This is an important safety update on my Nanit baby camera with floor stand. I’ve had it for about two years now, and this morning I woke to hear a loud crash. At first I thought it was the bath toys falling off the wall where they are held by (rather weak) suction cups but then I realized it was coming from my toddler’s room. Then we quickly checked our Nanit and it was not showing a video feed. Then we checked our Nest cam and it didn’t seem as though the Nanit was there at all!

Before baby boy was born in January 2019, I spent a lot of time obsessively researching baby monitors, just like I do for any other piece of technology in my life. Or anything, really, because I love reading reviews. I discovered that baby monitors generally suck, and were more or less stuck in the dark ages of tech, with poor connectivity, poor screen resolution, basic or lacking functionality.  There were only a few out there that were more advanced, more on the level of, say, our smartphones, and that included the Nanit. I got the Plus version, which was newish out at that time. I’ve had some ups and downs with it which I’d like to share with you.

UPDATE: Please see my important safety update here and why I have given up on my Nanit and do not recommend it anymore.