Baby monitor

My baby in the NICU, he will home soon… he was born 26w 2d. Lately, he is learning to bottle feeding and got 4 times episode. I am thinking about Owlet Baby Monitor. Is it good? Any review from there?

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Love the owlet. Just know it’s not 100% accurate. It can either give you peace or be a nightmare. After my son was in the nicu years ago it gave me peace. My daughter born in January has been wearing one and while she has RSV I obsessively check it and I’m driving myself crazy.

I love ours. It keeps from obsessively checking on him all night because I know the alarm will wake me up if something were to happen so I’ve gotten better sleep since he’s been wearing it

Owlet does have a lot of false alarms when it falls off or baby moves a lot but it gives me peace of mind

We love ours! We have the duo sock and actual camera monitor. The sock has given us peace of mind as first time parents and the camera reports to us how her nursery conditions are for sleeping (temp, humidity, etc!)

Love it! Our baby boy was in the NICU and once we got to bring him home it gave us so much peace of mind! Yes, when they are newborns it may sometimes alert you “sock lost connection” when they are moving/crying because they are so little it might shift on their tiny feet but we have not had any issues since. We have only had one false oxygen alarm using the owlet but honestly I would take a million “false” alarms than miss a real one without the sock! I don’t think I would have gotten any sleep without it.

We ended up getting the Nanit and I love it. The breathing band gives me peace of mind when my husband and I sleep! I call it our babysitter since it watches him and makes sure he’s breathing while I’m not! My friend loves her owlet though

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