Elise recognized my Dad-to-be funk and tried to help me get out of it by empowering me to research and pick out a baby monitor. A baby monitor is a one way radio that the mom-to-be wears like a chastity belt while the the dad-to-be carries around the “parent unit” so he can hear the baby move and kick around while he’s at work in 5.1 digital surround sound.
I have to admit, before today I knew absolutely nothing about baby monitors. Now I know that there are a wide range of monitors available for puchase. There are cordless monitors, monitors that light up, tell you when you’re out of range, play music and can TiVo episodes of The Wiggles. There are even video baby monitors.
Of course I want a video baby monitor but I don’t think we really need it. Although it would be pretty cool to strap it onto the cat and live vicariously through him. I imagine I’d get a lot more sleep that way.
I found what seems to be a good baby monitor made by Sony. I decided on the Sony model because I think it’s expandable to later become a Playstation 3 and it got some good reviews by other customers. I put it on the baby registry that was, until today, something that I knew existed but was uncertain of its location. Kind of like fabric softener.