My one month old turns extremely pale and takes on a bluish color when sleeping. He has given me 2 scares where he has stopped breathing. He was seen in the hospital where they ran all sorts of tests and all the MAJOR things have been ruled out. He has started meds, but the color change is still very present. For my peace of mind, we are looking into purchasing a breathing monitor. Does anyone have any experience with these or can reccomend one they have used and liked? Thank you so much. I appreciate any and all input.
We use the Snuza (sp?) Monitor and love it. It's tiny and hooks onto diaper, we never had any problems or false alarms. Got it from amazon,hope this helps:)
I use and love the Angelcare Baby monitor. You can find them at most baby supply stores or on Amazon.com. They are very effective, and false alarms are rare when the baby is little. They only seem to occur once the baby is older and moving around more (in which case they can roll or crawl off the sensor area in the crib.) The Angelcare monitor has given me great peace of mind for both of my children (now 3 1/2 and 11 months.)
Here is the link on Amazon -
http://www.amazon.com/Angelcare-Movement-Sound-Monitor-De...
Good luck!
Did you take your baby to a pediatric hospital? Your post worries me, your baby should NEVER turn blue. Blue means they are being deprived of oxygen. Please be more proactive and get your precious little one checked out further and at a pediatric facility.
We also have the Snuza for our 4 1/2 month old daughter and have been very happy with it. We didn't need it for any specific medical reason, just peace of mind. We chose it over the Angel Care mat because it attaches to baby's diaper and can travel with him/her. Babies don't always sleep in their crib, even while at home. And if you have children in daycare, the Snuza can go with them there, too (or to sleep at Grandma's, etc). I also ordered it from Amazon.
Both my girls were preemies and both brought home on different monitors- one an apnea (stop breathing detector) which she wore as a belt around her chest; the other wore an oximeter (%oxygen in blood, used to monitor shallow breathing) which was a red light bandaid taped on a foot. Both of these we rented from Apria, a medical device company which required a doctor's prescription to run it through my insurance and then the doctor downloaded and reviewed the infrequent alarms.
I am not sure you want to go so extreme especially if you been to the hospital and they are not overly concerned. You say you've started meds- like caffeine for brain stimulation or reflux meds? Also, some babies do have extremities turn colors with some positioning etc. Both my girls would have blue/purple hands and feet and mottling spots up the legs with feedings, when I would hold them upright or flat in my arms. Showed it to the neonatologist and he told me it was perfectly normal and they would grow out of it which they did by 6-9months.
I think the ashen/cyanotic color you should worry about (sorry not sure where he turns colors) is on the face and lips. If this is the case then perhaps they need to be more diligent in their assessment.
We have an Angelcare monitor by Grace and loved it.
Dear A.-
I am sorry you have had only one response...I know how troubling and scary 'breathing' issues can be. It has been YEARS since my daughter was on a monitor...so I really cannot recommend a specific one...One thought was maybe to try calling a pediatric home nursing agency...and ask which ones THEIR nurses are using in homes with medically fragile kids.
Sending good thoughts...
michele/cat
I have the angel care movement monitor and LOVE it. I am so impressed with how it works. Who knew it could detect movement under a 6" mattress of nothing more than simple breathing which i have to put my hand on his chest to feel. The only thing though is i can't have the ceiling fan on because the monitor will actually detect that air movement! and if i forget to turn it off within 20 seconds of lifting him out it beeps. every time. My kids get pretty pale too when they are asleep, but never blue and don't stop breathing. So i would definitely keep talking to your doctor about this.
I have the angel care movement monitor. I had a preemie and was extremely worried about his breathing even though there was actually nothing to worry about.Guess that's how we moms are! I researched online and bought this for my sake - for my peace of mind and yes, it did help M..
It actually has a small mat that you place and you lie your baby on top of it.It checks for any movement from the baby including breathing.If it detects no movement at all for 20 secs, then it warns you. You need to make sure to put this mat on a hard surface(we initially had the arms reach bassinet and it would give us lot of false alarms, so we exchanged that with a different bassinet with harder base and worked fine after that) Also your baby needs to lie on top of it always for it to detect movements. Wouldnt work well in bigger cribs I guess if your baby tends to roll away from the mat.You will just get false alarms.Once my baby was 2-3 months old , we simply disconnected the motion detector and use it as a regular monitor now.
Another advice I have for you is, if your baby really seems to have breathing issues, talk to your doc about breathing monitors from hospital. Many preemies who have breathing issues are sent home on breathing monitors.We didn't need one.So I dont have more information on that.But you can talk to your doctor and check if he recommends that for your baby at all.
