SEATTLE —

Parents buy video baby monitors for a sense of security and reassurance their little one is sound asleep in their crib.  But, it doesn’t take much for a complete stranger to peek in by picking up your signal on their receiver.

With monitor in hand, we hit the streets of Seattle and within five minutes started picking up other baby monitors’ signals.  The first camera we picked up showed an empty crib, but we could hear voices in the background.

We knocked on the door and inside met the Fleming family.  Two year-old Alex was busy decorating the Christmas tree.  Mom Catherine told us her nanny recently had a monitor mix-up. 

“She was looking at who she thought was Alex in the monitor and said ‘Wait a second.  This isn’t Alex, this is another baby.’  I couldn’t believe it,” says Catherine.

The problem is these video monitors run on open and unlicensed radio frequencies which are easily intercepted by other analog receivers.  Now Catherine wonders who else could be watching her baby.

“That’s creepy.  There could be someone with not the best of intentions doing that and who knows.  There are enough strange people it could be used for the wrong purpose,” says Catherine.

A few blocks over we saw a little guy waking up from his afternoon nap in his crib.   Michael Tomczyk told us he had no idea this could happen.  He worries burglars could also use this to their advantage.

To avoid this issue all together, you can buy a baby monitor that hooks into your home computer’s wireless network or buy one that runs on a digital signal.  Parents want the manufacturers of analog monitors to make them more secure.

“I wanted to bring this to their attention that this is something that is not acceptable.  It concerns me that someone can so easily look into my baby’s crib,” says Catherine.

For more information on how to choose a secure monitor, go to http://baby-video-monitor-review.toptenreviews.com/video-baby-monitors-the-scoop-on-analog-vs.-digital.html or http://hubpages.com/hub/Best-Baby-Monitors-Top-Wireless-and-Video-Baby-Monitors

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