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  • Hangglide@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I had 3 babies and spent $0 on video monitoring. Your baby will be fine. Don’t fall for the advertising drama. Babies have been fine for thousands of years with no electronics.

    • frazw@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      They’ve also not been fine.

      SUID Death rate for infants has decreased even since 1990. Baby monitor likely had a role in that.

      FYI not supporting subscription for features a device has in hardware, just saying I’d rather have a monitor that never went off than no monitor and a dead child. There are plenty of alternative devices without subs that cost a lot less to begin with.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I used a wireless webcam to monitor my baby and, honestly, I was so paranoid that I don’t regret it. Seeing her breathe or move before I went to bed and when I woke up was a comfort and relief.

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      1 year ago

      I can just hear some people going, “WHAT? Are you crazy?”. I was a little tike in the early 60s and the only monitor my mom had was me screaming or the “THUNK” of me falling and hitting the floor.