Owlet False Alarm

This happened to me. I also have a 1 week old and she wears the owlet at bedtime. I was feeding her and got the critical alert that her oxygen was low. I was looking right at her and she was breathing just fine. I think what happened was I was applying pressure on her sock somehow. I also notice it can’t make a good reading when she is being bounced so it could be the bouncer. The owlet is great but it can be sensitive at times when it can’t make a clear reading. It can be overwhelming at times, but you are being a great parent showing that you are so concerned for your baby!

Sorry this happen to you. I’ve heard that’s why it’s better not to have these devices. They can give you false alarms and make your anxiety much worse. As long as you practice safe sleep with the baby and monitor them throughout their daily naps chances smth bad happening are very low. I guess it could be helpful if the baby has serious health issues to begin with but I would not use it with a healthy baby

Ugh I’m so sorry. This is why we never used ours. It would have just made my anxiety worse!

I’m sorry that happened to you! But you’re doing great mama! I had an owlet sock with my baby girl and I ended up selling it! It was giving me so many false alarms and making my anxiety spike for no reason! It’s been a week without it and I feel better with just closely monitoring her most of the time.

Hey, as someone who had a baby in the NICU due to breathing issues, if there is too much pressure or the monitor is slightly misplaced, it will trigger a false low oxygen alert. Sometimes the owlet will send a false alarm instead of let you know the sock is slightly misplaced.