This is a guest post by my friend skippee. She has previously guest posted about her favorite photo apps, and her son’s first birthday party.
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One of my all-time favorite baby items actually isn’t a baby item at all! It’s a home security camera called Foscam that we use as our baby monitor. Here’s the link for one camera and the link for a pack of two cameras. Lots of friends have asked us about the camera so I wanted to be able to have the info in one place to point them to!


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Here’s a page of monitor screen shots I made for a photo book…

Pros

-Motion Detector. You can set it up so it’ll email you photos when the camera detects motion. We use it as a security camera when we’re out of town.

-Zoom. This one is huge for paranoid parents out there. I zoom in to check on Joy’s breathing!

-Move! You can actually move the camera around. Perfect for when your baby starts rolling around, sitting up and walking all over the crib.

-Sound. There’s a sound sensor alarm so you can set it to alert you when the sound goes above a certain level.

-It Talks! Not only can you clearly hear sound~ you can actually talk into the camera too! There were times when we saw my younger daughter Joy with her face flat down so we would tell her to lift up her head and she would do it without waking up! We also use it to talk to my older son Evan to tell him to get back to bed. It makes it easier than having to go up and down the stairs multiple times to say the same thing.

-Access Everywhere. We have it set up on our iPhones, iPad and computers. I love being able to see the kiddos when I’m not home. I don’t have to ask if they’re sleeping because I can just check for myself. My husband can also check from work!

-Photos! I’m a bit obsessed with taking screen shots on my phone of them sleeping.

-Quality. The quality is so good especially considering that most of the time I’m viewing rooms that are pitch black.

-Dual monitors. I love the fact that I can see both monitors on one screen.

Cons

-Glitches. As with all technology, there are glitches. They aren’t problems with the actual camera but with the apps and programs that use it. It’s just like your cell phone though~ sometimes you don’t get good reception but you’re fine with it because the benefits greatly outweigh the negatives.

-Setup. The setup is a bit difficult. Any moderately tech savvy person could do it though!

I love our monitor so much~ I recommend it to all of my friends who are having babies.  Everyone has a smart phone these days so it’s super convenient!  I got one for my bil/sil so they could see their baby when they’re at work.  Even though I’m a SAHM so I’m home most of the time, I still find it so useful.  This thing makes my old baby monitor seem so ancient!

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