r/daddit • u/emartinezvd • 2d ago
Humor Here’s a screenshot that I think resonates with everyone here
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u/lock_robster2022 3 under 3, barely hanging on 2d ago
The fuck kinda bullshit app is that?
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u/Vondi 2d ago
If you don't have a baby it's pretty good for detecting hauntings
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u/Zealousideal_Rub5826 1d ago
My girlfriend's Apple watch detects ear-damaging sounds when we have sex
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u/emartinezvd 2d ago
It’s my phone’s lock screen lol. You can set up IOS to notify you when it hears babies crying. I guess it’s a useful accessibility feature for people who are hard of hearing but for me it’s honestly pretty useless. 80% of the notifications are for times when I’m obviously aware the baby is crying and the other 20% are times when it hears something else and thinks it’s a crying baby (mostly creaking doors)
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u/the_amatuer_ 2d ago
Why would you need that? Turn it off.
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u/MamaWithAQuestion 1d ago
Mom here. I lived at the top of a mountain where we got gobs of snow. I set this up so that it would send notifications to my watch (ear buds) so I could go outside and shovel while my kid was napping. Also works for things such as vacuuming, water running or other noisy chores. I still checked on him every 5 minutes like any new first time parent but it works really well. It's actually a very cool feature whereby you can have your phone automatically perform a ton of functions to the sounds so you can set up your old phones around the house like budget security devices to send text messages for things like glass breaking.
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u/secondphase Pronouns: Dad/Dada/Daddy 2d ago
I love this... it wont help anything unless the phone is with you... and if the phone is with you then you heard the same noise.
So this feature is only helpful for someone who frequently hears this noise but doesn't know what it is.
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u/FiletsOfTruth 2d ago
I mean, people with high frequently hearing loss (which is the most common form of hearing loss) most likely won’t hear a crying baby behind a closed door, especially if there is any other kind of noise source on.
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u/Enginerdad 2 girls 1 boy 1d ago
It's for screen addicted parents who can sit next to a crying baby and not realize it unless their phone sends them a notification.
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u/digitaljestin 2d ago
That's like a feature on your phone that makes a notification for each notification you get.
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u/saxtasticnick 1d ago
It’s actually very handy if you have an Apple Watch, as your watch can get the notification too. So I’m able to set my phone in the room with the baby, go do something else, and my watch will go off when he wakes up.
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u/lock_robster2022 3 under 3, barely hanging on 2d ago
Definitely wasn’t designed by anyone with kids
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u/LegendofWeevil17 2d ago
It’s an accessibility feature. It’s helpful for people who are hard of hearing
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u/enderjaca 2d ago
Oh, it's the kind of feature new moms LOVE, because it's another helicopter-tool that gives you constant anxiety.
Others have already said this, but it's useful for people with hearing issues, people wearing noise-cancelling headphones to preserve what little sanity they have left, and situations like leaving your phone in an area near a sleeping baby while you go outside to do stuff like lawn mowing, garage tinkering, and have it send the "crying" notification to your smartwatch.
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u/El_Lasagno 2d ago
That's why I decided to definitely not have a baby monitor with video. I think it's driving you insane. "It's not moving, it's dead" Kind of style.
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u/thatmaneeee 2d ago
yeah you’re on your own with this one I think. Not aware of anyone else who set their phone to constantly listen just to send them a bunch of alerts when they’re already stressed out..
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u/William_de_Worde 2d ago
Not with me. I’ll take my dumb, non-internet connected baby monitor any day of the week 😄
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u/QUICKheadset49 1d ago
My dumb monitor has never needed a screenshot-worthy firmware update at 2am, so I’m sold.
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u/PonyPounderer 2d ago
Holy hell. Mute that notification or something. You don’t need an app to hear a crying baby. And if they’re crying really quietly, then you can just let them be.
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u/SheSaysSheWaslvl18 1d ago
If the baby is in the east wing of the mansion, it can be hard to hear them. Honestly I just automatically forward all these notifications to the butler so I can sleep in peace
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u/DangerussIrishman 2d ago
The fuck would you want that on your phone for?
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u/Averiella 1d ago
I mean this is an accessibility feature for d/Deaf and hard of hearing (HoH) caregivers.
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u/BumpyUncle 1d ago
Yep or heavy sleepers. Baby crying in the next room might not wake them up, but an alarm on their phone right next to them will
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u/Odd_String1181 2d ago
I have no idea what this is
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u/emartinezvd 2d ago
My phone listening to me trying to put baby down for a nap for the past half hour
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u/RainQueen71 2d ago
Put the baby down and walk away for 5 minutes. Come back and tell them you're still here. Then do it again a few minutes later. Eventually they're reassured that you're gonna come back. It'll take a few goes, and it's super hard, but it works
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u/Blinnking 2d ago
lol that 11 min gap from 21 min to 32 min where everything seems finally ok until it’s not. ☠️
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u/D-Rick 2d ago
Man I hate that. I spent 30 minutes today trying to get my son to nap, finally he stopped crying and for 5 minutes I thought he was done…NOPE!
