It started when I was a teenager and use to babysit for friends. I would constantly check on the sleeping children to make sure they were breathing. I would stick my finger under their nose to feel the air. If that didn’t work I would touch their face, so that the child would move and I could be at ease knowing the child was still breathing. Well the same is true now that I am a mom. I often find myself checking on Eli to make sure he is breathing. Am I alone in this? Perhaps I am. Perhaps I am the only crazy parent that worries about this. But on the slight chance that I am not, I have to share this awesome gadget with you. Let me introduce you to the Snuza. (http://www NULL.snuza NULL.com/index NULL.php)
(http://reneebooephotography NULL.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Halo_top NULL.gif)This handy little tool measures movement. It clips on to a baby’s diaper and rests gently on their stomach.
If the monitor does not sense movement for a period of 15 seconds it will gently vibrate to wake the baby. After vibrating three times an alarm will sound if movement does not occur. This alarm is loud enough to be picked up on any infant monitor and alerts parents to check on baby.
I love it already. Now that Eli is in his own bed the Snuza gives me a peace of mind. I don’t have to worry about what will happen in he stops breathinG. No more sticking my finger under his nose or touching him to see if he is breathing. This little baby takes that worry away. It’s great and I highly recommend it.
Let me know what you think?
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shari (http://www NULL.sharihensonphoto NULL.com/wp) - i check on caleb ALL the time. he is a light sleeper so i can’t touch him or he might wake up. but i watch his blanket to see if it moves up and down. 🙂
i had heard of this before, but i had some concerns about it waking caleb unnecessarily. i understand that it is sensitive, but if it happened to be positioned wrong on the diaper and it were vibrating throughout his nap/sleep time then he could not be going into a deep sleep like he should be. but maybe it’s so sensitive that it would never vibrate unless he really wasn’t breathing.
also, how much time after a baby stops breathing can you resuscitate? i know for humans, it can be a few minutes. not sure if that is the same for babies. so, in the case that he does stop breathing and the alarm didn’t notify you until, say, 25 seconds afterwards and then it takes you another few seconds to get there and even more to position him right to be resuscitated, is that still enough time? (um, not saying you shouldn’t do everything you possibly can to save your baby! i take every precaution to prevent SIDS for caleb, but a part of me just has to trust in the Lord that he is taken care of. i realized that might have sounded harsh after typing it!)
just some of the thoughts i had.
thanks for sharing.
Renee - Hey Shari! Glad to know I am not the only one that checks on her baby in this way. Even though we use the Snuza we pray every night over Eli and must trust that God is going to take care of him. I remind myself that our boy is in God’s hands all the time. This is really the only way to have true peace. As far as the snuza waking Eli up, we have not had that issue. It is super sensitive and has not gone off while on him yet. I know there are flaws with this system, but I just like the fact that if Eli is not breathing or moving for some reason I will know in 20 seconds verse minutes or perhaps hours during the night. Keeps me from being in his face all the time. Ha! I do appreciate your thoughts and think you make valid points.
Jessica Marsh - Nope not crazy at all. When the girls were babies I used to check on them at night a lot, so much so that I wouldn’t get sleep. After awhile I was ok just checking on them before I went to bed. My girls are 6 and 7 and I still check on them at night before I go to bed. Megan is kind of a loud sleeper so I can open the door and hear her breathing but Brynn is so quiet that I go in there and listen for her. That is a neat little device though and I would use it if I still had little ones.