Top Ten Uses of a Video Baby Monitor
The most obvious use of the baby monitor is to view your child while you are in another room; however, there are many benefits to having a baby monitor. With a little creativity, your baby monitor can be applied in many practical ways. Your baby monitor is never a substitute for you, just another tool.
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While Baby Sleeps & While Baby Plays
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The number one use of baby video monitors is to keep an eye on baby while the baby sleeps. Its extremely reassuring in the early days to look up and see the baby's chest moving and hands opening and closing--all telling signs that the baby is breathing, sleeping and well.
Second, having a the video monitor on the baby while the baby plays can allow a parent to make dinner without ever taking her eyes off the baby. When an infant is awake, you want to be there interacting with the baby, but sometimes you do need to rise to check on food.
Network & Webcast
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Many baby monitors allow you to set up a network with your computer so you can watch the baby from your computer monitor, even remotely, which can be nice for the parent away from home to be able to look in on the baby.
Another use is to post videos of your baby online to relatives. Take the cutest snippet of the day and send on to friends and family or post on social networking sites, such as Facebook. -
Nanny Cam
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Another use is to watch the baby while the baby is being watched by another. No reason to be sneaky, just let your sitter/nanny/sibling know the monitor is on, and you'll be checking in periodically to say hi.
Educational Toy Times 2
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Another use for the baby monitor is for the baby to watch herself. Set the monitor up within the sight line of your baby and see how excited she is to see herself.
Adjunct to this, if the baby has siblings, the monitor can be used for older siblings to watch the baby while you interact with her so they can learn about how to play and care for their new family member.
Not Just for Baby
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Setup your monitor so you can watch your older kids do homework and play, so while you are with baby, you feel connected to the others.
Use your monitor to either drop in on what your kids are watching on television or surfing on the net. Even if centrally located, you can't always be in the same room, yet its part of the parent rule book to stay abreast of what your kids are ingesting, watching and being exposed to.
Night Light
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Last, baby video monitors give off a soft glow, much like a television screen or computer screen but smaller. The emitted light is just enough to see by, especially what you most want to check on at night, your baby.
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