Anyone would accept that a baby needs attention all the time. And being a parent, you cannot be with your baby every minute of the day. If you are a working woman, the situation gets tougher when you hire a baby sitter or a nanny for your baby. That ‘worry bug’ keeps eating your brain when you are at work and thinking of your baby at home. ‘Did he eat his food properly?’, ‘Is the nanny being good to her?’, ‘Would she hurt my baby, knowingly or unknowingly?’ and the thoughts never end. Even if you are at home and resume your daily chores putting your baby to sleep, you still want to monitor if the baby is safe and sleeping well. A baby monitor thus becomes very necessary soon after you give birth. Whether you are a homemaker or a working mother, a baby monitor helps you keep a tab on your baby all the time.
Just like several other things that you scrutinize and carefully test before buying them for your baby, a baby monitor too needs good inspection and consideration before you buy one for your baby. Also, it is very important that you buy the one which meets your requirements than buying a standard camera monitor. For example, if your requirement is just to monitor the baby’s sleep while you are at home in a different room, working or cleaning the house, a camera and an LCD screen is all you need to monitor. If you are a working mother and have a nanny at home who is taking care of your baby while at work, the baby monitor is integrated to your mobile phones through an app. You can track your baby’s and the nanny’s activities real time from anywhere. However, if your baby has certain medical concerns like asthma or heart conditions, then the best you should get is baby movement monitors. It is therefore very important for parents to understand the need and requirements before opting for a baby monitor. To make the task easy for you, here’s a list of few best baby monitors that you can buy in India.
Motorola MBP36 Remote Wireless video Baby Monitor
This baby monitor has a 3.5 inch color LCD screen and comes with a lot of features. You can remotely operate the camera, tilt, zoom and adjust the camera to get a better view of your baby sleeping. Infrared night vision feature lets you have a decent glimpse of your baby even in low light conditions. Another exciting feature of this monitor is the two way microphone. You can not only hear your baby sleep but also soothe them with your own voice. It also lets you know the battery life, room temperature and notification when you go out of range. Though user feedbacks state that the battery life is low, the monitor is a good option if you have a constant source of power close to you to keep it plugged when in use.
Motorola MBP27T
This is an upgrade to the Motorola MBP36 with improved video quality and additional features of temperature sensor. This monitor comes with no-touch thermometer for you to track the baby’s temperature and also the room temperature and thus maintaining an optimum temperature of your baby room.
i-Baby Monitor M6T
This baby monitor comes with a 720 pixel HD video resolution with plenty of additional features and probably the best you can get at an affordable price. It comes with 360 degree pan and 110 degree tilt that lets you view the entire room by remotely controlling the camera. The night vision and humidity sensor lets you keep a track of the optimum temperature and monitor your baby even in dim light. You can also capture pictures of your baby through the device and thus you will never miss that moment when your baby takes his first step while you are away! It can be synced up with your smartphone through an app which notifies you with everything happening with the baby. The best is yet to come! Not just you but the app is multiuser and thus, your baby’s favorite people can keep a watch on him/her while you are at work!
D3D wireless indoor security camera
The best in the list in terms of user ratings based on usage. It has all the features one would look for in a nanny camera and is affordable. With two way audio feature, you can talk to your baby and also hear them. The infrared feature lets you view the room even in low light with good video quality. Additionally it has video recording feature. So you can record videos in the SD card and download the same to play the footage.
Safety 1st Crystal clear audio monitor
This is an excellent device to monitor your baby while you are away doing the laundry or in a different room. It comes with a transmitter and a receiver and two way channel to remove and interference and disturbance from the mobile devices. The transmitter can be kept with the baby and the receiver can be conveniently attached to your clothing. The range is about 600 ft.
Philips Avent DECT baby Monitor
This audio device by Philips is similar to Safety 1st Crystal clear audio monitor. The two way channel minimizes the interference from your cell phone or other gadgets and t alert notification stops if the sound made by the baby doesn’t reach a particular threshold or goes below the threshold, thus you will not have to rush to the room if the baby is just whimpering in sleep. So it’s a great device letting you attend to your baby immediately when he starts crying.
Angelcare movement and sound monitor
The name suggests the working of this monitor. It sets off an alarm if there is no movement detected for 20 seconds. The sound receptor is pretty good and lets you hear all the sound in the baby’s room. The sensor pad is kept under the mattress on which the baby sleeps. However, based on few user feedbacks, the sensor at times sets off false alarm if the bed is not sturdy and the baby rolls over losing contact with the sensor.
Snuza portable baby monitor
The issue of a false alarm being triggered when the baby rolls out of the sensory pad as in Angelcare movement and sound monitor is solved with Snuza portable baby monitor. This comes in the form of a device which is clipped to the baby’s diaper. The device sets off a notification if less than 8 movements are detected in a minute and if no movement is detected in 15 seconds continuously, the device vibrates gently rousing the baby.
