A portable receiver (12) of an infant monitoring apparatus (10) that includes the receiver and an infant monitoring device (14) configured to transmit infant monitoring data from a first location at which an infant is located to a second location, remote from the first location, at which the portable receiver is located. The portable receiver (12) has receiver to receive infant monitoring data from the infant monitoring device, a non-contact temperature sensing device by which an infants temperature can be sensed without touching the infant and a display to display temperatures sensed by the non-contact temperature sensing device
