Owlet foot monitor?

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Ok so I was thinking about buying the owlet monitor but I'm super indecisive about it. 
I feel like it would be good because this is baby #2 and I know how exhausted I'll be and this will give me some peace of mind since you can't exactly sleep when the baby sleeps with baby #2
On the other hand I feel like $300 is way to much money to spend for it to possibly not work and cause more issues then help.
What are you ladies thinking? Are you get one or not?

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I bought one. This is baby #3, and I wanted it with #2 but couldn’t afford it. We co-sleep, so I just want the extra peace of mind that comes with it so I can sleep well.

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I had it with my first and will definitely be using it again. Gave me peace of mind and allowed me to get some actual sleep while my daughter slept instead of constant worry. In the 12Mo we used it we had 1 false alarm. I’d highly recommend it!

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My husband has some anxiety and feels this will help. My research resulted in finding there two camps of thought: those that don't use it and judge it or they do use it and love it.
I don't know if it is necessary but if my husband will sleep better sweet. He's getting one off ebay--cuts the cost!

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I’m not sure how into Facebook marketplace you are but I have been finding so much stuff on there. I just bought one for $115, it wasn’t used much because the mom ended up co sleeping. I can justify this price and when I’m done using it maybe I can re-sell it for half that cost? We will see, but I have heard good things from people I know.

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We opted out of it because we had a healthy baby at birth. 
I told my husband I didn’t want to depend on technology over common sense/instinct/learning how to parent. 
I also didn’t particularly care to have those waves going through baby all the time. 
Maybe I would have thought different I’d we had a baby with health concerns/complications. But we’ve been just fine without it and don’t plan on getting it this time either

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I was debating about nanit and in the end came to conclusion no. I guess I don’t want to go into parenthood as ftm expecting worse to happen. I also work in icu and have monitors on patients all the time. Notorious for losing signals.... I don’t have experience with owlet but I am hedging my bets you will get false alarms. On the other hand if it helps you sleep better at night may be worth it

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We bought the Nanit instead because it had better reviews than the Owlet. I guess we’ll see how we like it at the end of April 🤷🏻‍♀️

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so.. i am not getting one, mostly because of the money, i am thinking of getting the cheap one that clips on the clothes and only detects breathing and roll over. I am an insomniac and have anxiety and my first thought is I actually will never sleep again.. and i feel many things are excessive, but if it helps bring you calm peace of mind, than why not?! right?!
My hair dresser isn’t into techy stuff, she is an older mom like me, but she got the foot thing. She said it was worth every penny, she had a child that died before her first, so she needed that extra peace of mind she says. (this was when they were like $500) She also said that you generally can find it used because it seems like they can last for ever. She sold hers, but ended up pregnant right away and didn’t want to/couldn’t spend the money again, she found many used for sale, you can wash the foot part, I think she found her for under $100 and it works perfectly. 
What she said made up my mind.. “The new technology there is now adays comepared to when we were kids seems ridiculous! Then again, if it helps you out and brings you peace of mind, then why not take advantage of it? Screw what other’s think!” 
So I’ll leave it at that :)

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I’m hopefully getting one for my second! My first had severe reflux that caused him to stop breathing (from choking - silently) and I really wish the owlet was around when he was born. I would’ve bought it in a heartbeat. I never slept because I was constantly checking on him and keeping my hand on his chest to check his breathing. This time I’m hoping to get one so I can have some peace of mind.

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Being that I had a 32 weeker with some issues this thing saved my sanity. I wasn’t sleeping at all and I was a constant wreck (even with her sleeping in the same room). I couldn’t live without the owlet and I got the camera to go with it this time around. This will always be number one on my list.

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