diff --git a/shared-bindings/memorymonitor/AllocationAlarm.c b/shared-bindings/memorymonitor/AllocationAlarm.c
index 71a156f328..36e2cb5b23 100644
--- a/shared-bindings/memorymonitor/AllocationAlarm.c
+++ b/shared-bindings/memorymonitor/AllocationAlarm.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * The MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2017 Scott Shawcroft for Adafruit Industries
+ * Copyright (c) 2020 Scott Shawcroft for Adafruit Industries
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -76,7 +76,27 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t memorymonitor_allocationalarm_make_new(const mp_obj_type_t *type
     return MP_OBJ_FROM_PTR(self);
 }
 
-// TODO: Add .countdown(count) to skip allocations and alarm on something after the first.
+//|     def ignore(self, count) -> AllocationAlarm:
+//|         """Sets the number of applicable allocations to ignore before raising the exception.
+//|            Automatically set back to zero at context exit.
+//|
+//|            Use it within a ``with`` block::
+//|
+//|              # Will not alarm because the bytearray allocation will be ignored.
+//|              with aa.ignore(2):
+//|                  x = bytearray(20)
+//|            """
+//|         ...
+//|
+STATIC mp_obj_t memorymonitor_allocationalarm_obj_ignore(mp_obj_t self_in, mp_obj_t count_obj) {
+    mp_int_t count = mp_obj_get_int(count_obj);
+    if (count < 0) {
+        mp_raise_ValueError_varg(translate("%q must be >= 0"), MP_QSTR_count);
+    }
+    common_hal_memorymonitor_allocationalarm_set_ignore(self_in, count);
+    return self_in;
+}
+MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_2(memorymonitor_allocationalarm_ignore_obj, memorymonitor_allocationalarm_obj_ignore);
 
 //|     def __enter__(self) -> memorymonitor.AllocationAlarm:
 //|         """Enables the alarm."""
@@ -95,6 +115,7 @@ MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_1(memorymonitor_allocationalarm___enter___obj, memorymon
 //|
 STATIC mp_obj_t memorymonitor_allocationalarm_obj___exit__(size_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *args) {
     (void)n_args;
+    common_hal_memorymonitor_allocationalarm_set_ignore(args[0], 0);
     common_hal_memorymonitor_allocationalarm_pause(args[0]);
     return mp_const_none;
 }
@@ -102,6 +123,7 @@ STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_VAR_BETWEEN(memorymonitor_allocationalarm___exit_
 
 STATIC const mp_rom_map_elem_t memorymonitor_allocationalarm_locals_dict_table[] = {
     // Methods
+    { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR_ignore), MP_ROM_PTR(&memorymonitor_allocationalarm_ignore_obj) },
     { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR___enter__), MP_ROM_PTR(&memorymonitor_allocationalarm___enter___obj) },
     { MP_ROM_QSTR(MP_QSTR___exit__), MP_ROM_PTR(&memorymonitor_allocationalarm___exit___obj) },
 };
diff --git a/shared-bindings/memorymonitor/AllocationAlarm.h b/shared-bindings/memorymonitor/AllocationAlarm.h
index 40f5a48c5b..304b9c5a72 100644
--- a/shared-bindings/memorymonitor/AllocationAlarm.h
+++ b/shared-bindings/memorymonitor/AllocationAlarm.h
@@ -34,5 +34,6 @@ extern const mp_obj_type_t memorymonitor_allocationalarm_type;
 void common_hal_memorymonitor_allocationalarm_construct(memorymonitor_allocationalarm_obj_t* self, size_t minimum_block_count);
 void common_hal_memorymonitor_allocationalarm_pause(memorymonitor_allocationalarm_obj_t* self);
 void common_hal_memorymonitor_allocationalarm_resume(memorymonitor_allocationalarm_obj_t* self);
+void common_hal_memorymonitor_allocationalarm_set_ignore(memorymonitor_allocationalarm_obj_t* self, mp_int_t count);
 
 #endif // MICROPY_INCLUDED_SHARED_BINDINGS_MEMORYMONITOR_ALLOCATIONALARM_H
diff --git a/shared-bindings/memorymonitor/AllocationSize.c b/shared-bindings/memorymonitor/AllocationSize.c
index 25ecae97b8..3e0e31336f 100644
--- a/shared-bindings/memorymonitor/AllocationSize.c
+++ b/shared-bindings/memorymonitor/AllocationSize.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  * The MIT License (MIT)
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2017 Scott Shawcroft for Adafruit Industries
+ * Copyright (c) 2020 Scott Shawcroft for Adafruit Industries
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 //|     def __init__(self):
 //|         """Tracks the number of allocations in power of two buckets.
 //|
-//|         It will have 32 16bit buckets to track allocation counts. It is total allocations
+//|         It will have 16 16bit buckets to track allocation counts. It is total allocations
 //|         meaning frees are ignored. Reallocated memory is counted twice, at allocation and when
 //|         reallocated with the larger size.
 //|
@@ -47,25 +47,20 @@
 //|         per block, typically 16. Bucket 2 will be less than or equal to 4 blocks. See
 //|         `bytes_per_block` to convert blocks to bytes.
 //|
-//|         Multiple AllocationSizes can be used to track different boundaries.
-//|
-//|         Active AllocationSizes will not be freed so make sure and pause before deleting.
+//|         Multiple AllocationSizes can be used to track different code boundaries.
 //|
 //|         Track allocations::
 //|
 //|           import memorymonitor
 //|
-//|           mm = memorymonitor.AllocationSizes()
-//|           print("hello world" * 3)
-//|           mm.pause()
-//|           for bucket in mm:
-//|               print("<", 2 ** bucket, mm[bucket])
+//|           mm = memorymonitor.AllocationSize()
+//|           with mm:
+//|             print("hello world" * 3)
 //|
-//|           # Clear the buckets
-//|           mm.clear()
+//|           for bucket, count in enumerate(mm):
+//|               print("<", 2 ** bucket, count)
 //|
-//|           # Resume allocation tracking
-//|           mm.resume()"""
+//|         """
 //|         ...
 //|
 STATIC mp_obj_t memorymonitor_allocationsize_make_new(const mp_obj_type_t *type, size_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *pos_args, mp_map_t *kw_args) {
@@ -78,7 +73,7 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t memorymonitor_allocationsize_make_new(const mp_obj_type_t *type,
 }
 
