At the grandparents', in a second room, on a visit
A baby monitor is usually bought for one nursery. Life has more rooms than that. Moonside is cheap enough, and quick enough to set up, to be the monitor everywhere else too.
The monitor that lives at grandma's
Most grandparents have an old phone in a drawer. Pair it with your phone once, during a visit, and leave it there as the Baby phone. From then on, every visit starts with plugging it in next to the travel cot and tapping Baby. The pairing is kept, there is no account to remember, and the Baby phone is always free, so a phone that is not signed in to any store account works just as well.
Grandparents who babysit can be a Parent phone too. More than one Parent phone can listen at the same time, and a phone can switch between Baby and Parent whenever you like.
A second room at home
- The afternoon nap in the pram in the garden, with the Baby phone in the basket.
- A second child, with a second old phone in the second room. The purchase is not per child.
- A room the hardware monitor does not reach: Moonside works over your Wi-Fi, so a thick wall or a far bedroom makes no difference.
Visits and sleepovers
At a friend's house the travel cot is in a room at the other end of the hall, and the hardware monitor stayed at home. Two phones, a charger and a minute of pairing give you the same evening you would have had at home, including the alarm if the connection drops and the warning when the Baby phone's battery runs low.
Who listens, and who pays
| Setup | What you need | What it costs |
|---|---|---|
| Your phone and an old phone at the grandparents' | Pair once, in person. | One purchase on your phone, after the 3-day trial. The old phone is free. |
| Both parents listening | Each parent's phone paired as a Parent phone. | On iPhone, Family Sharing covers the second iPhone. A Parent phone on a different store account needs its own unlock. |
| Grandparents babysitting with their own phone as the Parent phone | Pair their phone as a Parent phone while you are there. | Free for 3 days after their phone first pairs, then an unlock on their phone if they keep using it as the Parent phone. |
| Two children, two rooms | Two Baby phones, paired with the same Parent phone. | Nothing extra. The purchase is not per child. |
Keep it honest with yourself
Moonside tells you when it has lost the nursery, warns about a low battery, and alerts you when the room gets loud. It does not watch your child for you. Use it the way you would use any baby monitor: within reach, with an adult responsible. It is not a medical device.