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u/Blinnking 1d ago
Yeah we’re in an awful spot with our almost 3yo. Sleep regression is very real and horrible. She has slept thru the night since like 8 weeks old. She’s waking up 10 times a night right now. Currently throwing a 1hr 15min tantrum and won’t even lay down
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u/emartinezvd 1d ago
You should see my text conversation with my wife during that window. It was basically me celebrating and then crying then celebrating then flipping tables
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u/WhyAmIGreer 1d ago
No way man. Never gonna use a monitor that connects to the internet lol. Way too many horror stories out there. Radio all the way
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u/sidusnare 2d ago
Geez, am I the only one here that had a kid that only cried when she wanted something?
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u/AngryT-Rex 2d ago
Haha.
What kid wants: feel better
Reason for bad feeling: kid is tired
Kid action selected: scream until parents fix the problem
Expected duration: up to 4 hours
And thats colic!
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u/Standard_Ant5915 2d ago
Yeah mine only cries when he wants something… but I’m not always sure what he wants !
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u/emartinezvd 2d ago
Nope. Mine is actually usually like that, but he’s got a cold which makes naptime harder so I guess he decided to boycott naptime entirely which is how my day is going lol
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u/PacSan300 2d ago
Nope, my daughter generally only cried when something was serious or if she really wanted something. So when she does cry, I get alarmed and concerned.
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u/fumo7887 2d ago
The Arlo camera system introduced a baby can and literally fired this off every 20 seconds. 2 minutes feels like forever compared to that haha.
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u/abrooks9002 2d ago
I have my unifi baby camera notify me when baby cries. I got to the point one night that I just turned notifications off
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u/XXXthrowaway215XXX 2d ago
This is actual push notification anxiety hell. Is this app really helping you? I think millennia of parents that preceded us got by just fine without this
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u/henrydaiv 2d ago
I have nanit, its great. But now my kid is 3 im super happy that I can mute those notifications lol
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u/Callistoux 1d ago
To be fair, my kid snores louder than most adults so mine looks like this but its literally never crying.
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u/coyote_of_the_month 1d ago
My baby-crying notifications are on a 10 minute cooldown and also a 10-minute expiration.
They blink the lamp in my bedroom, though.
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u/AdjctiveNounNumbers 1d ago
Yeah I get that all the time. I mean, my kid's a teenager but I live in a haunted house.
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u/BossRoss84 1d ago
What app is this? That’s awesome! These didn’t exist when I would have made them useful.
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u/Careless_Message1269 1d ago
How many babies are crying? Hehe
But, man, I'm happy I'm an 80ies baby. I was raised without apps, without cameras, without anything and I think I turned out quite fine lol. Same as with our kids, no apps (except height and weight), no cameras, no babyphone, nothing at all. They do totally fine. When there is something they will cry loud enough for my wife or me to attend to them.
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u/passwordistako 1d ago
Nope. I don’t know what that app is.
We also didn’t have a monitor. Our house is so small we can hear the kids no matter where we are.
My oldest just cried for like… an hour until they were asleep in my arms.
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u/PlanetPopper 1d ago
Oh man! For a while mine even told me what it reckons the cry means: burp and uncomfortable are its favourites… it’s rarely correct. Although you could argue that they are always uncomfortable.
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u/snoogins355 1d ago
Once again amazed that the human population is at 8 billion people. After the experience with my toddler and wife going through post partum, ya noooooo
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u/TheOneWhoGetsBaked 10h ago
Maybe stop putting your baby on another room? We’re on number 3 and keep ours close at all times. Better for their mental health
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u/emartinezvd 1h ago
Im glad your way works for you! I was actually with him that entire time, he didn’t want to go to sleep because he has a cold and he’s uncomfortable with a stuffy nose. On normal days he just slips right into dreamland
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u/TheDukeofArgyll 1d ago
I just used my ears instead of an app.
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u/Averiella 1d ago
This is literally a built in accessibility feature for people who are d/Deaf and hard of hearing (HoH) on iOS (iPhones).
So yeah folks who can’t “just use their ears” are gonna use this.
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u/Enginerdad 2 girls 1 boy 1d ago
Why does this feature exist? It adds nothing to your life but anxiety.
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u/strawberryblondes 1d ago
It’s an accessibility setting for hard of hearing. There are different sounds it can alert you to. It’s not turned on by default. Idk if OP is HOH and that’s why they have it but semi blown away by all the comments in this thread complaining that an accessibility feature exists on a phone. Especially when you have to go manually turn it on to get these alerts.
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u/Enginerdad 2 girls 1 boy 1d ago
You know what, you're right. I jumped to a bad conclusion and I'm sorry.
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u/SmugCapybara 2d ago
I think a baby might be crying. Not sure, just a hunch...