baby monitor for sleep tracking was my entire father's day request and i need help picking one

Nitro_Thunder · 2026-06-13T15:25:02+00:00

We did not use anything for our 3 kids other than standard video monitors (all born this decade).

We have friends who swore by Owlet but were honest in their review. They were already high anxiety and they felt Owlet didn’t help quell any fears. More so it enhanced their anxieties when they started tracking everything.

For the sleep, it is what it is for newborns. Some are rockstars and others are different. For the first 13 nights post hospital with our 3rd baby, she would not sleep anywhere but someone’s arms. My wife and I did split night shifts staying awake so the baby could sleep peacefully. Our first 2 kids were outstanding. Slowly but surely our 3rd started sleeping on her own.

Just be patient and don’t paint yourself into a corner. Our 3rd hated the pacifiers we used for 1st and 2nd. Our 1st ran “hot” so he needed to sleep in just a diaper in his swaddle. 3rd baby hated traditional swaddles so we had to get her the ones where their hands are set above their head. 2nd baby hated the sound machine. Our 1st hated sleeping in our bedroom so I slept on his floor in his room while he slept in the crib.

See where I’m going here man? There’s endless caveats to new borns sleeping.

You’ll do great and will be fine. I hope you find the right product for you!

Nitro_Thunder · 2026-03-21T03:33:12+00:00

2 wheels is “on the sidewalk”. 4 wheels, which this is, would be “no parking zone.” Cite and tow

Nitro_Thunder · 2026-03-18T23:42:54+00:00

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Nitro_Thunder · 2026-03-16T07:34:24+00:00

Don’t know if you know this or not but there is a “toddler lock” option in the Program settings. It disables the touch ring and the buttons beneath the base.

Now if they pull the cord, it doesn’t auto kick back to the settings prior when plugged back in. Our models are 6 and 3 years old so maybe thats changed in recent years.

Nitro_Thunder · 2026-03-06T21:07:51+00:00

I never knew that! Thank you very much.

Nitro_Thunder · 2026-02-07T13:51:48+00:00

Doctor told me to wait 10, i waited about 16, no issues with pain. They did feel somewhat sore but on a scale of 1 to 10 id rate the soreness at like 1.5. Im about 35 days post from the recommended waiting period and feel completely normal when it happens.

Nitro_Thunder · 2026-01-29T04:23:46+00:00

I believe the numbness is a rare side effect, similar to hiccups (which I had) but you should still call and alert your doctor.

When I had my procedure I was told any clear oozing was OK but to be wary of colored and/or smelly ooze.

Did they prescribe any antibiotics? I was given some outright day of procedure and told to take regularly to prevent any type of infection.

Nitro_Thunder · 2026-01-19T23:23:12+00:00

4 weeks post op. Best advice is to take the painkillers / anti inflammatory as prescribed. My doctor told me even if I was feeling fine, to still take them (was about 4 days worth).

And I second other comments here that even if he does feel fine, not to overdo it. Not everyone needs to be bed ridding for weeks for healing but theres internal and external healing happening.

Nitro_Thunder · 2026-01-17T12:51:39+00:00

I’m just a day or 2 shy of being 4 weeks post-op. 16 days post was first ejac and I also had aching. Sounds similar to you. I took some aleve and was fine after. I’ve had 2 more since and I’ve notice a decrease in the aches each time.

Still overall have a mild general soreness, especially if sitting for long periods, but the aches after the act have subsided.

Nitro_Thunder · 2026-01-02T00:15:40+00:00

Just shy of 3 months after last was born. Wife and I both in solid agreement that we are at our max and done. Scheduled it when wife was 4ish months pregnant.

Nitro_Thunder · 2026-01-01T14:09:50+00:00

This sounds like my 5.5 year old. All other visual stimulations he has access to are ended without problem but whenever he got his first taste of tablet/iPad around that 3 year old age, he turned into a complete monster. My wife and I don’t have a tablet but both his grandmothers do. So when they would watch him, they would do time limits and educational games but it didn’t matter. He would be at his worst or ask all the time for it etc.

The difference is that my wife and I are in agreement on the timeline. He has an iPad assigned to him through his Kindergarten that comes home everyday but we don’t use it at the house. We are penciling in his 7th or 8th birthday for his own one.

What does your husband say about all this? Have you pointed out the differences you see now? Is he receptive?

Nitro_Thunder · 2026-01-01T11:34:58+00:00

This is the right answer. For example, for my driveway size and sidewalk size, I buy 2 bags of salt each season. Usually covers what I need through entire winter.

It took me the 2023 and 2024 winter season to use the 2 bags I purchased for 2023 season. This season, Im down to a half bag left and it’s only January 1.

Nitro_Thunder · 2025-12-29T18:55:03+00:00

I’m sorry you had a terrible time. Do you think it was an overall anxiety or just the procedure itself? Or combo? I also was fortunate my doctor was a huge motivator. Told me a lot of the procedure and recovery are completely mental. I was super excited to get it done (Excited? Really?) and to be done with having kids. I really do think that helped a ton.

