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13 Top Innovations in Baby Monitors

Whether you want to see video of your sleeping baby on your wrist or test the air quality in the nursery, one of these innovative baby monitors can help.

By Suzanna Logan June 2, 2016

Whether your little one is snoozing in another room or you’re away and the sitter is on watch, it’s all but guaranteed your child will cross your mind 121,815 times every hour. Did she lose her pacifier, again? Has he suddenly learned to walk and found a way to climb out of his crib? With today’s video monitors, you never have to wonder if Baby is okay – or crawl out of bed to check. Read on to learn about the newest, most innovative baby monitors on the market as well as some old favorites.

Top Sound-Only Option

If you’ve ever left your old-school, hand-held monitor in another room (or discovered you can’t access your high-tech monitor because your phone is dead), meet your new best friend: the Babble Band. The first and only wearable audio monitor, the Babble Band is made of comfy, pliable plastic that looks similar to a watch and offers three monitoring modes: audio, vibration, and sound lights. Bonus: you’ll never have to wonder where to stash it in your yoga pants.

Available from summerinfant.com, $60.