2 Kids, 2 Rooms, 1 Baby Monitor-what to Do?

I personally don't think 2 year olds still need baby monitors, but if you won't be comfortable, then buy another monitor. Most 2 year olds will leave their rooms and come find you or yell if they really need you.

I would buy another monitor. That's what we did. Our daughter was sleeping in a big girl bed when my son was born, but would NOT get out of her bed on her own (I guess we trained her too well! Haha!), so I had to have the monitor in her room so that I could hear her when she got up. She's 4 1/2 now and I still have it in there because I had already bought another one for the baby and we just haven't seen the need to take it out of her room yet. Just try to be sure they are different frequencies so they don't interfere with each other (or use a different channel for each). It has worked well for us! Good luck.

I had two of the same monitor and just put my youngest's on a different frequency. It worked out pretty well. By the time my oldest was around 3, I didn't bother with the monitor for her anymore.

I have a 2 y/o and an 8 month old. We have a video monitor in the 2 y/o's room so we can see what she is doing all the time and a regular monitor in our infant’s room. They work just fine and don’t interfere with each other at all

We have two Fisher Price private connection monitors and put them on different channels. Works great!

I agree with Suzette. Our house is pretty small but we knew we could hear our daughter downstairs. We also had a talk with her that we're right downstairs and to come get us if she needs. Unless your child is a quiet crier, I'm a big advocate of independence so take this all with a grain of salt! :)

If you are worried about the basic concept of it, then it might help to know I put the monitor away before my daughter was 2. Actually it stopped working (made a horrid sound) and I just let it go. She was perfectly fine and learned to sleep on her own without constant monitoring. I feel she is a more independent child because I gave her a little space to herself.
Turns out it was a liberating experience for both of us not having the monitor.

http://www.target.com/s?keywords=baby+monitors&search... Lots of brands have dual receivers. Some pricier than others. I like the graco one. Only complaint I have is that if you get close to the receiver with the parent unit is squeals really loud and if we take it outside it loses connection every once in a while but it always gets it back quickly. I'm not sure how the others work but I know this one will rotate back and forth between the rooms so you know which room it's coming from. You may be able to just hook another receiver like you have now but it'll probably be an intermingling. I would assume this would work since many people complain about interference from other houses.

I am sure you can, but simply call the manufacturer (get their number from their website) and ask them if there is any conflict there. I think they have channels and you could set one at channel 1 and the other at channel 2.

Get another one. We used ours until our "baby" was 8, because he had trouble falling asleep. His bedroom is in the attic, and our family room is in the basement, so if we were watching tv, we wanted to be able to hear him call us. Baby monitors are so helpful!

I had the same concern when we moved and our baby went into her own room. What we did is actually put the older one in his room (door closed) and had the monitor in the baby's room. I would just check on the older one from time to time to make sure they were not up...If you 2 year old is like mine was, they will let you know when they are up. Typically ours would knock on the door, yell under the door, etc. If they are big enough to open the door they will do that also.

We have 2!

Ours are separate units, not the kind that share a base. My 2yr old is VERY creative, mischievous, etc... I call him my little Houdini. He can escape anything. So we have the monitor more to be able to make sure he's not up to something.

We have 2 different video monitors (Safety 1st).

I have a 3 year old and an 11 month old. We have 2 separate monitors for each room - one on channel A and one on channel B. Works without a problem at all. And for those who tell you that a 2 year old doesn't need a monitor anymore... all I can say is that without being mean, is that my child's safety is my priority, and feel it's my job as a parent to keep a monitor on in case they need me. I'm glad you don't want to give up your 2 year old's monitor either!

We have 2 different monitors and there is no problem at all. Just put both on different channels.