Babies
In this day and age who would have thought that baby monitors would become such a necessity. Baby monitors are useful for all types of things around the house. When you want to let your husband know that its Rubbish night, you can whisper it to the baby monitors and it's like magic - the rubbish disappears. Having had 2 traumatic pregnancies it's nice to know that when bubs is asleep in her own room, I can always hear her on the baby monitors. We have 2 in our home - one for the new baby and one for our own personal intercom system. Baby monitors have been given a bad rap in the past, with people being able to supposedly listen in on personla conversations - let me tell you, if someone had baby monitors nearby and could listen in on our conversations, it would be extremely disappointing - no espionage, no consiparacy theories here - just talk of 4am feeds and who's turn it is to make a bottle, bowel movements - and the importance of bringing up wind with a 5 month old baby. It starts to get raunchy when we start discussing bottle sterilising systems, bulk nappy purchases and the importance of being able to budget effectively with 3 kids under the age of 4. Baby monitors bring new parents such relief - we like to obsess about our babies breathing patterns and whether or not they have a heart murmer as i did have one glass of red wine during my pregnancy and it may have damaged the baby and it is imperative that we hear every cough, sneeze, spew and breaking of wind that makes up babies evening. Baby monitors are a cheap and effective way of giving us peace of mind. We have safe n sound systems - they are battery operated and also have an electrical cord to plug in when you are at home. I never imagined that i would be come so attached to such an inconsequential appliance. I carry my handset all over the house, when i get the mail,when I am hanging out the laundry, even when I am in the loo. It is a godsend that allows me to hear when my 2 and 3 year olds are trying to get the baby to eat a paddle pop or some fries or a burger. It lets me know which one of the older kids is telling fibs about who did what to whom. I for one certainly sleep easier at night knowing I have my old faithful to depend on. I always keep a ready supply of batteries on hand for emergency unplanned trips away with the family.
Article Published: Thursday 9th August 2007
