Baby monitor died in the night😭

I feel awful, the baby monitor died in the night. I woke up around 9 and ran in to check him and he was ofc crying. He normally wakes up in the night, and then in the morning around 6/7 so it makes me feel sick to think how long he was crying for and I have no idea at what point in the night it died. I fed him around 1am and that was it. The monitor normally beeps but it didn’t, idk if this was bc it was on screensaver night mode or what. I just feel like my mum instinct should have kicked in, I should have woke up and sensed something wasn’t right, not had an accidental lie in!! I don’t agree with cry it’s out in any way shape or form and now I’ve done it to him. Ofc he seems absolutely fine today but I can’t shake the fact that I just slept and instinct didn’t wake me up. Has this happened to anyone else?? I just feel so guilty

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Not happened to me, but don’t feel bad I know that’s easier said than done, but you never know he may not of even woke up or he soothed himself back to sleep, in the night my little boy wakes but not fully wakes I just put his dummy in and he settles himself back fully to sleep. Xx

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I know what you are saying about the cry it out method and I completely agree, however the damage from that is if you do it to the baby time and time again and they learn you don't respond to them. This is a one off situation that won't happen again, so try not to be too hard on yourself xxx

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Happened a few times to me. We use an iPad with our monitor and it’s not been put on charge a couple of times by accident. We can use playback and I’ve ended up going through to see when they woke up and how long they were crying for. Every time they’ve also had a lie in and woke up 5 mins before I did.
Most likely what happened to you too and your mum instincts did kick in to wake you up the time you did ♄

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Happened to me the first night with a new monitor, I didn’t realise how short the battery life was and woke up to it dead. Luckily she was still asleep when I went to check her. Honestly I think if they’d been crying for a long time you’d have woken to it. Also, it was 1 night. You’re not doing it regularly, it won’t have a lasting impact on baby I’m sure. Don’t be hard on yourself, these things happen

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Thankyou for the comments girls genuinely feel so much better xxx

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I don’t use a monitor and sometimes it takes a while to hear him. Don’t feel guilty x

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