Having a new baby is stressful, as parents we worry alot, checking for movement of the infant every few minuets we sit there and monitor the rise and fall of there chests, we live with the constant fear of SIDS. I feel that I am personally more paranoid then most so I have decided to invest in the angelcare baby movement monitor model AC401.
My hope is that it will allow me to sleep better at night knowing that if any problems arise i will be instantly allerted to any lack of movement in time to do something about it. My baby son is at this point only two and half weeks old and I feel I should do everything in my power to ensure he is safe and well. That's why I want a baby movement and breathing monitor for my son.
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First impressions are good, sound quality is good and reading through the manual this thing seems very sensitive. The proof in the pudding is in the eating as they say so we will see if it does what it says on the box. the alarm is loud which is a good thing and the display has a pendulum icon that moves on the receiver screen this is to let you know that it's detecting movement / breathing.
The Breathing Monitor how did it perform This was the first night I could fall asleep without having to ether listen for breathing or get out of bed to place my hand on my Son's chest. The AC401 states quite clearly that it's not a medical device and is not a prevention for sudden infant death syndrome, but having it there sure makes me feel a lot better. when you remove the baby from the cod (the sensor pad is placed under the mattress underneath where your baby sleeps) first you get 2 beeps to let you know no movement and then after twenty seconds the alarm goes off. we have had the monitor for three days now and there has been no false alarms so far.
When my son is in the cot the pendulum on the screen of the monitor unit swings and makes a beep every few seconds (the beep can be switched off) I have tried removing him and walking around the cot heavy footedly the monitor shows no movement so there are no vibrations causing to show movement when there is none. Before you use this monitor for the first time double check that there are no vibrations affecting the sensor before you use it with your baby.