How to spy on the landing? (house not plane)
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Don't want to get all Mumsnet but our 6 year old twins have a habit of waking everyone else up too early in the morning.
They sleep in separate rooms with the doors next to each to each other so a some form of camera facing the doors would tell me what's going on.
I would like to be able to record which one gets up and disturbs the other one (before they both disturb us) so I can punish / reward as appropriate.
What would I need to do? Have a lap top and phones. Is there an app? do I need a system?
Thanks!
They sleep in separate rooms with the doors next to each to each other so a some form of camera facing the doors would tell me what's going on.
I would like to be able to record which one gets up and disturbs the other one (before they both disturb us) so I can punish / reward as appropriate.
What would I need to do? Have a lap top and phones. Is there an app? do I need a system?
Thanks!
https://manything.com/ will turn a smartphone into a CCTV camera.
wyze cam. $25 on amazon.com, though might not ship internationally. Records to the cloud, email alerts, the usual.
It's a knock off chinese cam you can find elsewhere. I've a pair of them, and quite impressed for what they are - If I could think of more places to put them, I'd buy more.
Slightly more expensively, I've also a couple of dlink DCS-933L which you can pick up fairly cheaply on ebay and other places, ~$40. These also do email notification on motion triggering.
It's a knock off chinese cam you can find elsewhere. I've a pair of them, and quite impressed for what they are - If I could think of more places to put them, I'd buy more.
Slightly more expensively, I've also a couple of dlink DCS-933L which you can pick up fairly cheaply on ebay and other places, ~$40. These also do email notification on motion triggering.
I know what you mean about one child waking up the other one, and when you ask who started it they both point the finger at the other one and say 'he did it'.
There are plenty of nanny cams available on Amazon for less than £50, with several costing under £30. Damn good idea for finding out who is to blame!
Or you could invest in a proper CCTV system, search on Amazon for 'HIKVISION CCTV kit', I've fitted a few of their turret cameras and they are very good indeed, the kits for 4 camera + cables & DVR recorder start from under £200, there are also 5 camera and 8 camera systems available so you could put one camera in the hallway and the rest can look over your house.
There are plenty of nanny cams available on Amazon for less than £50, with several costing under £30. Damn good idea for finding out who is to blame!
Or you could invest in a proper CCTV system, search on Amazon for 'HIKVISION CCTV kit', I've fitted a few of their turret cameras and they are very good indeed, the kits for 4 camera + cables & DVR recorder start from under £200, there are also 5 camera and 8 camera systems available so you could put one camera in the hallway and the rest can look over your house.
jjones said:
thetapeworm said:
Can't you just ask them?
I don't have twins but is the bond so strong that they wouldn't grass the other up in return for a treat and to see the other one suffer?
We have twins, if one could sell the others kidney for £20 they would.I don't have twins but is the bond so strong that they wouldn't grass the other up in return for a treat and to see the other one suffer?
In practice it can be difficult to even define who "got up first" because going to the toilet, is of course, allowed. If you are coming back from the toilet and your brother yawns or coughs or otherwise makes a semi-legitimate but completely false noise very loudly and you go in to "check" him, then jump on his bed, who is to blame? they are thousands of variations on this.
So the cameras will be about justice.
OP here:
Thanks for all the replies, we ended up with one of these:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07437XNQH/ref...
Works really well.
By the way it took a year to actually do it!
Thanks for all the replies, we ended up with one of these:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07437XNQH/ref...
Works really well.
By the way it took a year to actually do it!
Norfolkandchance said:
OP here:
Thanks for all the replies, we ended up with one of these:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07437XNQH/ref...
Works really well.
By the way it took a year to actually do it!
Which of the little buggers was guilty?Thanks for all the replies, we ended up with one of these:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07437XNQH/ref...
Works really well.
By the way it took a year to actually do it!
It has made a difference to their sleep and therefore their behavior / happiness and therefore ours!
Basically they can only have good stuff, like tablet and dressing-up box if they stay in their rooms with the light off until 6:30. This means there is no incentive to get up earlier and therefore they might as well go back to sleep. Before they would get up as soon as they woke up so they be in our room soon after 5 but clearly still tired - rubbing their eyes and yawning. It also means that they sleep until they wake naturally, where as before they slept until their brother woke up because the first thing one would do did when they woke was wake-up their brother.
Test will be when the clocks go forward....
Basically they can only have good stuff, like tablet and dressing-up box if they stay in their rooms with the light off until 6:30. This means there is no incentive to get up earlier and therefore they might as well go back to sleep. Before they would get up as soon as they woke up so they be in our room soon after 5 but clearly still tired - rubbing their eyes and yawning. It also means that they sleep until they wake naturally, where as before they slept until their brother woke up because the first thing one would do did when they woke was wake-up their brother.
Test will be when the clocks go forward....
thetapeworm said:
The last option made me laugh more than i should 
We got our son a Gro-Clock when he was 4 and it changed everything. He used to get up at 6am or earlier but since we put the Gro-Clock in his room he'll look at it, see it's not time to get up yet and go back to sleep.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Clock-Sleep-Trainer-Story...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Clock-Sleep-Trainer-Story...
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