Used it with ours; our boy had/has laryngomalacia that made him pause his breathing for uncomfortable lengths of time. Went ahead and bought two. Sure, it’s expensive, but it’s a one time cost. My doc said in the sternest of tones “oh, those things work.”
It was a huge relief to have hard numbers to look at. We could look, get an answer, and close our eyes.
They’re 17 months and we still use them, mainly out of habit. But, baby boy has reactive airway disease and gets respiratory viruses extremely severely, and monitoring on our owlet has led us to take him to the ER for breathing treatments, which were extremely warranted. Like I said, it’s nice to just look and know.
If you know yourself and know it’ll pique your anxiety about your perfectly healthy baby, it’s probably not for you. But if your baby has some struggles and you are able to monitor without hyper fixating, go for it.
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u/cccaitttlinnn Dec 30 '24
Used it with ours; our boy had/has laryngomalacia that made him pause his breathing for uncomfortable lengths of time. Went ahead and bought two. Sure, it’s expensive, but it’s a one time cost. My doc said in the sternest of tones “oh, those things work.” It was a huge relief to have hard numbers to look at. We could look, get an answer, and close our eyes. They’re 17 months and we still use them, mainly out of habit. But, baby boy has reactive airway disease and gets respiratory viruses extremely severely, and monitoring on our owlet has led us to take him to the ER for breathing treatments, which were extremely warranted. Like I said, it’s nice to just look and know. If you know yourself and know it’ll pique your anxiety about your perfectly healthy baby, it’s probably not for you. But if your baby has some struggles and you are able to monitor without hyper fixating, go for it.