in the crib unless the sounds are such as to activate the light box in which case the sounds are indicative of a disturbed state that requires the mother 39 s attention the image of the mother provided by the light box assembly and the recorded voice of the mother may be sufficient to quiet the infant in which case there is no need for the mother to leave her bed but it is only if the crying sounds which are heard over the monitor persist that it then may become necessary for the mother to leave her bed to attend to her infant additionally the caregiver or can also use transceiver 30 to transmit the caregiver 39 s voice back to the infant transceiver 30 is connected to a microphone 32 m 2 which can be of the type commonly supplied with personal computers to pick up the caregiver 39 s voice it is seen in fig3 that transceiver t r at the light box is connected to amplifier 27 which in turn in connected to speaker 23 to allow the caregiver 39 s live voice and image to override the prerecorded message if the caregiver deems it appropriate furthermore the use of a personal computer as the monitoring device can enable the remote monitoring of the infant via the internet which is schematically illustrated by block 33 this can occur if the mother for example is at work or otherwise away from the home of course a live caregiver such as baby sitter must he in close proximity to the infant the render assistance if necessary in a further.