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."

[Poll #1291613]

Comments

[min8ive.livejournal.com]

When they're old enough to fetch you on their own, you probably don't need it anymore. Of course, even that's not hard and fast, because when our youngest wakes up in the middle of the night, he forgets that he can come in to us. He just cries until we get him. And since we sleep with a white noise machine that can be a loooong time without the monitor.

As for my older son, one day I just realized it'd been a long time since he woke up at night. I have no idea how old he was. Three, maybe?