By Hellobaby Official
JUNE 29, 2022
Are baby monitors necessary?
Are baby monitors necessary? Can the baby monitor be replaced with a regular monitor? A new parent who has never used a baby monitor wonders: why most regular monitors are much cheaper than baby monitors? They all have monitoring functions, so are baby monitors necessary? Can a regular monitor replace a baby monitor? The most direct way to distinguish the two is to compare their functional differences. And The following is the difference between regular monitors and the most basic functions of baby monitors on the market.
1. The baby monitor can recognize the baby crying sound.
Babies get far more sleep a day than adults. Regular monitors require a new parent to keep watching the baby's sleep status by staring at the receiver screen and cannot immediately alert the parents when the baby cries or wakes up. Then when the baby sleeps during the day, mothers may want to go to the living room to relax, go to the kitchen to make complementary food, or do housework. If the baby is left alone in the bedroom for a long time, mothers worry about whether the baby is sleeping on the dancer's nose and nose and always pay attention to the baby crying sound.
If you have a video baby monitor, you can turn on the monitor anytime and anywhere to know your baby's sleep status. And the baby monitor is equipped with the function of a voice-activated display. When the monitor is in screen-off mode (VOX mode), the monitor senses the baby crying sound to activate the LCD screen. When using the baby monitor, you can set a volume and listen to the baby cough or breathe. No matter what you do outside the room, you can immediately hear the baby crying sound.
Babies get far more sleep a day than adults. Regular monitors require a new parent to keep watching the baby's sleep status by staring at the receiver screen and cannot immediately alert the parents when the baby cries or wakes up. Then when the baby sleeps during the day, mothers may want to go to the living room to relax, go to the kitchen to make complementary food, or do housework. If the baby is left alone in the bedroom for a long time, mothers worry about whether the baby is sleeping on the dancer's nose and nose and always pay attention to the baby crying sound.
If you have a video baby monitor, you can turn on the monitor anytime and anywhere to know your baby's sleep status. And the baby monitor is equipped with the function of a voice-activated display. When the monitor is in screen-off mode (VOX mode), the monitor senses the baby crying sound to activate the LCD screen. When using the baby monitor, you can set a volume and listen to the baby cough or breathe. No matter what you do outside the room, you can immediately hear the baby crying sound.
2. The baby monitor can play the cure lullaby to soothe the baby.
And this function is one of the must-have functions of baby monitors. Most regular monitors can only realize the monitoring function and are almost not equipped with the operation of playing lullabies. Like the HelloBaby video monitor HB65, this baby monitor is equipped with eight cure lullabies to help soothe a fidgety baby and put a baby to sleep quickly. Lullabies create a relaxing environment because the cure lullabies have close to the frequency of white noise. Newborns have just left their mother's womb to an unfamiliar territory, which requires an adaptation process. Some strange sounds in our living environment sometimes make a baby fidgety. They prefer the din of the womb, which white noise is similar to.
3. The baby monitor is equipped with a temperature sensor.
The temperature sensor of baby monitors is a very considerate feature for temperature-sensitive newborns or sick children. Regular monitors can only transmit audio and video and lack the temperature sensor, which the baby monitor is equipped with. Infants' self-regulating nerve centers for temperature are not fully developed, so they have higher requirements for environment temperature, which adults' feelings cannot replace. And parents can set a critical ambient temperature value on a baby monitor. Once the room temperature exceeds or falls below the critical value, an alarm signal will be issued.
4. The baby monitor hides the infrared light on the camera.
We all know that regular monitors use infrared cameras to ensure precise monitoring at night. The red light spot displayed by the infrared camera at night will undoubtedly attract the baby's attention and affect the baby's sleep. Poor sleep will affect the baby's growth and cause the baby to lose control, cry or scream, affecting the rest of the parents and their families. However, after three months, the baby's eyesight gradually improves, and they pay more and more attention to the external environment. The choice of invisible infrared LEDs for monitors is a mother and baby demand. At present, professional baby monitors on the market use hidden infrared cameras, which HelloBaby is the first baby monitor brand to use. These monitors do not have red light spots at night and do not interfere with the baby's sleep.
5. The baby monitor can connect to multiple cameras.
Parents could choose a baby monitor with 2 cameras or a baby monitor with 3 monitors to monitor several different rooms simultaneously. Especially when the baby can already walk, parents need to install monitors in every house room. However, traditional regular monitors are less flexible and without long-range monitoring. In addition, if there are older people at home, you can monitor your baby's safety while keeping an eye on the status of the elderly.
To sum up, baby monitors are high-tech upgraded monitors based on the needs of babies and parents, and their functions far exceed regular monitors. Baby monitors are considered an essential tool for most parents of little ones. After all, it’s simply not possible to keep an eye on your baby 24/7, and having a device that allows you to see and hear your baby when you are not in the room with them is worth its weight in gold.
The baby monitors in the market are mainly divided into audio baby monitors and video baby monitors, Wi-Fi baby monitors, and non-WiFi baby monitors. An audio baby monitor can only monitor the baby's voice, and the price is relatively low. In contrast, a video baby monitor can monitor more comprehensive audio and video information, which is relatively high. The market price is about $200, and there are also baby monitors under $100 (the video quality will be lower, and the functions are less). That said, not all baby monitors are the same, parents have different needs and lifestyles, and as baby monitors have become more high tech, parents have questions about their security features and susceptibility to cyberattacks. And if your budget is limited, maybe the best budget non-wifi video baby monitor fits you.