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OT: Baby moniter idea?
matt.c - 30/12/09 at 09:48 PM

Story is that i have a one year old daughter and we live in a bungalow. Night time can be quite tricky at times due to having to be quiet to let her sleep. We keep her door closed so it keeps most of the noise down but its really hard to open her door without her waking up. We need to keep an eye on her due to her have a coughing problem at night which can make her sick. We have looked at some of the tv baby moniters but they seem to be really crap and poor quality.
Now, Can one be made using a webcam or somthing like that? Sorry i havent got a clue about electrical stuff.
As this is a locosting site i expect cheap ideas.

Thanks

Matt

[Edited on 30/12/09 by matt.c]


rayward - 30/12/09 at 09:51 PM

cheep I/R bueelt cam with transmitter of ebay ???

could connect the receiver into your TV and just flick channels now and then to check on the baby !

something like ......

e bay Link

hth

Ray

[Edited on 30/12/09 by rayward]


smart51 - 30/12/09 at 10:06 PM

I knew someone who had a webcam as a baby monitor. They used their PC as a TV and it automatically merged the sound of the webcam and the TV so they could hear something going on and switch the picture.


Hammerhead - 30/12/09 at 10:07 PM

maybe some sort of security camera from argos, probably have night vision and you will be able to use a channel of your tv to view her.


prawnabie - 30/12/09 at 10:07 PM

Dunno if its any help, but you can get a free program to turn a webcam into an ip cam so you can view it on the network- its called webcam xp 5

Linky

I use it to keep an eye on my turtles in there tank when im outside lol

Turtlecam Linky

[Edited on 30/12/09 by prawnabie]


Peteff - 30/12/09 at 10:09 PM

quote:
Originally posted by matt.c
Story is that i have a one year old daughter and we live in a bungalow. Night time can be quite tricky at times due to having to be quiet to let her sleep.


The idea is to make as much noise as normal so she gets used to it and sleeps through it, if she wakes up she wasn't really tired enough anyway.


Benzine - 30/12/09 at 10:13 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
The idea is to make as much noise as normal so she gets used to it and sleeps through it, if she wakes up she wasn't really tired enough anyway.


This ^


uklee70 - 31/12/09 at 10:19 AM

Hi We

Bought a video baby monitor from e buyer and it is brilliant wouldn't be without it

it is colour plugs into the tv as well if you need it has automatic night view £68 well spent! next day delivery

Lee

[Edited on 31/12/09 by uklee70]


scudderfish - 31/12/09 at 11:26 AM

And it gets your kids used to CCTV from an early age.