I really love the owlet. As a first time mom, I am constantly waking up and checking my baby's breathing and health during naps/overnight. Will I continue to do this even while using the owlet, yes, but I love that this device tracks the oxygen/bmp and his sleep regularly.
This app also gives nap times based on his age and how much he has already napped through out the day. I use these as a guideline for our wake windows but they're almost always spot on when my baby starts showing signs of being tired so theyve been helpful!
So glad to have the peace of mind owlet brings after having a kiddo with severe asthma! I don’t know how it took till kiddo 4 to get an owlet but I’m so glad we did! Kiddo 3 has severe breathing issues from 4 weeks old on that turned into asthma. Knowing we have a safe and easy way to check in on kiddo 4s breathing is such a huge weight off my shoulders
Love this device and having the piece of mind when I’m sleeping. I don’t like though how easily it has sensor connection issues. I had a 9lb baby but it took a few weeks to fit his foot properly and not alarm multiple times throughout the night for the sensor. Other than that I love this product
Overall a decent product and provides a certain amount of peace of mind but...being in the nicu for over 3 months, or probably any amount of time, monitoring is habit and comfort. Coming home for the first time feels like being a fish out of water. We bought the owlet to provide a sense of security and lessen anxiety. What we didn't know, that would have made us ask to be sent home with medical monitoring equipment, is: 1. you can't change the high and low numbers where it alerts you (the preset HR numbers are set so far apart that in the hospital they would run to the bedside to see what is wrong but with owlet you won't know until you go back and look later, the 02 is so low that your baby can sit at 82% forever and it would never alert you, most likely incurring brain damage), 2. if the baby is moving it's feet, it doesn't read(it will either tell you baby is moving or it will alarm saying it's having difficulty reading the vitals) so unless they're dead asleep, it's not very helpful and alerts alot for not vitals related issues 3. the version that we could find the foot does not hook up to wifi so you have to be in a certain radius of the base station for it to read(this makes travel monitoring impossible and makes us have to pack up everything to spend the night elsewhere or even go nap outside or in another area of the home). Basically, we thought that the owlet would have better function and versatility. It does however allow you to stay where you are and see how baby is doing without having to go put your hand on them to check breathing or heart rate.