A vibrating baby monitor measures the volume of your baby’s cries and alerts your receiver when they reach a certain decibel level. Instead of transmitting the sound of your baby’s cries, the monitor alerts you with gentle vibrations. Some vibrating monitors feature a light display which shows a measurement of the loudness of your baby’s cry so you can decide at which point you want to go to your baby and at which point you would like to wait and see if baby will fall back asleep alone.

A common mistake that new parents make is to misinterpret their baby’s sleep noises as wakeful sounds. This causes them to rush in and rouse their baby before the true nap is over. Regular baby monitors may exacerbate the problem as it makes parents hyper-aware of each sound a sleeping baby makes. Vibrating baby monitors, on the other hand, don’t transmit sound at all so there is less likelihood that you will be tempted to check on your baby before the right time.

Vibrating baby monitors are a perfect solution for deaf and hearing impaired parents and caregivers as they do not require hearing to work. They also work well for any parent who wishes to be attentive to their sleeping child without having to interpret every little peep that emanates from the baby monitor.

Like all baby monitors, vibrating baby monitors come in a variety of brands and models. Some give you the option to be notified with beeps or flashing lights as well as vibrations when your baby is calling for you. When choosing a vibrating baby monitor, pay attention to range, transmitter sensitivity and frequency.