Nanny Cam! - Fort Bragg,NC

I can't advise on certain types or brands, but I think you need to be upfront with your nanny that there is home surveillance in place.
If they are not comfortable with that, then find another person.
I know it sounds silly, but my boss got a new alarm system and they gave him about a million stickers for the windows saying "This property protected by ABC Security Systems." He let me have some to put in the front windows of my house. People coming to my door didn't know if I had it installed or not.
It might be the same with Nanny cams. Just the thought of knowing they will be taped for the safety of your baby might be enough for them to be proper in their actions at all times.
I'm not saying not to get one, I'm just saying that you need to be up front about it.
Working parents who are away from their babies use them even as a way to capture a baby's first steps, etc. It doesn't have to come from a place of non-trust.
That's just my opinion.
I would be up front and have them sign an agreement that they know their actions, along with the baby's, will be recorded throughout the house.
They hopefully will have no problem with it and you can feel safe leaving your child.

Best wishes.

I don't want to start the whole debate about stay-at-home vs. working (I am working full time with a SAHD, we used daycare for our first 2 kids, but #3 put us "over the edge"), but... I wouldn't leave my baby with someone for whom I feel the need to have video surveillance.
If you don't have a person you truly trust and who has carefully checked out references, then I'd rather go with an in-home daycare where more people are coming and going, and where you can talk to the older kids etc... Also, at least initially, pop in uninvited/unannounced...
Just my 2 cents. Good luck, I know leaving a baby/small child with a virtual stranger is very difficult.

I wholeheartedly agree with both previous posters, especially Shane. I say this as both a former nanny and as a mother whose child is cared for by a private sitter for 12 hours a week.

Do your homework. Check references. Check more references. Call your local police department and ask them how a civilian can run a voluntary criminal background check, meaning that your care provider will likely fill out all the information or you will have their consent and permission to running a check. If you don't get a good sense of 'right' from the references, if your gut is telling you this person isn't trustworthy, don't leave it to a hidden camera to catch this person. Unless there's something very specific you are concerned about, say, your jewelry box or a safe, you really won't have a camera that records everything, all the time.

I would tell prospective families, at the end of our interviews, that they should sleep on it for a night or two and to trust their gut before deciding to hire me. I'm not going to be offended if someone felt I just wasn't a good match for their family. I *would* be offended if I'd discovered they were secretly videotaping me at my work. That would be the best way to lose a good care provider-- invade their sense of trust and privacy. I would quit over something like this. So, if you insist on one of these devices, be up front about it. I would never choose to work in any environment where I was being constantly recorded, but someone else might!

Foscam, wireless ip camera. There are several models, < $100. Check Amazon. I hear you need to get it from a reputable site (Amazon, and not its affiliates) because there are imitations. I don't have one, but I was thinking of getting one soon (hence the research). Not so much because I don't trust my nanny, but I want surveillance of the house when I'm not there. I.e., when I'm on vacation I want to be able to remotely look at the aquarium and make sure everything's working right. Yes, that's the awesome part, you can view the room from a website or an iphone if you have one of those. If I'd known about this earlier, I would've gotten it as a video monitor for the baby's room.
I'd definitely be up front with the prospective nanny about the cameras, you'll weed out the shady characters and encourage better behavior in general from the one you hire.