The Best Baby Breathing Monitors: Top 3 Picks

This breathing monitor is one of the most popular on our list and comes with a wide range of features. It’s a portable breathing and movement monitor with vibrations and audible alerts designed to stimulate babies and alert parents.

Using specially designed WakeUp Technology, Oma Sense will trigger sounds and vibrations and LED lights if no movement is detected from the baby for over 15 seconds, with the aim to encourage the return of regular breathing and movement.

If these are not re-established after 5 seconds an emergency alarm is activated (sound and lights) to immediately alert parents.

One of the great things about this monitor is that this technology does not operate off of wireless connections, which can be unreliable. it’s portable and doesn’t require much in terms of set-up, making it really user-friendly. Simply move around to wherever your little one is sleeping. The design offers a clip on the reverse of the monitor for simple attaching, adjusting and removing.

There is zero contact with the skin with this product, so there is no extra worry or allergies or sleep disturbance. You can clip it onto a thin blanket, or a wearable sack blanket so it can still pick up the breathing and movements effectively.

Oma Sense comes with two Panasonic 3V CR2450 coin cell batteries, each of which will last about 30 days. It is recommended with this product that you always keep a spare battery handy, just in case. The monitor will alert you when the battery needs to be changed.

One thing to note is that this monitor should only be used while the baby is in a motionless cot/bed. If it is used while the baby is in a stroller or car seat in a moving car, as this will interfere with the motion detection technology.

The Owlet smart baby monitor is the most expensive on the list, but the investment could be worth it for the features and benefits.

This product comes with two components:

• A HD camera for crystal clear video quality and superb audio, which you can link up to your smartphone via the Owlet app.

• A smart sock sensor to be worn by the baby, which connects to a base station which glows green to let parents know that everything is okay

Owlet allows you to keep eyes and ears on your baby’s breathing patterns, heart rate and oxygen levels remotely, from the ease and convenience of your smartphone.

The smart sock sensor not only lights up, but offers notifications in the way of sounds and app alerts if oxygen levels are too high or too low. This, coupled with the cam features offer a real-time monitoring experience for parents. Each set comes with 3 washable socks which fit most infants of 0-18 months, wrapping comfortably around their foot. It’s an ideal, non-invasive way to keep an eye on things.

The camera even streams night vision in HD to cover all bases, taking you from day to night with no issues. The camera works off of secure encrypted Wi-Fi so only those you choose can stream footage from your Owlet cam. The camera uses AES 128-bit encryption and TLS connection to Wi-Fi. With the threat of hacking in the baby monitor industry being very real, this should offer some relief for parents.

As well as all this, there are some additional features such as a two-way talk setting to talk to and soothe your baby from anywhere, and background audio that you can initiate and listen to while getting on with other tasks.

The final review on our list of the NANNY baby monitor. With its cute, simplistic design displaying animal characters (with multiple designs to choose from!), this monitor has been a hit with parents. 

NANNY monitors the baby’s breathing, and if any irregularity is picked up on, or a lack of movement after 20 seconds, a loud alarm accompanied by a flashing light alerts parents immediately.

According to the supplier, this is one of the few monitors selected for use in both hospitals and households, and is certified as a medical device in the European Union.

This product comes with two components, a sensor pad to put under your baby’s mattress and a remote parent unit to signal any alerts. This no-fuss, easy to use device is an easy way to promote that extra piece of mind in the home. It’s incredibly sensitive to even the slightest movement which is ideal for parents who want to keep a close eye on things.