears tune out everything else once you are a parent!! I have slept very well since deciding not to use it unless I was out of "ear shot". Good Luck!
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CheeChee
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Re: please settle a debate...
I dont use a monitor yet, but i know if my baby was in another room or upstairs away from me i would use it up until like 2 yrs old. 
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| Posted 2/18/06 9:55 AM |
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