Philips Avent Premium Connected Baby Monitor, with 1080p Camera and App, SenseIQ Sleep and Breathing Rate Tracking, Cry Detection and Translation, Day and Night View, Two-way True Talk Back, SCD973/37

We bought this while on sale which made the price compatible with similar monitors on the market; now that we have been using it, I can confidently say I would have bought it at full price...especially considering you do not need to purchase a monthly membership (for the majority of the features) unlike many of its counterparts.The monitor was very easy to set up and readily attached to our SNOO (however someone else mentioned the AI cannot detect breathing rate when the SNOO is moving). Image quality is top notch. You can cary the physical monitor around the house and watch baby without Wifi, but can also use your phone to monitor baby from anywhere (like when grandma is babysitting or I am at work and pumping). Love that I can talk to baby from another room or from work as well.As a FTM I didn't realize babies were so active during "light sleep", The monitor will tell you if the baby is awake or in light sleep and has stopped me from accidentally waking my baby up and confusing their sleep noises from being a little fussy (especially in those first few weeks).The sleep dashboard is my favorite! It tells you how many hours the baby slept during each nap and a cumulative total for the day, we've been able to use this to recognize patterns in when baby wakes up and adjust our feeding schedule to get more sleep. My husband and I also alternate the night shift, and I use the sleep dashboard to see if baby had a good or bad night to decide if I need to wake up and help my husband with an early morning feed.The monitor will alert you if the room gets too warm or cold. As mentioned the cry interpretation feature seems pretty unreliable (we used the free trial period but did not pay to extend that feature).This is the only monitor we have ever used, but I love it! I was so confused when it came to purchasing a baby monitor so I hope this review helps someone...

We love this camera. We were considering this and the Nanit and decided on this because of the dedicated monitor + iPhone app.We would constantly see other parents who had the Nanit with their phones awkwardly propped up to try and continue to monitor the app. While Nanit does have Picture in Picture, the video stream still dominates a portion your iPhone screen, making multi-tasking difficult. Having a dedicated monitor which is sturdy + the app for a quick check-in has been the best of both worlds.The other thing that we didn’t like with the Nanit was giving guest access to Nanny’s or Grandparents. I know there are ways to restrict access to certain durations with the Nanit, but still thought it would be best to avoid scenarios with grandparents asking to turn their access back on :) With this, you can just pass over the dedicated monitor without sharing any credentials or access.The motion detection, breath tracking and cry translation are all nice benefits, but I wouldn’t buy just for these features. I would say the cry translation is right about 80% of the time, which is great and will probably get better as they continue to train their models. This is a new product, but clearly built to be improved upon with software updates.

Im so obsessed with this baby monitor. It truly has everything we wanted and isn't nearly as pricey as some of the large competitors.We wanted the ability to have both a physical monitor as well as app capabilities, check.We wanted a monitor that would detect heart rate and breathing without extra accessories, check.We wanted user friendly, check.We wanted sleep tracking, check.It also has a built in nightlight and can play white noise or music.It even has cry detection AND translation. WHATT??We have never had any connection issues with it and the setup with SO simple. So simple, in fact, that when we went out of town when baby was 3 months old, we even brought the monitor with us. Clipped it onto the bassinet, connected it to the wifi and we were good to go. Beautiful.I truly only have nitpick things I would have loved: I wish that once you get a sound, movement, or cry notification that it would start recording. Almost the way a Ring doorbell does. But again, that's a nitpick.Also, if baby fusses and I pick her up, I can no longer have access to any of the info on the SenseIQ, which is frustrating sometimes.Overall, I truly cannot recommend this monitor more highly. I can't imagine why someone would spend way more on the competitors monitors when this is out there.

4 Stars because of a misleading product. Please read the additional details of this product. While this is a great picture-quality camera to "monitor" baby, it WILL NOT NOTIFY/ALERT you if your child stops breathing/has problems breathing. Tracking breathing isn’t reassuring when there’s a real problem. I believe most people have purchased this product without realizing this. I have this camera paired with a Babysense 7 Movement monitor (under mattress, pad style no-contact) for that peace of mind. I find the app easy to use, can add another user if needed through email invite. (They must download the app and make their own account).Other Pros:Havent had any connectivity issues yet.It can detect cries from pretty far away. Good sound-qualityThe crib/wall mounting options are easy enough and solid.Parent unit has great range.Does track sleeping pretty wellThermometer is +/- 1°F, pretty good.Lets you record video through app.Lullabys are decent.Cons/nitpickingI find the nightlight at its highest setting still too dim.SenseIQ cry detection is free for 3 months. And Wifi only.For $350, quite expensive. It has a lot of positives if you're looking for a wearable-free setup. This makes a great addition to anything else that will notify you if your child stops breathing.Will update this review later on.