Baby Monitor Safety Tips For Parents – How to Use It Safely?

Are Baby Monitors Safe?

First things first, we have to dig deep into the issue that’s causing worry among the parents.

Quite frankly, the gadget is handy enough for parents to keep a check and balance on their infants or toddlers.

However, its safety depends upon whether you’ve taken all the precautions or not.

Here are some of the threats that a baby monitor could possibly impose if you don’t handle it carefully:

1. Baby Monitors Emit Radiations:  

All baby monitor types available in the market (audio/video/Wi-Fi) emit radiations either to get connected with the parent unit or the Wi-Fi router.

Are these radiations harmful? In a sense, YES!

World Health Organization is already concerned about the impacts of radiation on a human body.

A recent study suggests that radiations primarily cause cancer, irritated skin, and damage the hair follicles at the same time.

The question in terms of baby monitors is that whether their radiations are harmful or not.

Not enough data is there to answer this question straightforwardly. But, it is evident that constant exposure could impact the child’s health.

Source: https://www.who.int/teams/environment-climate-change-and-health/radiation-and-health/electromagnetic-fields-and-public-health—exposure-to-extremely-low-frequency-fields

2. Issues with the Cord:

Connecting the baby monitors requires the working of cords. I mean, you have to plug them in a wall socket nearby, right?

Now, as far as cords are concerned, you don’t need to worry about an infant or a newborn as the baby barely moves away from the crib.

The problem, however, arises when you are keeping a check on a toddler while using a baby monitor.

As soon as the toddler gets out of the crib, he/she will most probably play with anything placed nearby.

Now, I put all blame on the lazy and careless parents here. When the cords are too exposed, the baby could easily get to them and play with them.

This, in turn, causes safety hazards and there is a huge chance of an electric shock, which God Forbids, harms the child’s body.

That’s yet another problem with using a baby monitor.

3. Hacking Problems:

Here’s the biggest safety threat of using a baby monitor in recent times.

Intruders or hackers could easily hack the Wi-Fi baby monitor if your Wi-Fi router isn’t secured enough.

For starters, this hacking issue can allow a safe passage to the burglars who could get a chance to see your home from the inside.

Secondly, some weird instances in recent times have shown that the hackers just terrorize the baby with some slang words and sometimes abuses.

Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/creeps-hack-baby-monitors-and-say-terrifying-thing?utm_term=.evdRNm2Gl#.ltgb8ogYN

Secondly, the hacking threat is not limited to the Wi-Fi baby monitors only. It’s way too easy to hack an audio baby monitor as well.

Think of a baby monitor as a simple Walkie talkie where you are communicating with your kid via analog signals.

Now, it gets easier for a hacker to distort this frequency and becomes a middleman between the communication.

So, this threat is quite common and it’s one of the reasons parents have got doubts about whether to use a baby monitor or not.

But, here’s a catch:

Baby monitor safety depends upon how careful you are with using the gadget.

Here are some proven tips and tricks that I’ll discuss so that you could manage to use the baby monitor peacefully.