Baby monitor

Hello all, my little girl is 11 weeks old and has started going off to bed around 9pm. My husband wants to use the monitor and have some time alone downstairs but given the guidance to supervise sleep I'm struggling to accept this, even if just for an hour. Unfortunately that means I find myself upstairs with a sleeping baby having zero time with my husband every evening. Are others using monitors and leaving their little ones for a short while before bed? Or does everyone follow the SIDS guidance and plan to wait till 6 months? Thanks

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I use the monitor sometimes for this exact type of situation. I think as long as you are awake and checking on baby (through the monitor) it is fine. You will still be able to listen to any strange noise, check in case they roll/turn etc. In my opinion, the problem is if you are sleeping and baby is somewhere else

We use the monitor as our baby also goes to sleep around 9pm, he's 9 weeks 🙂

Yes been using the monitor a few weeks, she goes down at 8pm in her big cot in her nursery, then when we go to bed ready to sleep we just lift her and put her in her next to me with us. I think it’s fine as long as you’re awake and stuff. Would be different if you slept separately from baby using a monitor at this time.

Same as Laura, our baby sleeps in her carrycot in the lounge then we carry her up very carefully not to wake her when we go to bed!

Our LB goes down at 7.30 and we put him into the next to me with the baby monitor. I then shower and after we watch TV until about 9.30/10 and go to bed. It's a video monitor and notifies us when he moves or makes a noise (we have the screen in front of us constantly anyway)

My daughter has been going down anywhere between 8:30-9:30 and hubby and I have just enjoyed cuddling up in bed and watching a film or the tv. We actually prefer it at the moment because it forces us to put her phones down and be in each others company? Personally won’t be using the monitor until around 5months

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