Owlet Cam 2 Baby Monitor with Camera and Audio - HD Video - Night Vision - iOS and Android Compatible - Sleepy Sage

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See Baby clearly with 1080p HD video, 4x zoom, wide-angle view & night vision. See what’s happening in Baby’s room, day or night, to better understand their behavior and stay informed of their needs. The Owlet App allows you to connect to and stream your Owlet products from anywhere. You can also view the history of your child’s sleep patterns, oxygen level, and heart rate. It cannot connect to a 5ghz Wi-Fi network, or if your wifi network broadcasts 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz on the same SSID you cannot connect the camera to it without playing around with your network settings to temporarily disable the 5Ghz network first. This makes the camera almost impossible to travel with since you don’t have control of Wi-Fi networks when you are traveling. It has been recommended that babies who are at high risk for SIDS should sleep in the same room as the parents. Does the Owlet cam record?

Owlet’s mission since day one has been to provide “ better care for babies in the home by empowering parents with the right information at the right time.” The two-way audio feature allows you to communicate with Baby through the Cam. Talk to and soothe your baby from anywhere. Disclaimer: Owlet products are not medical devices. Owlet products offer a connected nursery experience designed to learn from the data collected to help you understand your baby’s sleep patterns. They are not intended to diagnose, treat or cure any disease or other conditions, including but not limited to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Medical decisions should never be made using Owlet data. Owlet products do not replace the care and oversight you provide as a caregiver.Owlet monitors can be used around your baby until they reach 18 months of age. Around this time, they will also develop more predictable sleep patterns. What can you do with an old Owlet? View temperature & humidity readings so you know if Baby’s room is comfortable. Help ensure Baby’s nursery is super cozy with live room temperature & humidity readings. Know you’ve dressed Baby appropriately for sleep no matter the season. The wall mount option is much more involved, with a nine-step setup process that includes taking two measurements, assembling all of the cable guards, and procuring a small Phillips-head screwdriver (not included). It would make sense to go this route if you were committed to this camera and knew exactly where you wanted it to go. Pairing The pairing part of the setup did not go as smoothly. Following the prompts in the Owlet Dream app, I plugged the camera in, waited for the light on the front to blink red and blue, and connected to my WiFi, all without issue. (*Note that you must be connected to 2.4GHz WiFi; 5GHz is not compatible.) The good part is you can set the sensitivity level. It even tells you the temperature of the room and if it’s ok for baby.

Helping moms and dads, like Todd and Paige, enjoy their lives without being chained to their newborn’s side out of fear not only allows an assurance that babies will grow up healthy but ensures that parents can have happy memories of their first years with their baby. From the app, you have the ability to control which sound and motion notifications, if any, you want to receive. In addition to opting in or out of notifications — which you can do individually for cry detection, sound detection, motion detection, and room comfort — you can adjust the sensitivity level and time between notifications. You can also opt in on 30-second video recordings of each sound and motion detection, though the videos that result often come out too spotty to be useful. This camera will currently only work on a 2.4GHz network so be sure you have that available and not only a 5GHz connection, or a dual-band router. This cam is currently not compatible with a 5GHz network. That said, I spent a lot of time with my ISP trying to set up a dedicated 2.4GHz network separately from my main network (which is dual-band). To make matters worse, this information is not printed on the outside of the retail box anywhere, so the setup frustration was magnified because of this.The Owlet Monitor Duo’s thresholds are preset and are not adjustable. Please remember it is not a medical device and intended for use to provide peace of mind to parents. In 2013, the company attracted some buzz for their in-home infant pulse monitor.But, it wasn’t until 2015 when they made their first sale and started gaining serious momentum. Since then, the brand has monitored over 600k babies. I would definitely recommend this for new parents all the way up to older kids, the feature set built in and the fun facts in the app ensure that you will be able to continue using the Owlet Cam 2 well beyond their toddler years! That being said, Owlet has proved helpful for many, especially those who have needed to monitor their baby for health reasons. The cord protectors are very important for safety. That is very intuitive for setup and thinking ahead so that lose cords don’t get tied up or prevent a hazard for the baby.