Tech Shift: Are you better off with or without a baby monitor?

Tech Shift: Are you better off with or without a baby monitor?

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Tech companies are offering new ways to manage that anxiety, take the Mimo for instance, it’s a new device that monitors a newborns vital signs and then sends that information to a smartphone. However, some are saying that the Mimo works better in theory than in practice. Nancy Shute is an editor, reporter, and blogger for N-P-R and our “Shots” She’s also the author of a recent article titled You Can Monitor Your Baby’s Vital Signs 24/7, But Should You. She joins us on the line to break it all down for us.