https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Apr 2026 12:08:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/video-monitor-for-toddler-1#post-2905266 Tue, 10 Dec 2019 13:36:13 +0000 Rocker2014 2905266@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the same one as @catgirl: and love it. We don't have the wide angle lens, but can see nearly all the room anyway (ok it's a tiny room, but still!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/video-monitor-for-toddler-1#post-2905216 Tue, 10 Dec 2019 11:08:24 +0000 graceandjoy 2905216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've been using the same Motorola set for going on 5 years now! I don't like anything that connects over wifi/phone either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/video-monitor-for-toddler-1#post-2905211 Tue, 10 Dec 2019 10:57:27 +0000 catgirl 2905211@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have, and love, the infant optics dxr-8. It comes with different lenses, including a wide angle one that would let you see the whole room at once. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/video-monitor-for-toddler-1#post-2905206 Tue, 10 Dec 2019 10:37:29 +0000 jennlin821 2905206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So, we are finally moving DD (3) to a toddler bed. </p> <p>We need a new video monitor that can see the whole room.<br /> I'd prefer not to have it connected to wifi, but I can't seem to find anything that works without it. </p> <p>Recommendations? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/audio-baby-monitor#post-2891003 Sun, 14 Jul 2019 11:39:07 +0000 Kaohinani 2891003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know a single child/baby unit can connect to two parental units; however, I am not certain if 2 baby units can connect to a single parental unit. Have you called the vtech "technology" hotline?<br /> VTech Baby customer service information:<br /> <a href="https://www.vtechkids.com/support/contact_us" rel="nofollow">https://www.vtechkids.com/support/contact_us</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/audio-baby-monitor#post-2890981 Sun, 14 Jul 2019 00:10:12 +0000 Eebolleh 2890981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a vtech audio monitor (I think the safe and sound). If we have a second child, can I link both baby units to one parent unit? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-your-video-monitor-1#post-2889469 Sat, 29 Jun 2019 11:14:31 +0000 JJ2626 2889469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@CatchAFallingStar: maybe! Let me look into it more and get back to you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-your-video-monitor-1#post-2889468 Sat, 29 Jun 2019 11:14:18 +0000 JJ2626 2889468@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks everyone! My husband thinks we should just stop using the monitor at night anyway since we can hear her if we leave our door open. I like the idea of WiFi to check in during the day but my nanny and inlaws wouldn’t be able to figure it out! Ha. I’ll look into infant optics or will just give it up. Thanks all! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-your-video-monitor-1#post-2889449 Sat, 29 Jun 2019 04:06:21 +0000 meadow 2889449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll add that I have a normal audio monitor that we use in the evenings......but when I go to sleep, I can hear the kids since we share a wall. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-your-video-monitor-1#post-2889436 Fri, 28 Jun 2019 21:46:30 +0000 CatchAFallingStar 2889436@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JJ2626: We loved but barely used our Infant Optics DXR-8. Would you be interested in buying ours? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-your-video-monitor-1#post-2889435 Fri, 28 Jun 2019 21:45:20 +0000 LCTBQE 2889435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Another vote for the infant optics dxr8, we LOVE ours, it’s going strong after 3 years of constant use. Got one for a baby gift for my SIL because she hated her old Motorola and she loves it too. </p> <p>We have nest for our home security and thermostats and I like it, but much prefer the old-school monitor for the nurseries for all the reasons @SweetiePie: listed. It never occurred to me you could tag team both though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-your-video-monitor-1#post-2889415 Fri, 28 Jun 2019 19:55:17 +0000 Littlebit7 2889415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nest. We’ve travelled all over the world with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-your-video-monitor-1#post-2889358 Fri, 28 Jun 2019 11:39:21 +0000 PurplePumps 2889358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have the infant optics also and have no complaints about it. I got it for like $80 from Amazon warehouse deal. It was marked as good condition and looked like new to me, not a scratch and the screen cover was still on it. No issues with the battery either. I'd definitely recommend going that route over the brand new price. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-your-video-monitor-1#post-2889353 Fri, 28 Jun 2019 10:57:07 +0000 lindseykaye 2889353@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We used to have a Foscam IP camera that we used with our ipad and that worked well for many many years but then it ended up having connectivity issues that I was super over having to deal with once LO2 arrived last year.<br /> Basically the IP address would reset whenever the camera was unplugged or if there was a power surge (we are in FL so that actually happens a lot). Then it started losing the IP address just for no reason and you'd have to go into the room to unplug/re-plug the camera which is NOT ideal with a colicky crappy sleeping newborn.