We're experimenting with a new toy at the house: a video baby monitor.
Anni got it from her sister Laura, who bought it on steep discount. She offered it to us, and I didn't think we'd ever use it.
We decided to plug it in yesterday to see how it works. You just mount a small camera on the edge of the crib, plug in a tiny TV elsewhere and prepare to be riveted.
With our small house and the audio baby monitor we already have, a video monitor is entirely unnecessary for us. It's an excess that the older generations (read: grandparents) would scoff at while barking: "We never had one of those and somehow you kids survived."
Unnecessary? Yes. Fascinating? Very much so.
It's closed-circuit crib viewing. There is something interesting about watching the child upstairs from downstairs. (I realize this is probably evidence of my need to find a hobby to take up during down time.)
Elise is a fan of Colinvision too.
She was fascinated that she could watch Colin even though he wasn't in the room. She thinks that when he is on TV he is in the hospital -- I don't understand that theory -- but she gets a kick out of seeing him move.
Fortunately for us, once he's asleep, he doesn't stir much or wake easily, which you'd think would make for boring video.
Elise thought Candid Colin was pretty neat.
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