If your baby sleeps through the night, do you keep the monitor on or off?

My pediatrician told me to go ahead and turn it off but I still have mine on. She wakes up just like yours does a few times a night and fusses for a second and goes right back to sleep (usually) and there are other nights where she wakes up and cries and won't go back to sleep so I have to get up and figure out whats goin on. (she just turned 1) So sometimes i'm glad I have it on - other times I find that I'm so exhausted cause I'm not getting enough sleep. And honestly - her room is right across from ours and I keep her door closed - If I forget to turn her monitor back up when I go to bed, I still ALWAYS hear her when she does wake up. So it's really up to you. Keep it on - turn it down as low as possible - or leave your door open and leave his closed and try it one night and see if you still wake up when you hear him. Whatever you decide to do - best of luck - but niether choice is a BAD choice.

If you are a light sleeper and can hear him with out the monitor, you can turn it off. My 3 mo. old daughter sleeps in the room next to ours. I'm such a light sleeper that if I have the monitor on, every time she sighs it wakes me up. There is no need for that. If mom is exhausted, she can't do a good job parenting. (I have a 4 year old and a two year old also!). But just do what is comfortable for you.

Personally I would keep it on. Maybe turn the volume down. I know I would wake up every 20 minutes to go check on him if I turned the monitor off.

Do what you feel comfortable with.

If the his room is next to yours, leave the doors open a little, and turn the monitor off. You'll sleep better for it, and if he needs you, he'll be loud enough to let you know. You'll also start knowing his pattern better, and start waking up just before he does, without waking when he's just being noisy.

TURN IT OFF, the longer you keep it on the more times your going to wake with all his little murmours and cries, let him put hiself back to sleep, trust me if he is crying from pain or there is something wrong you will hear him and you will know by the different sounds of his cry. You need the sleep so do your self a favour He will be Fine!!

I'd keep it on (maybe to a lower volume). If you are anything like me I'd continually wake to wondering if all is okay - I'd probably even get up to check and make sure I didn't miss anything. So, I don't think for me, having the monitor on would result in any better sleep!

Keep it On, honestly you never know, what if the day before he was really hyped up he will be sleeping less, and if he wakes up earlier and you have the thing off, you wont be able to hear him, its all downfall from then

my son is 3 and half months old and sleeps through the night but i co sleep with him since i am a single mother i dont mind and hes a great sleeper i have been co sleeping with him since he was a newborn he has his crib witch he sleeps in SOMETIMES but i rather him with me because i also worry but when he goes to his fathers house im always calling to see if hes okay if i were you i would keep it on

personally, i'd keep it on. you never know when he might need mommy! a bad dream or something. besides i bet if you turned it off, you'd get less sleep than with it on because you'd probably not be able to fall asleep knowing the monitor wasn't on! i know that's what would happen to me!

I would probably turn it off, we dont even have one at all. Really, how far away is your room that you wont wake up when you hear him?