From One Parent to Another: These Black Friday 2024 Baby Monitor Deals Will Be Too Good to Miss

If you're tech savvy, this clever Dreamsense smart baby monitor connects to your smartphone so you can keep an eye on your little one from anywhere. It features a baby unit with built-in sensors and a camera along with a wireless ‘parent pod’, which lights up on each side to indicate any noise from the baby or changes to the sleep environment at a glance. The 2-way audio feature allows you to speak directly to your baby from a distance and the built-in speaker allows you to try to soothe your baby with with pink noise, pre-set set lullabies or personalised recordings. It does have a high price tag (understandable as it can do so much) so getting it when it's on offer is a good shout.

Even though there are so many all singing and dancing baby monitors out there, I am a sucker for a simple one that will give me loads of battery life and a fuss-free camera and monitor. The VTech ticks all those boxes. If you're worried about the safety and security of having to use an internet connection with your baby monitor, you don't need to, as it doesn't need a wifi connection to connect with the screen (you will just need to keep it plugged in). Even though it is one of the more basic versions on the market, you still get a colour LCD screen, built in soothing sounds and lullabies, two-way talk intercom, portable parent unit, temperature sensors and up to 19 hours on one charge. Pretty impressive.

Tested by Grazia parenting writer Hannah Mellin: "I waited until I was about 38 weeks pregnant with my first child before I suddenly remembered that I might actually need a baby monitor in the months to come. I honestly was in denial about maybe having to leave my baby snoozing whilst I had a wash. After asking my friends and reading so many reviews I settled on the VTech Video Baby Monitor, with my friends stating that all I needed was good battery life and decent screen and audio quality.

"I did stress myself out looking at cameras that had an app that you could install on your phone, but I decided that would make me anxious (and drain my battery life) and sometimes having something simple that does an amazing job is the better option. It was so easy to set up, connect (you don't need a wifi connection) and the battery life lasted days at a time without charge. The camera quality does the job and I never worried about not being able to see my baby clearly. I loved the two-way, talk-back intercom - as sometimes all my baby needed was the sound of my voice to send him back off to sleep. Using it was so simple I even gave it to Grandma to use when she did babysitting duties."

Another option from VTech, this Smart Pan and Tilt Baby Monitor has a bit more to offer in terms of features. It features an impressive high-definition colour LCD screen that allows you to watch your baby on the parent unit, or through an app on your phone or tablet. The camera also has the capacity to pan up to 360 degrees side-to-side, tilt up to 182 degrees up and down, and zoom up to 10 times for maximum visibility of your baby, giving you the clearest view of your little one no matter what room they're in.

As tested by Mother&Baby's parenting panel: "Overall this is an excellent baby monitor with many features. Whilst it is fairly expensive, you do get a lot for your money and I would definitely recommend it. It has an easy-to-use parent unit and app and a pleasant nightlight with variable brightness and various colours. I liked the ability to see the temperature and capture pictures/ video of my baby. It has excellent zoom and range plus a clear picture and the ability to talk to baby and play sounds."

The CuboAi baby monitor as won praise from parents everywhere thanks to its crystal clear image quality, notifications when your baby's face is covered, rolls over, cries or coughs and UD night vision. They also loved the app features where you can keep an eye on your little one through your phone, play lullabies, capture video clips and view sleep analytics. As well as the incredible technology, the wooden design and wall mount look great in any nursery.

Tried and tested by our sister brand Mother&Baby: "Cubo Ai is a baby monitor for tech savvy parents. It uses a smart monitor app that controls the monitor settings, background noise, alert settings and much more. It includes face recognition that gives you, ‘cry’, ‘roll over’ and ‘covered face' alerts and the nursery environment can be monitored for temperature and humidity. The night vision is great and you get very sharp images that you can zoom into and check that everything is ok. While some features are only available when you are on the same WiFi as the monitor, you can check in on the app as long as you are connected to the internet. I loved this feature, as it meant, I could still check in on my daughters nap time when I returned to work and my husband was on paternity leave." Read the full CuboAi Plus Smart Baby Monitor review here.

The 360 degree Babymoov YOO Moov baby monitor is an award-winning baby monitor for parents who like to be plugged into the highest level of baby tech. As well as being able to keep an eye on your baby from all angles while they sleep, it helps calms the with a selection of sounds, lights up when it is operating and pairing is activated and is easy to use. It has 4.3-inch screen with great image quality, screen size and zoom option that mean you can see your little one's bedroom in detail. You won't miss a thing. The Babymoov YOO Go Plus 5” Video Monitor was awarded Silver for Best Baby Monitor at the Mother&Baby Awards 2024.

As tested by Mother&Baby's parenting panel: " "It is nice and simple to use, the different types of attachment are handy for everyone’s situation. This meant you can easily take it away with you with the clip feature and move around the house with it, with ease. A simple on and off button on the camera and monitor plus a big screen on the monitor with day and night features. You're also able to adjust the volume and change the music/sound to come out of the camera. I also like that you can also zoom in."
Read thefull Babymov YOO Moov Motorised Video Baby Monitor review here.

The Owlet Dream Sock is the only medically-certified smart baby monitor. This wearable device not only provides real-time insights, it also delivers health notifications to the app when levels fall out of set zones, so parents always know when their baby needs them. As well as being a baby monitor that can be paired to your phone for all-round updates, you can track your baby's heart rate, oxygen levels and sleep trends by using the sock.

Tested by Grazia Parenting Writer Hannah Mellin, "I tested both the Owlet Dream Sock and the Owlet Cam 2 when my seven-month-old was starting to make the transition into his own room, and if I'm honest, it was a gamechanger to help ease my worries. I found the Owlet Sock and Cam incredibly safe, which was really important considering the brand is all about providing detailed health metrics through a medically certified, safe and comfortable way. It was easy to set up, and looked really nice above my sons cot. Personally, I loved that I could have the baby monitor all in one place on my smartphone. The only downside to this was having to remember to keep an eye on my phone battery, as having the app open all night did drain the phone battery. You also have to make sure the camera is plugged in to the mains at all times. My favourite thing about the Owlet is the predictive sleep feature. I had been struggling with nap times and wake windows, but if you use the Owlet Sock for every nap or sleep time, (or if you manually input naps), it will then automatically track sleep and wake windows. The app lets you know when it thinks your child is ready for their next sleep, and I found it got them bang on pretty much every time. An absolute gamechanger."

Read the full review Owlet Dream Sock Baby monitor review.