 //|     def __enter__(self, ) -> Any:
-//|         """No-op used by Context Managers."""
+//|         """Clears counts and resumes tracking."""
 //|         ...
 //|
 STATIC mp_obj_t memorymonitor_allocationsize_obj___enter__(mp_obj_t self_in) {
@@ -118,12 +113,12 @@ const mp_obj_property_t memorymonitor_allocationsize_bytes_per_block_obj = {
 };
 
 //|     def __len__(self, ) -> Any:
-//|         """Returns the current pulse length
+//|         """Returns the number of allocation buckets.
 //|
 //|         This allows you to::
 //|
-//|           pulses = pulseio.PulseIn(pin)
-//|           print(len(pulses))"""
+//|           mm = memorymonitor.AllocationSize()
+//|           print(len(mm))"""
 //|         ...
 //|
 STATIC mp_obj_t memorymonitor_allocationsize_unary_op(mp_unary_op_t op, mp_obj_t self_in) {
@@ -137,12 +132,12 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t memorymonitor_allocationsize_unary_op(mp_unary_op_t op, mp_obj_t
 }
 
 //|     def __getitem__(self, index: Any) -> Any:
-//|         """Returns the value at the given index or values in slice.
+//|         """Returns the allocation count for the given bucket.
 //|
 //|         This allows you to::
 //|
-//|           pulses = pulseio.PulseIn(pin)
-//|           print(pulses[0])"""
+//|           mm = memorymonitor.AllocationSize()
+//|           print(mm[0])"""
 //|         ...
 //|
 STATIC mp_obj_t memorymonitor_allocationsize_subscr(mp_obj_t self_in, mp_obj_t index_obj, mp_obj_t value) {
diff --git a/shared-module/memorymonitor/AllocationAlarm.c b/shared-module/memorymonitor/AllocationAlarm.c
index ed7ab75ab2..35f4e4c636 100644
--- a/shared-module/memorymonitor/AllocationAlarm.c
+++ b/shared-module/memorymonitor/AllocationAlarm.c
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ void common_hal_memorymonitor_allocationalarm_construct(memorymonitor_allocation
     self->previous = NULL;
 }
 
+void common_hal_memorymonitor_allocationalarm_set_ignore(memorymonitor_allocationalarm_obj_t* self, mp_int_t count) {
+    self->count = count;
+}
+
 void common_hal_memorymonitor_allocationalarm_pause(memorymonitor_allocationalarm_obj_t* self) {
     // Check to make sure we aren't already paused. We can be if we're exiting from an exception we
     // caused.
@@ -67,12 +71,16 @@ void memorymonitor_allocationalarms_allocation(size_t block_count) {
         // Hold onto next in case we remove the alarm from the list.
         memorymonitor_allocationalarm_obj_t* next = alarm->next;
         if (block_count >= alarm->minimum_block_count) {
-            // Uncomment the breakpoint below if you want to use a C debugger to figure out the C
-            // call stack for an allocation.
-            // asm("bkpt");
-            // Pause now because we may alert when throwing the exception too.
-            common_hal_memorymonitor_allocationalarm_pause(alarm);
-            alert_count++;
+            if (alarm->count > 0) {
+                alarm->count--;
+            } else {
+                // Uncomment the breakpoint below if you want to use a C debugger to figure out the C
+                // call stack for an allocation.
+                // asm("bkpt");
+                // Pause now because we may alert when throwing the exception too.
+                common_hal_memorymonitor_allocationalarm_pause(alarm);
+                alert_count++;
+            }
         }
         alarm = next;
     }
diff --git a/shared-module/memorymonitor/AllocationAlarm.h b/shared-module/memorymonitor/AllocationAlarm.h
index 95381c6609..172c24f6c8 100644
--- a/shared-module/memorymonitor/AllocationAlarm.h
+++ b/shared-module/memorymonitor/AllocationAlarm.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ typedef struct _memorymonitor_allocationalarm_obj_t memorymonitor_allocationalar
 typedef struct _memorymonitor_allocationalarm_obj_t {
     mp_obj_base_t base;
     size_t minimum_block_count;
+    mp_int_t count;
     // Store the location that points to us so we can remove ourselves.
     memorymonitor_allocationalarm_obj_t** previous;
     memorymonitor_allocationalarm_obj_t* next;