The breathing monitor is a monitoring device that is placed in the room of the sleeping infant. The breathing monitor alerts the parents of any changes in the baby’s breathing or if the baby stops breathing between 10 and 20 seconds. The monitors have a transmitter picks up sounds in the baby’s room and sends the signal to a receiver whenever you have it placed in the house. There are a couple of different types. The breathing monitor with the sensor pad which is set up under mattress or a hard surface close to the baby bed.

The sensor pad alerts individuals of movements and sounds transmitted from the baby. Another type clips directly to the diaper tat the infant is wearing and sendany breathing changes. The tone that is transmitted by the monitor is non intrusive, but allows the correct data to be transmitted. Compare prices, manufactures, reviews and warranty before purchasing the product. There are monitors that are stationary and there are breathing monitors that can be taken anywhere and still work properly.

While breathing monitoring cannot prevent deaths they can however help save lives. The is supporting evidence from leading medical journals on the effective and usefulness of the breathing monitoring systems. The systems are cost effective, give a peace of mind to the family involved with purchasing the system. The systems are also safe and easy to use. There should be a green light to show the system is in working condition. If the green light is not flashing and there is a red flashing light the system should be checked immediately.

The battery may just need changing in the product you’ve chosen. If changing the battery does not work turn the system off for about 15 seconds to see if it will reset. If neither of those work call the manufacturer or customer service assistance. A level of high performance and quality should be the major factor when deciding on what type to buy. A breathing monitoring device should not replace the process of actually checking the the child or infant, nor should the monitoring device be used as the only monitoring done.