Tech Talk
Vibrating Baby Monitor Could Save Your Sleeping Baby's Life
The first time I babysat my niece, I think I checked her about every five minutes to make sure she was still breathing. I was absolutely paranoid something horrible would happen the first time I was alone with her. I was terrified of SIDS. Nothing did go wrong, thankfully, but a new gadget that's designed to give parents more peace of mind while babies sleep might have helped.
The Snuza Hero is a device that clips onto your sleeping baby's diaper, and uses a motion detector to constantly monitor your baby's movement. What a great idea!
The Snuza Hero looks like the perfect monitor to help worried parents take a deep breath and relax instead of checking to make sure the baby is okay over and over. (If they can help it...) If the device hasn't detected any motion for 10 seconds, it vibrates in an attempt to wake the child. If there's no movement after 20 seconds, an alarm sounds to alert the parents.
According to a writer over at Gizmodo, "Snuza's vibrations are apparently subtle enough not to complete wake them from their slumber. And even if it does, a crying baby is far better than the sound of an alarm alerting you there's something wrong." Yes, yes it is.
The monitor retails for $129.99, but it's for sale over at Amazon for $106, and all of the reviews so far are positive. I think I know what I'm getting the new mothers on my list for Christmas.
Would you try the Snuza Hero to monitor your baby while sleeping?
Image via Snuza
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powertothekids
great idea,it whould laso have a microphane that uploads to a comp
cmjaz
julie21210
SuzyBarno
winterbaby10
I had an angelcare monitor when my dd was a baby and it did the same kind of thing and it was great.
Lisa Schneider
UgtaBkdnMe
No thanks, I don't what my kid "vibrated" every 10 seconds.
Jalissa
aom1112
ForeverInLove
If my child has some sort of health condition in which they are prone to stopping breathing, then I would consider it.
But, on a child with no health condition, No. Children aren't meant to sleep away from their parents. The US's practice of it is ... third world? Not the right words, but, if you look at SIDS statistics in the US, compared to counteries where children co-sleep with parents from birth, or even sleep in the same room as the parents from birth, the rates are much lower. Why? Baby requires their parent to remind them to keep breathing. Baby is VERY in tune with their mother, in particular, and their mother's breath and heart rate at night, are what reminds their body to keep breathing.
Since my children either co-sleep, or sleep in something immediately next to my bed, there really is no need for this.