Sanity Check Needed

[mrs_sweetpeach]

I don't have children but I fear one of my friends is being overly protective of her son. He's the only child she's likely to have and I get that he's extremely important to her. That being given, I have a question. Just in case parenthood makes a difference, I have divided the question, the first set of answers is for parents, the second for non-parents.

Edited after the first two responses:
What I'm looking for is the age at which a normal, healthy child should no longer have a baby monitor turned on in his/her bedroom. If never is a choice, feel free to leave a comment. I'll tally those by hand, later.

Edited again:
Upon further reflection, the question I want answered is "By what age should a baby monitor be removed from a child's room because if it isn't I will think the parent is a nut."

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Comments

[mrs-sweetpeach.livejournal.com]

Well, actually, it's more along the lines of "at what age should the monitor be removed because if it isn't, I will think the parent is a nut."

[johnridley.livejournal.com]

Well, that's a more interesting question, I suppose. I don't think that with a normal kid there's really any reason to have a monitor past when the kid can get out of bed and come to the parent's room by himself, or at the latest, go to the bathroom by himself. That's probably 2 to 3 years old.

I don't know where to draw the "parents are nuts" line. It's absolutely got to be under the age of 10, for sure. I can't imagine needing one past 5, unless the kid has some issues (parental issues are another thing). I don't think you really NEED one past about 1.5 years old at the latest, and in fact I don't think you really NEED one at all, unless you have some situation like a big house and for some crazy reason you simply CAN'T have the baby sleeping near where the parents sleep. But in a big house, the crib could be right IN the parent's room; that seems like a great option to me.

We always had the crib within crying range of our bedroom, usually about 15 feet from our bed, and no closed doors between.