These days, children complain so much about their nannies, and parents always want to know why. This may bring us to asking; what can parents do to make sure their properties and loved ones are safe when they’ve gone out of their houses. How do they know if they can trust their nannies or babysitters they hired to look after their families?

Finding and hiring a nanny to take care of your family can be a stressful undertaking, and leaving a stranger alone to look after your loved ones for crying out loud; most wouldn’t take likely. Using a nanny-hidden camera is an excellent way to gain peace of mind and to make sure everything goes smoothly with the new person in the house.

First of all what’s a nanny or hidden spy cam? They are video/audio cameras that are typically hidden so that it allows you to have that confidence that your loved ones are safe while you are away. It is usually hidden away inside of every household objects as alarm clocks, smoke detectors, teddy bears and etcetera.

One key consideration when using a motion activated hidden camera for the safety of your kids or old parents is to consider whether you want the camera to be hidden or visible; this can be a tough decision as both options have its own unique advantage. But today, we will be focusing on using a hidden nanny camera to your worthwhile advantage.

 A visible camera gives you the chance to be open with anyone you bring on as a nanny to let know that you’re watching from the start. Since many people consider their nanny to be part of the family, they prefer an open approach that avoids any feeling of deception that could come from hidden nanny cams. Nonetheless, even with the application of this open approach, it is still considerable and advisable to have a hidden camera placed in some strategic place, because you never know what plans a nanny may have when those visible cameras are out of reach in capturing some specific angles of viewing. In addition, visible spy cameras may get hacked or even malfunction, and at those perilous times; anything can happen, since it’s an opportunity to caretakers or babysitters to be naughty.

From professional experience, many experts have come to the conclusion that visible cameras are plainly for the purpose of maintaining a good behavior or a kind of monitoring system that strongly influences how a person in your home or workplace behave and hence not particularly for the purpose of safety. This is so because if they know that a camera is present, they will be much less likely to do anything inappropriate. A hidden camera in the other hand will show you what people do when they feel no one is watching, so while may not be as good as being deterrent to people, if anything is going on, it will help catch the person in the act with the help of push notifications and alarms that goes with motion detection technology.

When using a hidden camera, placement is a very important first consideration. If you want the camera hidden, think about where you want the camera to be placed, and whether the object used as a disguise will blend in there. For instance, if the unit is going to be placed in a small child’s room, a digital alarm clock may not make much sense, but a hidden camera inside a teddy bear will be perfect for that setting. There are also more universal cameras that are hidden in an AC adapter that will work in almost every environment. Another question you have to ask yourself is; what features you need to get the most out of your hidden cameras.

For child safety, if you know you’ll be recording at night or in a low light environment, you will definitely want a camera with night vision. Also, are you willing to regularly retrieve the camera's memory card to review your video footage? If you are like most people, your answer will be No! Therefore, you’ll want to take a look at Wi-Fi hidden cameras that allows you to view footage in real time from a Smartphone, tablet or PC. Typically these Wi-Fi cameras do send push notifications, which means; if the cameras sense motion in a room, it will notify you immediately with a pop-up or beep message on your phone.

Location is another factor in choosing a hidden nanny cam that is right for you. For example, if you plan to place the hidden camera in a location far from the power outlet, you should purchase a camera with long battery life. The motion activation is another important feature for a nanny camera that would be kept in one place for a very long time. Motion activation allows the camera to only record senses of motion in a room when no one is in the room, it won’t record any un-important video which tends to save you from reviewing countless hours of video footage and thus extends the cameras battery life. In addition, it is important to consider the resolution. The higher the video resolution, the more details you’ll be able to see especially from a far distance, and we all know to capture details clearly on your camera is one of the most important factors of installing hidden cameras for child care and safety purpose.

Some Examples Where Hidden Cameras Has Been Proofed To Be Worthy For Childcare

Let us look at some

  • Hidden cameras had helped parents to monitor the actions and behaviors of nannies/nurses. An example of terrible behavior is evidence of footage showing a nanny peeing in a sink.
  • Helps notify you, if your house is prone to a disaster such as fire outbreak from smoke detectors and so on, alarming you to the current event so you can call your little kids to attention
  • Hidden cameras can call you to attention when your child is about indulging into a carefree and dreadful activity at midnight hours, if you care to set it for motion detection.
  • Helps notify you when your baby is about breaching an area in your household that’s dangerous for little children. Examples are swimming pool areas, fireplace and so on.
  • Some people think they need to monitor their kids from unforeseen forces during the night, why not? Since ghosts cannot escape being caught in a camera.
  • Helps you prove your case in court about your child’s safety from an intruder or a devious nanny or friend.

   One of the common worthwhile needs for nanny cams with audio which may be hidden and installed close to a child’s crib is that; it serves as a two way kind of walkie-talkie voice communication that helps to keep the babies happy when hearing voices of their parents.

 

Tips In Getting Things Right All The Time

When it comes to caring for a child, the kind of monitoring equipment or nanny camera you need may depend on how big the house is. This is true because in a case of big houses you may want to make sure you go for hidden cameras that can view a wider range of distance unless maybe you want to install them in every hook and cranny. Also, do well to check for the functionality of the two-way communication between a transmitter and receiver of some of these monitoring nanny cam devices, because they can sometimes fail.

Are you traveling for a business meeting as a parent? Then what you need may just be a kind of mobile hidden camera that shows you everything in real time, your receiver can be clipped to yourself at all times using a belt clip, and make sure to charge your receiver battery to the fullest.