</p> <p>We ended up replacing the Foscam with a Motorola.<br /> <a href="https://www.target.com/p/motorola-comfort75-5--34--video-baby-monitor/-/A-75573979" rel="nofollow">https://www.target.com/p/motorola-comfort75-5--34--video-baby-monitor/-/A-75573979</a></p> <p>I like that it's not dependent on WiFi and the range is decent enough for our house and yard that I can take it outside with older LO to play or do garden things. It does have some annoying connectivity issues between the nursery and the living room but it's not that often and always resets itself without me actually having to do anything or enter the nursery with the baby is asleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-your-video-monitor-1#post-2889336 Fri, 28 Jun 2019 08:45:22 +0000 Petitduck 2889336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use our wyze cams now that the kids are 1+ because that’s when I stop using the baby monitor overnight. I stop around 9 months and I can hear them very well and am a light sleeper anyway. I just check in on them through the night periodically. The battery life on our phones/iPad is also way better than our Motorola baby monitor so that’s a big plus if we did want to use it all night. On the rare occasions we have a babysitter we just set it up on the iPad and our Motorola cam has a wifi app you can use so we use that now because of the crappy battery life on the parent unit. The cost factor is also insane. Our baby monitor was $250 ish and the wyze cams were $30 each. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-your-video-monitor-1#post-2889334 Fri, 28 Jun 2019 08:18:19 +0000 graceandjoy 2889334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've been happy with Motorola. Oldest is 4.5 and still going! Tho DH has to rig the wires a little bit b/c our 2nd threw/dropped it so much some of the wiring got loose; but not the monitor's fault.</p> <p>We also did not want any of the wifi ones with apps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-your-video-monitor-1#post-2889314 Fri, 28 Jun 2019 05:07:13 +0000 catgirl 2889314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pretty much what @SweetiePie: said. We started with a motorola, and it was fine. We liked it well enough that when the first one died one week after it's warranty ended, we bought another. Again it met our needs and was fine. But when we moved last summer the range didn't worked from DD's room to ours. There were too many walls in the way. So we got the infant optics dxr-8 and LOVE it. The picture is so much better. The sound quality is better. I am so wishing we had it to start. </p> <p>We considered a wifi camera since we have amazing wifi (thanks to a mesh network). But didn't like that we would have to leave one of our phones on all night. And we need the monitor, we cannot hear DD at all from our room. And we were concerned about when someone would babysit - would we have to leave one of our phones? Or download the app on theirs? Just didn't make sense for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-your-video-monitor-1#post-2889313 Fri, 28 Jun 2019 04:41:25 +0000 meadow 2889313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a huge fan of nest cam. I can check k it from my phone wherever &amp; don't have to worry about range. Also we pay the nominal monthly fee so that I can record snippets of their bedtime/naptime antics.....which are hilarious :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-your-video-monitor-1#post-2889307 Thu, 27 Jun 2019 22:12:56 +0000 SweetiePie 2889307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have the Infant Optics DXR-8 and looooove it. We went through 3 crappy Motorola ones and finally got this after BIL got it and said they loved it.<br /> We’ve had 1 for about 2 years now (both use the same parent unit) and 1 for a year. Both work just like day 1 and zero complaints.<br /> We also have a Nest cam for both kids. We like that if we’re away or just out for the night we can creep on them and see how they’re sleeping. And if I leave the video monitor in my room I can sit in the living room and just occasionally check the Nest on my phone. </p> <p>Personally I wouldn’t use a WiFi cam as my only monitor. 1) you kinda have to use an old phone or an iPad or something if you want constant monitoring during the day. And overnight I just don’t love having my phone on all night. The screen up I mean. 2) if your WiFi goes out even for a second it goes out and you have to sort of refresh it. Overnight that sucks because you don’t know it went out till the AM when you wake up and then you don’t know if the baby needed you while the monitor was down.<br /> 3) same issue if you have a sitter - you have to leave an iPad or old phon or something for them to use as the monitor screen. Or give them your password for their phone but then they can creep on you any time (like I know my MIL would, haha). </p> <p>So we like having both. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-your-video-monitor-1#post-2889286 Thu, 27 Jun 2019 19:07:12 +0000 Petitduck 2889286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Tionn3: we have a couple and love them. Way cheaper than any baby monitor and they work great. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-your-video-monitor-1#post-2889274 Thu, 27 Jun 2019 16:57:02 +0000 Tionn3 2889274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Someone told me the Wyze camera is good. It's basically just a security camera that you can view video on your phone. I wish I had gone with this method in the first place.