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baby monitors that have breathing alarms WARNING!!!!!!!! |
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by celtica189  (December 2006) (rank 500+) |
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Hi guys i just wanted to let other parents out there to know a little something i discovered not long back that gave me quite a chill.
when i had Connor my mother bought me a baby monitor , an angel care one with the sensor pad that goes
under the mattress and if your baby stops breathing for 20 seconds a high pitched alarm goes off, this was a huge comfort for me as i was laying awake alot at night watching him because i was so nervous about sids (yes i realise he is baby 5 )
One morning i got bub up for his bottle and forgot to turn the swith off(the alarm goes off cause it thinks bub isnt breathing, and i usually have to make a mad dash to turn it off) anyway one night it was really hot and i had my ceiling fan on the lowest to keep the room a little cooler, in the morning we got up as usual and it was then i realised the alarm hadnt gone off, i checked the batteries and the switch but it was all fine . later that day i shut the fan off and then the alarm went off on the monitor scaring the crap out of me.
Even though the fan was on the lowest possible level it must have been enough to make the sensor pad think it was breathing.
I quickly realised also that at any time connor may have stopped breathing the monitor would not have picked it up due to the air from the fan.
so if anyone else is using one or planning to use one (and they are a brilliant device otherwise) then please be aware of this problem and maybe adjust the sensitivity of the sensor.
i would hate to think that peoiple dont know this can happen and are usng the fans during summer.
