When to stop using a baby monitor?

When does everyone plan to stop using a baby monitor all night every night? My son is 10 months and we still have one, but I’ve just put a separate camera in his room to check in on him via the ring app. We still want to be able to check on him but not sure when to get rid of the old one!

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My daughters 1 next week and we’ve no plans to stop using hers. If you’ve got the other camera and are comfortable doing it that way then it would just be upto you x

My son is 2 and I still use it. I just like to be able to check on him and also so I can hear him when he wakes up. I think it's really up to your preference

My oldest is 6 years and my youngest is 21 months and both have a camera in their rooms that we have on at night.

Personal preference, there was a time when camera monitors didn’t exist! Ours was hacked so we aren’t even using one at the minute, but will be using a non-wifi one when my baby goes into her nursery room x

My son is 2.5 and I still use a video monitor every night. It brings me peace of mind and I can’t imagine not using it😂 he’ll have one in his room until he’s 5/6😂😂

18years… just for the lols

My oldest son Is almost 3 and we will still use ours.

oh my gosh how awful! That was my worry with the ring camera. How did you know it had been hacked?

it’s a long story but our monitor had an option to keep white noise on 24/7 and the only way to access it is via the app, someone was turning it on and off in the middle of the night to hear her baby noises, just one of a few things that made us think this isn’t a coincidence x

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