<br /> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076H3SRXG/?coliid=I31J9W74HP6EF4&#038;colid=1F28MOZXAP77Q&#038;psc=1&#038;ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076H3SRXG/?coliid=I31J9W74HP6EF4&#038;colid=1F28MOZXAP77Q&#038;psc=1&#038;ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/recommend-your-video-monitor-1#post-2889270 Thu, 27 Jun 2019 16:28:26 +0000 JJ2626 2889270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our video monitor (Philips Avent) has tons of static that seems to be getting worse and it’s driving me nuts! Anyone have a monitor they like? Ideally would be pretty long range so we can use in backyard and when we travel. Or-is there something I can do about the static? Thank you!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/monitor-with-two-cameras-split-screen-or-auto-switch#post-2825322 Wed, 30 May 2018 09:38:41 +0000 Beehive 2825322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@trixi: Please do report back if you are able to contact Motorola - we're having a similar issue with our parent unit, the plug needs to be at just the right angle to connect. </p> <p>Our solution probably won't work for your situation, as our two share a room, but we use the Motorola with two cameras, and manually flip between our son (5.5) and daughter (15 months), usually keeping it on our daughter. The nice thing about sharing a room, though, is that we can still hear our son when the monitor is on our daughter's camera. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/monitor-with-two-cameras-split-screen-or-auto-switch#post-2825313 Wed, 30 May 2018 08:49:39 +0000 trixi 2825313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ChiCalGoBee @Littlebit7 I did consider splurging for the nest cams, but also thought then we'd have to download the app on an additional tablet to leave with a babysitter etc. But, I think we'd be able to do that.</p> <p>Does the app run all night on your phones? Can you use other apps while it runs? Do you have to pay for a subscription to their app? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/monitor-with-two-cameras-split-screen-or-auto-switch#post-2825288 Tue, 29 May 2018 22:24:43 +0000 MamaCate 2825288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@trixi: just to offer a dissenting opinion: we got a dual camera video monitor 3 years ago when we moved and were expecting baby #2. We have used it pretty much every night for the past 3 years and I am happy with it. We have it on the switching between two cameras all night as my older child sleeps on a different floor from us. I had the same worry about the noise difference but I have been able to solve it by putting both cameras very near both fans so the sounds are basically the same. I sleep through the switching all night without a problem. I don’t remember the model but we basically just keep it plugged in next to the bed so we haven’t had issues. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/monitor-with-two-cameras-split-screen-or-auto-switch#post-2825287 Tue, 29 May 2018 22:18:08 +0000 ChiCalGoBee 2825287@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll echo @Littlebit7: with the Nestcam option. While we're still waiting for #2 to actually get here, I've known friends who have used them for two kids and said it's been great. I can't tell you how helpful it's been when we've left our son with a family member or sitter and he's having a hard time settling. I can pull up his came on my phone and give advice very easily since the camera is accessible to me anywhere I have WiFi or 3G. We got the newer version for our daughter and I'm looking forward to testing it out to see the improvements they've made! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/monitor-with-two-cameras-split-screen-or-auto-switch#post-2825265 Tue, 29 May 2018 18:22:00 +0000 MamaG 2825265@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For what it’s worth we have issues with our summer infant plug as well. They won’t do anything because it’s out of warranty. But as long as i wrap the cord under the stand it will charge appropriately so it’s a non issue now that i know how to deal with it. We’ve had this monitor for 3.5 years without issue. And i believe we replaced the battery once. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/monitor-with-two-cameras-split-screen-or-auto-switch#post-2825256 Tue, 29 May 2018 15:50:50 +0000 trixi 2825256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Emmalina @gotkimchi @SweetiePie<br /> I cant believe so many people have the same problem with their Motorola. I am not looking forward to contacting them tomorrow, but I'll see what they say. Will also check into the InfantOptix reviews... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/monitor-with-two-cameras-split-screen-or-auto-switch#post-2825254 Tue, 29 May 2018 15:39:29 +0000 Emmalina 2825254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@trixie same problem with motorola but just returned to Amazon (a year down the line) </p> <p>We tried 5 different monitors before returning to motorola and going with two separate (nannyshare) - it's much easier than the scrolling </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/monitor-with-two-cameras-split-screen-or-auto-switch#post-2825250 Tue, 29 May 2018 15:23:42 +0000 gotkimchi 2825250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@trixi: for what it’s worth I found Motorola customer service abhorrent, and those micro USB ports break so easy on everything. </p> <p>We have a Motorola that scans between camera but I never use it because the screen won’t go black. What I want is a monitor that goes between rooms but only turns on if there is noise. Also in split screen mode there is no sound from either room so we ended up with 2 monitors </p>