Graco iMonitor Multi-Child Digital Baby Monitor Review

This is kind of a follow up for those of you who enjoyed by Fisher-Price monitor review.  The Graco Baby iMonitor Multi-child Digital Baby Monitor is the replacement for the Fisher-Price monitor we hated.  Aside from the length of it's name and it's price, the monitor is TONS better!

The iMonitor is designed to allow you to monitor either two room or two sleeping children at the same time.  The parental units come with dual lights that signify which room the noise is coming from.  My husband origianally had difficulty remembering in the dead of night which color belonged to which kid.  If you find yourself as out of it at 2am as he is, just label your unit and you will be fine.  Of course getting up and wandering down the hall knowing that one of them needs you would work too (my approach). 

The sound quality of the iMonitor was a vast improvement over any analog monitor I have heard.  There is not constant droan, hiss or static that we had become accustomed to.  This monitor never picked up a neighbor's personal call or any strange radio stations in the middle of the night which was a nice change of pace.  I no longer was awakened from a deep slumber to wonder why I was sharing my room with a DJ.  If you enjoy a loud monitor that allows you to hear your child breathing, this is not the monitor for you.  It does a nice job of picking up the sweet sighs once in a while, but that's about it until your child starts to coo in the morning or wail at night.

It also has a built-in charging feature which is nice.  This allows you to pick up the unit from the base and go to the backyard or get the mail.  However, do not think that you can take the monior off of the base and sit it next to your bed.  The monitor will die before morning.  It's not a cell phone... it's a monitor.  The batteries it uses are proprietary so buying replacement batteries may become an expensive investment depending on how much they will charge.

The monitor is a bit pricey (retails for around $130).  However, I was not disappointed and the upgrade from our previous neighborhood broadcaster is worth it.  (Even though my husband still wonders if our next door neighbor was able to go to prom with what's his name.  He'll get over it.)