Do you use white noise for sleep?

TunieBee

I'm wondering what people do for white noise. At night? For naps? Just for a few minutes to help them fall asleep or do you leave it on all night or the whole nap? Have you noticed that it makes a difference?

steprozz

my whole family is addicted to white noise. I blame DH- he started it lol

Taymiller

We don't use a white noise machine but we play rock a bye baby for him for naps and at night

TunieBee

Ummmm...I realize I totally forgot a very important option..."No". Total mommy brain.

caitb413

I voted yes for naps and night time, but we don't have a sound machine. The ceiling fans are always on and I consider that white noise.

rainbowdashh

SS- sometimes. We have a sleep sheep that she loves whether it's on or off.

puttyeast

We have Sleep Sheep as well. He sleeps well at night so I'm trying to use it during naps too. Help him realize the ocean sound means sleep time.

irenewslee

Night time only. E is at daycare during the day and I dont think they use one. When I was home the first 3 months, I occasionally turned it on during nap time.

LaurelJoy91

SS: I used to, up until LO was about 2 months old. Lately, she's been falling asleep so easily that I don't need it. She also had a musical giraffe that did a fantastic job of lulling her to sleep, but I think we wound it too tight a couple days ago, and now it won't play

sjn00

Oh yesss we blast that thing and it stays on all the time. Calms her and drowns out outside noise as well

katekat8721

Sleep sheep here too.

I love that shit. It puts ME to sleep lol.

jenlynne0624

Don't really use anything as he sleeps in our room well at night and naps on me becaue if I put him down the whole street would know. I did get him to nap 20 mom in his crib while playing an iPod so I'll try that again. I normally sing him to sleep.

RedMar

On timer here as well, turns off in an hour.

We have used the ocean sound since day 1.

nicolemcm

?ss - We leave the fan on. But it's always on, so nothing special/new for LO

coffee89

We had a fan on when he was in our room but now that he is in the nursery there is nothing and he seems okay with it. Occasionally there is a big dehumidifier running in the next room which is loud enough to hear in the nursery which I do sometimes turn on if he is extra fussy even if we don't need it running.

mrscbrad

SS: only when he's fussy. We use Mountain River on the Sound sleeper ap.

Savvy122

Yes, always.  We have THIS sound machine and have used it since the day he came home from the hospital (we bought it when DS1 was an infant and used it in his room until he was about 3).  We play "Rain" for all naps and throughout the entire night... we also use the projector as a night light.  I freaking love this thing.

flerlgirl

We use a white noise machine and I also have an app on my phone if she's really upset. DS still sleeps with his on all night and for naps.

AandJ28

SS: I downloaded an instrumental movie theme song album and a lullabye album that we play on our iPod for naps and at night. We leave it on all night as I think it helps when she wakes up.

zolastele

SS: naps only--DS falls asleep easily at night but needs assistance during the day

JmeJoLee83

puttyeast said:

We have Sleep Sheep as well. He sleeps well at night so I'm trying to use it during naps too. Help him realize the ocean sound means sleep time.

This is exactly like my LO! When the ocean comes on he knows time to wind down
I-)

MrsAy

We have been using a fan as white noise during the summer but now that the weather is starting to cool down I'm not sure what we will be doing. Anyone has an app they can recommend?

CrysW08

Our white noise is our air conditioner. We have a window unit in the bedroom since we have no central air. But we remove it in the winter so we might be buying a machine. I think the baby could still fall asleep w/o it but I like that it drowns out noises so she stays asleep (we live in a densely populated area so it's kind of noisy.)

jenlynne0624

MrsAy said:

We have been using a fan as white noise during the summer but now that the weather is starting to cool down I'm not sure what we will be doing. Anyone has an app they can recommend?

@mrsay you can download an app that simulates the sound of a fan. Couldn't tell you the name of it, but I am sure if you search it, it will pop up. My friend used hers in a hotel room where we stayed before her and my husband's triathalon because she could not sleep without it.

MrsAy

I downloaded the one @skittler2‌ mentioned and it has a fan noise that sounds just like ours. Thanks!

H&H2014

JmeJoLee83 said:

puttyeast said:

We have Sleep Sheep as well. He sleeps well at night so I'm trying to use it during naps too. Help him realize the ocean sound means sleep time.

This is exactly like my LO! When the ocean comes on he knows time to wind down
I-)

Us too. I don't like any of the other sleep sheep noises. The womb one freaks me out. Lol

kks4471

We used a fan during the summer, but are not using anything now.  I just have to rock him to sleep, then he's out.

b48kate

JmeJoLee83 said:

puttyeast said:

We have Sleep Sheep as well. He sleeps well at night so I'm trying to use it during naps too. Help him realize the ocean sound means sleep time.

This is exactly like my LO! When the ocean comes on he knows time to wind down
I-)

Sleep sheep is my homeboy!

Dharmatron

We have a fan on all night. I can't sleep without it so she had it for the first 2.5 months. When I transitioned her to her own room, I put a fan in there too.

JmeJoLee83

@Internationalkate‌ @puttyeast‌ @H&H2014 does the sheep have replaceable batteries? Too lazy to get a screw driver but the homeboy has died and I will need him by naptime!

puttyeast

@JmeJoLee83‌ I haven't had to replace them yet but I just looked if up and he takes 2 AA batteries. I hope you can get him going for nap time!

babygabe614

We play the same two relaxation songs on the ipod (on a dock with speakers) on repeat all night, every night. It's gentle jungle/nature sounds and she is so accustomed to it now, the silence wakes her, or like someone else said, the sounds of us and the cats (our two cats sound like a herd of elephants in the middle of the night) will wake her. 

lest12

Team "fan is white noise" here. I tried a white noise app a few times and it was too stimulating. He would just stay wide awake. The fans are ok though.

b48kate

babygabe614 said:

We play the same two relaxation songs on the ipod (on a dock with speakers) on repeat all night, every night. It's gentle jungle/nature sounds and she is so accustomed to it now, the silence wakes her, or like someone else said, the sounds of us and the cats (our two cats sound like a herd of elephants in the middle of the night) will wake her. 

@babygabe11‌ I also have had to give our two cats a stern speech about waking up the baby....but you just can't stop those midnight crazies!