I was at a Pampered Chef party yesterday at my friend Mandy's sister's house. Becky has a five-month-old (Hi Claire!) and thus, all the newest and coolest baby gadgets. I have to say, I thought this. was pretty darn cool. There was ONE video monitor when I was registering with Benjamin, but the actual video part of it was big and bulky and it just didn't seem worth it. This one is the size of a regular baby monitor, which is way cool.

So the thing about baby monitors is that the signal they use is not exclusively yours. (especially if you live in a townhouse or an apartment... it doesn't matter WHAT the reviews say, they ALL get interference when you are surrounded by a hundred other people with baby monitors)Our monitor (we have an older version though) picks up half the neighborhood, clear as day. Sometimes I even have a hard time telling if it's Benjamin that is making noise or someone else's child, it's THAT clear.

Well, apparently the same thing happens with the VIDEO signal. Now THAT is creepy. Becky moved the handset around the room a little and we actually saw someone else's baby sleeping. She and her husband can also tune in every night at 7p.m. to watch the neighbor read bedtime stories to her child. And those are just the slightly creepy, yet INNOCENT things she has seen on that thing... oh yes, go and and use your imagination...

So yeah, we'l'l be sticking to our regular monitor, I think. (I was actually tempted to get the video one just for the coolness factor, but the $169 price tag I found when I looked it up seemed a little outrageous)