Baby Crack machine is on sale - buy or not?

pumpkinspice4321 · March 2012

A lot of bump ladies rave about the Baby Crack machine. Not the real name of course, LOL! It is a good price but I am still a little unsure if I want to spend the money. What exactly does it do? Help them fall asleep? Stay asleep? Or is it just comforting? Also...does the projector work really well? Thanks!

Patella1129 · March 2012

We have a simpler one that doesn't project anything: https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/Product.asp?SKU=13630208

I think it definitely helps DS both fall and stay asleep. It drowns out our household noise (we have a small house, so you can hear everything everywhere) and mimics that shushing "womb" sound.

Under.the.Rose · March 2012

I was given one as a gift and I don't like it at all.

The sound options (especially the music ones) are obnoxious and not calming in any way. I would much rather have a mp3 speakers/docking station in baby's room and make my own mix of nature sounds/calming music. Turning a fan on in baby's room also works wonders.

cookies+milk · March 2012

I would vote YES on white noise but NO on this because the max it stays on is 45 minutes. DD needs white noise to sleep (busy street) and when we used the 45-minute cycle on the Sleep Sheep by Cloud B, she'd wake up when it ended. I downloaded a white noise song on iTunes, repeated it for 13 hours and put it in her room in an iPod dock I already owned. Way cheaper and it lasts all night.

laurenFaith · March 2012

Yes, we have that one! The thing I liked most about getting DD used to white noise was that we were able to recreate her sleeping environment anywhere we went. With a swaddle blanket, white noise, and the light show she was always able to fall asleep, whether we were at the in-laws, my parents, or on vacation. It also drowned out background noise we didn't all have to tiptoe around. I definitely recommend it!

The projector does work but we had to replace it twice because it broke. BB&B is amazing at taking things back so we never had a problem. Getting a new one for this LO too!

pumpkinspice4321 · March 2012

Patella1129:
We have a simpler one that doesn't project anything: https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/Product.asp?SKU=13630208
I think it definitely helps DS both fall and stay asleep. It drowns out our household noise (we have a small house, so you can hear everything everywhere) and mimics that shushing "womb" sound.

I like the smaller size of that one. I haven't been to BBB in forever! I need to find a coupon.

pumpkinspice4321 · March 2012

Under.the.Rose:
I was given one as a gift and I don't like it at all.
The sound options (especially the music ones) are obnoxious and not calming in any way. I would much rather have a mp3 speakers/docking station in baby's room and make my own mix of nature sounds/calming music. Turning a fan on in baby's room also works wonders.

I wish I could listen to the sounds online! How weird they aren't calming, isn't that the whole point?

alisonmsmith · March 2012

My good friend had this at the top of her "New Mom Must Have List". She had the one that projects, but she said she used the white noise or other sounds and it was one of the only things that soothed her colic-y baby boy. If I don't get it at the shower, I will shortly after. (Several of these types of machines have a "heartbeat" setting too...

pumpkinspice4321 · March 2012

cookies+milk:
I would vote YES on white noise but NO on this because the max it stays on is 45 minutes. DD needs white noise to sleep (busy street) and when we used the 45-minute cycle on the Sleep Sheep by Cloud B, she'd wake up when it ended. I downloaded a white noise song on iTunes, repeated it for 13 hours and put it in her room in an iPod dock I already owned. Way cheaper and it lasts all night.

Oh ya I can see the problem with a 45 minute max. Hmm.

laurenFaith · March 2012

alohagirl77:
Under.the.Rose:
I was given one as a gift and I don't like it at all.
The sound options (especially the music ones) are obnoxious and not calming in any way. I would much rather have a mp3 speakers/docking station in baby's room and make my own mix of nature sounds/calming music. Turning a fan on in baby's room also works wonders.
I wish I could listen to the sounds online! How weird they aren't calming, isn't that the whole point?

We actually only used the waves or ocean one.

caitlyn0216 · March 2012

Almost every review on amazon talks about how it stopped working correctly anytime between first use and 4 months. I'd try to find something similar.

jmgcoggins · March 2012

We used the fisher price seahorse when he was newborn/infant age, DS still loves that thing and still sleeps with it although it's rarely turned on. Around 8 months (for Christmas) we got him the Leap Frog Scout dog. It plays him songs for 15 minutes and we turn it on and pick the songs it plays for him. If he's still awake after the 15 minutes, he actually will turn it back on himself.

jenb_99 · March 2012

I loooooooove my Homedics SoundSpa. It's a lifesaver. We've used it all night every night since DS came home from the hospital. The rain sound is very soothing and keeps DS from stirring and startling at every little noise.

I'd buy another even at twice the regular price, I love it that much.

lolalillie · March 2012

Both of our kids have these machines in their rooms and love them! There is not a time limit on the sounds. Ours run and project all night long. GL!!!

livinreality · March 2012

the projection seems like overkill, one more thing you LO will need for sleep... we use a mix of a sound machine and lullaby cd.

PinkPeony6210 · March 2012

We've had ours for well over a year, and it still works perfectly fine. I put it on the "rain" sound before Ella goes to bed, and it stays on all night. I would totally recommend it!

adamstodrake · March 2012

My DS turns two this month and still sleeps with his, I highly recommend it! We are absolutely getting one for DD as well. For us, it drowns out noise, but more than that, DS hears it and knows it is time to sleep. It is soothing for him (he still loves to be shooshed to sleep too); we keep it on the rain setting and he loves looking at the fish slide. 24 hour a day playing and two years later, it is still working great.

LBRENNEC · March 2012

Just read the happiest baby on the block. No other gadgets needed other than a sleep sack to swaddle.

https://charlie-the-cavalier.blogspot.com/2012/02/11-things-to-know-before-having-baby.html

in my life · March 2012

cookies+milk:
I would vote YES on white noise but NO on this because the max it stays on is 45 minutes. DD needs white noise to sleep (busy street) and when we used the 45-minute cycle on the Sleep Sheep by Cloud B, she'd wake up when it ended. I downloaded a white noise song on iTunes, repeated it for 13 hours and put it in her room in an iPod dock I already owned. Way cheaper and it lasts all night.

I just wanted to point out that it is untrue that it only stays on 45 minutes. I've used this one with DD her whole life on the rain or ocean setting, and it's on all night. We use the projector nightly now because she isnt a fan of the dark. Never had an issue with it and its great to have to drown out outside noise.

jemal · March 2012

Patella1129:
We have a simpler one that doesn't project anything: https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/Product.asp?SKU=13630208
I think it definitely helps DS both fall and stay asleep. It drowns out our household noise (we have a small house, so you can hear everything everywhere) and mimics that shushing "womb" sound.

We have this exact same one...and the same situation too. (small house etc) We didn't start using it til 10 months or so, but it has been a great help both at home and when we travel.

mieuxmieux · March 2012

Buy it!

erindawn · March 2012

I would say YES, get some sort of noise machine but it doesn't have to be this one. We have this one and like it but don't ever use the projection (have it for first DS). I just bought the Sleep Sheep for baby #2 but the downside is it's battery powered vs. plug in.

The reason my DS#1 likes this is just the white noise. He likes the projection and plays with it but never at night and didn't when he was a baby.

Torani · March 2012

We have one for DS1. He slept to the ocean sound forever, and now asks for the "boom boom" (heartbeat) when he sleeps. He likes it on all night. The projector did break after a year, and that was really not a fun week to get him to sleep without it! Like PPs said, it's also great for travel, as it makes him feel a little like home. The songs are not really soothing, kind of loud and annoying, but the three settings of white noise (heartbeat, ocean, rain) are nice, and the moving projector with three discs is great (while it worked).

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