If you have a baby monitor, put the base in the laundry room so that no matter where you (and the receiver) are in the house, you can hear when the washer or dryer is finished!
Our laundry room is on the second floor. Without the baby monitor, I couldn’t hear the buzzer when I was working on my computer in the basement. Hours would go by before I remembered the damp laundry in the washer waiting to be dried.
If Sammy hears the end of cycle signal through the monitor, he tells me, “Mommy, your laundry is beeping!”
So go ahead and put that old baby monitor to good use!
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Dang, I may have to buy one of these for my childless self.
Beautiful new look to the blog, btw.
Another good use is to listen to what is going on in the big kids’ rooms. Helps with disputes and easy to nip fighting early. Also, handy to know what the teens are doing alone with their friends, esp if a boyfriend/girlfriend is visiting. Just stick it under the bed or dresser (teens never look there) and turn on the parent unit occasionally to check things out.
S Mom, that’s a great idea! I dread the time that my children start dating. Though they are only 3 and 5 right now.
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