Monitored monitoring

So one comment suggested that I ask for suggestions about what are good baby products and which ones are just stupid. Let's talk about baby monitors. I have not done a big in depth research project yet, but there seems to be a monitor for just about everything. Simply by walking through some baby departments I have seen traditional noise monitors of course, a really cool video monitor, a monitor for carbon dioxide, a radon monitor, and a motion monitor that beeps after there is no movement for a couple of minutes. I know I am going to be a paranoid parent, I can already tell. I could be convinced to purchase any kind of monitor, really any kind. You could sell me a string of bells and call it a gerbil monitor. Now maybe you don't expect to have a gerbil infestation, but I don't expect to have a CO2 leak. If a roving band of malicious mutant gerbils broke into my home, I wouldn't want them attacking my infant, would you? No, aboslutely not, think of the scarring, that would be horrible, a travisty, especially if it could have been avoided by a product easily available at your local baby department. Of course, a gerbil monitor only makes sense for any parent that wants to avoid gerbil teeth shaped scars on their child's face. In fact, I think I might start marketing the newly available ERDS, an Early Rodent Detection System. Order yours today for three easy payments of 29.95.

Monitors, good? Which kinds?