If you are a new parent and want to be able to keep watch over your child, even when they are sleeping, then a video baby monitor is something that you need. Simply place the camera over your baby’s crib, and through the monitor you will be able to see and hear your baby from anywhere in your home. This technology will give you huge peace of mind because it gives you the freedom to move about your house without being out of contact with your sleeping newborn.
However, there is many different baby monitors to choose from so it is equally important you choose the right one. As a father of two young children, I have found that a Summer Infant Baby Monitor is the most reliable monitor on the market. Summer Infant makes a huge line of baby monitors so you will need to choose one with the features that suit your needs best.
Standard features found on most baby video monitors include nightvision (activated automatically when it detects darkness), automatic notifications when sound is detected in your child’s room, lullaby and nightlight functions that can be controlled from the parental unit, temperature monitor, and a talk to baby intercom. The intercom system is better suited for older children who can respond to you and listen when you tell them to get back to bed. The lullaby and nightlight controls are nice, but I do not think they are completely necessary. The most important features to look for are video and nightlight range.
Summer Infant makes a baby monitor called the Baby Touch Video Color Monitor and it does a number of things well. First, it provides a range of up to 400 feet for its video signal, meaning from anywhere in your house you will always have a signal (and from my experience the range is bigger). It has a huge 3. 5”LCD screen on the parent unit which is great because most baby monitors usually have screens that is 2. 5”. Also, the parent unit has a touch-screen interface, making this unique to all monitors on the market, and making it a lot less cumbersome to use. This Summer Infant Baby Monitor also features a zoom and pan and scan function as well. You can control the zoom, giving you greater ability to see if your child is okay. And since this baby monitor can connect to two cameras, the pan and scan function will automatically shuffle between the two cameras every few seconds, a perfect solution if you more than one child in more than one room. For the value and features, the Summer Infant Baby Touch is the premiere video baby monitor on the market