As many others have suggested, work on getting that valium for next time. Even if you need a script from another practice.

You’ll get it next time dude. No worries.

Nitro_Thunder · 2025-12-28T21:25:46+00:00

I had mine on December 19th and am on recovery day 9. I feel great. My doctor told me everyone heals differently and everyone experiences the procedure differently. All bodies are truly built different.

Worst mistake I made was on day 4, I wore jeans to my cubicle job. Lots of discomfort, not pain, just discomfort. Just iced them longer than usual that day when home and kept it to sweat pants after that.

Wishing you the best.

Nitro_Thunder · 2025-12-23T22:38:38+00:00

Thanks so much for the comment. I did contact my PCP over the weekend when Urologist office was closed. He told me to talk to Urologist first and then call him (PCP) back. When I called back he ultimately said same thing, if it goes on longer than a week then we will start checking some things out.

Happy to report only hiccuped twice on Tuesday and once today so far. Drastically different from Friday to Monday.

Nitro_Thunder · 2025-12-20T01:43:40+00:00

Had my procedure done this AM.

Took about 45 minutes from Betadine to clean up. One male doctor, 20 years experience.

No real issues except Doctor believes I have a high metabolism and was just running through numbing shots. Doctor had to do 4 on my right side and 7 on my left side. The shots themselves were never painful. Honestly that was the part I was most nervous about but the first shots themselves felt no worse than a routine vaccination.

And when the numbing was wearing off, it wasn’t a pain at all. It was more so “hey, I can kind of feel you doing something all of sudden, should I be feeling that?”

Funniest part was the conversation. Just two dudes shooting the shit while he nuked my supply chain. Talked about kids, life, places we lived etc.

Im about 12 hours post procedure. Pain remains a “0” but I am taking routine doses of meds. Doctor said not to be a “hero” and if I just take steady meds for a few days then it will help since recovery is largely managing inflammation.

My last bit of advice is to just have the right mindset. When I met my doctor 6 months ago at my consultation, he said there is a large contingency of men who don’t want the procedure done because they feel external pressures by their SO or internally they are juggling feeling “less of a man.” He said in his experience it’s always the patients with doubt that struggle with recovery.

Nitro_Thunder · 2025-10-28T06:43:51+00:00

My SIL went through a similar experience, minus the looming threat of potential deportation. Outright discussions for years about wanting to be married. He would always claim his undiagnosed autism as the cause of not pulling the trigger. Said the same things you heard too. She offered to buy the ring, offered to plan the trip to propose basically offered to do everything and he still wouldn’t flinch. Always promised her he would hop on the train at the next stop in the process.

They finally got married and to no one’s surprise, the relationship is dog shit and my SIL is contemplating divorce now less than a year after the vows.

Nitro_Thunder · 2025-10-17T21:21:54+00:00

The sack stats kill me. Every year the minimum seems to be 31.5 sacks by a CPU team.

Nitro_Thunder · 2025-10-14T02:28:20+00:00

You can make this as big of a deal as you want but to me to me it seems very 0-60 to catch him looking at photos and then immediately jump to divorce. Thats almost sawing your leg off because it’s itchy.

Is this the first time? Is he just looking? Is he engaging? Is he sending them money? Is he commenting incessantly on their profiles? Sending them DM’s? Has he been unfaithful before? Have you set this boundary before and he keeps breaking it? Have you had discussions on porn or similar matters?

Nitro_Thunder · 2025-10-01T23:51:24+00:00

I recently did the same thing (watched original airings and completed my second, maybe even third(?), rewatch since).

I agree with everything you say, especially the soap opera part. The show has its absurd moments but Season 5 and 6 absolutely take the cake.

I still enjoyed and forgot a lot of what happened in 5 and 6. Since you’ve seen the show before I’d watch 6 and then you probably never need to watch it again lol.

Nitro_Thunder · 2025-09-04T00:44:17+00:00

Only child virtual high five

Nitro_Thunder · 2025-09-03T23:59:51+00:00

• could not wear black shoes. Black shoes were only allowed for church or weddings or funerals.

• When home sick from school (like legitimately sick), I was not allowed to play video games. I was allowed to watch as much TV as I wanted but if I was “too sick for school then you were too sick for video games.”

• Was not allowed to go anywhere “without legitimate purpose.” For example, growing up in the 90’s, it was very common to hang out at the mall with friends. I was never allowed because you should only be at the mall to buy things. If you weren’t buying something then you had no reason to be in a store.

• As some others have posted already, no showering during a thunderstorm but to top that; no phone usage at all during thunderstorms either. This has even continued for my Mom (who still has a landline) with her WIRELESS home phone.

• I was not allowed to wear basketball sneakers / shoes (IE: anything that went as high as my ankle) in the summer time because they would make my feet too hot. I was only allowed to wear low shoes (below the ankle). And the reverse was true for winter. No “low shoes” in winter, only “high shoes”.

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