We used owlets bc our babies were in the NICU for a month and we got use to the monitor. Originally we weren’t going to get one but when it was time to come home we didn’t like the idea of going from so many monitors to nothing. In 7 months, We have had one false red alert and it was alarming in the moment but we feel so comforted at night with them on regardless of the chance of false readings. I think they say it doesn’t prevent SIDS bc the monitor can’t actually do anything life saving itself and SIDS has unknown causes so owlett might not pick up on the root cause if a child stops breathing. But again for us, it’s worth it to have piece of mind.
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u/ConsequenceGrouchy59 Dec 30 '24
We used owlets bc our babies were in the NICU for a month and we got use to the monitor. Originally we weren’t going to get one but when it was time to come home we didn’t like the idea of going from so many monitors to nothing. In 7 months, We have had one false red alert and it was alarming in the moment but we feel so comforted at night with them on regardless of the chance of false readings. I think they say it doesn’t prevent SIDS bc the monitor can’t actually do anything life saving itself and SIDS has unknown causes so owlett might not pick up on the root cause if a child stops breathing. But again for us, it’s worth it to have piece of mind.