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The Art of Selecting a Great Baby Monitor
A baby monitor serves as the eyes and ears of the parent when he or she is in another room.
A monitor system is comprised of a child transmitter, parent receivers and (usually) a wall-mounted or tabletop camera. Audio-only baby monitors are also available, but the video infant monitor is most popular because it allows parents to see and hear what's going on. In addition to safety benefits, many parents enjoy listening to their little baby talk through the monitor.
There are many factors to be considered while selecting a state of the art baby monitor. For example, a few of them have sound as well as lights, making them useful for working parents who would prefer not to listen to a loud cry on the phone receiver. The lights frequently flash in proportion to the sound of the baby's cry. Video monitors are also available where you can see whether a baby is sleeping or awake so that there is no requirement of audio tracking. For huge houses or for both parents working simultaneously, there is also the option of wireless baby monitors with multiple receivers. Belt clips are the best for parents who have to work all around the house and do not want to be saddled with a hand-held receiver. Obviously, a monitor will not be of any use if it is not near you.
One of the primary complaints with the baby monitor is interference. This is the danger with any sort of transmitting device, like a cell phone, cordless phone, pager or wireless internet connection. Cell phones, appliances, radios and fluorescent lights can all possibly interfere with a new baby infant monitor, causing fuzzy reception and strange voices to transmit through the receiver. Even video monitors can suffer poor reception, so it's important that a monitor is selected that operates on different frequencies. (For instance, a 2.4 GHz monitor and a 2.4 GHz cordless phone may interfere). If the next door neighbors are also monitoring a baby, then digital baby monitors will ensure the neighbors aren't listening in to your house.
There are many different brands of baby monitor systems available today, with some of the most popular being Graco, Philips and Summer Infant. The Philips SCD 589 ($200) has a ton of features and has had many positive reviews, where customers say they suffered no interference. The Graco iMonitor ($90) has two parent receivers and is also rated good for reception. Similarly, the Summer Infant Secure Sounds ($50) offers a lot of privacy, without all the special features of the more expensive Philips baby monitors. For pet owners, the Evenflo WhisperConnect Sensa ($50) will detect motion around the baby's crib to alert parents when the cat or dog is nosing around the crib. The high-tech Mobicam ($190) lets parents tape their video monitoring or watch the videos on the TV screen.
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