White Noise Machine

hunterjumper102 · November 2012

How many of you ladies use a white noise machine at night for when LO sleeps? We recently moved C to his nursery from the cradle in our room but he seems to be sleeping shorter stretches in his crib than he was in the cradle. I am wondering if now that he switched rooms he is missing the sound of the fan that we have in our room and maybe a white noise machine will help. Have you noticed a big difference in how LO sleeps when using white noise vs not using anything?

Dragonfly1226 · November 2012

We use a fan. As soon as we started using it P started sleeping for longer stretches. It is a miracle machine for us. We used to use a crib soother that made rain forest noises but the fan is a million times better. Plus the air circulation decreased the risk of SIDS.

TJ1979 · November 2012

E still sleeps in our room (no judgment - I like her in there!) and we have 2 fans going. But if she's napping somewhere else, we use the sleep sheep - that thing was a life saver in the earlier days, we wouldn't go anywhere without it!

hunterjumper102 · November 2012

Maybe I will try the fan first before investing in something more expensive. I will also look into this sleep sheep, I have never heard of it before!

TJ1979 · November 2012

We got the travel sleep sheep, which is just a small stuffed animal that plays 4 different white noises. It can be set for 20 minutes or 45 minutes. It's small enough that we currently have it in the corner of her PNP (she doesn't move when sleeping) but also has a strap so you can strap it around an upper crib rail out of LO's reach once LO starts to move. I don't think it was very expensive, and it's totally adorable. (This is not a paid solicitation for sleep sheep. They do not know me. I just love my sleep sheep.)

LnR70707 · November 2012

We've always used one...even when he was in our room. I don't think we'd be able to function in the house while he's sleeping without it.

ETA: I'd go with a sound machine over a fan because it is easy to travel with and you don't have to worry about safety issues once they are mobile. We have a tower fan in the room too during the summer, but he tries to stick his fingers in it and pull it over every chance he gets.

kbeach82 · November 2012

V still sleeps with a ceiling fan and his sound machine on, for both naps and overnight. It really helps to drown out the noise outside and in the house and we take it with us when we travel. It is a MUST for us!

amandaleigh1 · November 2012

I use a fan and a graco white noise machine in ds's room. It is not that expensive and has nice sounds that I can sleep to as well. It is small enough to travel with.

Sarafuss · November 2012

We have the Homedics Sound Spa and love it. I have no plans to get rid of it. We originally got it to block out noise from our dogs and just noise in general because we were living in a small house. Now that we've moved we still use it.

We had the Sleep Sheep at first but I didn't like that it shut off after 45 minutes and we had to keep buying batteries. I like the sound machine we got because you plug it in and you can also use batteries for travel.

I am Marla Singer · November 2012

TJ1979:
We got the travel sleep sheep, which is just a small stuffed animal that plays 4 different white noises.nbsp; It can be set for 20 minutes or 45 minutes.nbsp; It's small enough that we currently have it in the corner of her PNP she doesn't move when sleeping but also has a strap so you can strap it around an upper crib rail out of LO's reach once LO starts to move.nbsp; I don't think it was very expensive, and it's totally adorable.nbsp; This is not a paid solicitation for sleep sheep.nbsp; They do not know me.nbsp; I just love my sleep sheep.

We have the sleep giraffe... Okay TWO giraffes. I swear by them! The white noise really helps!

ELF4321 · November 2012

We have an old creaky house and crappy single pain windows -- if we didn't have a white noise machine, DD would never sleep! I bought a really inexpensive one from Bed Bath & Beyond with one of their 20% off coupons, and it is great -- six sounds to choose from. You can set it on a timer or just let it run all night, and there's a battery backup for when power goes out (which was a life saver after the recent hurricane!). https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?SKU=13630208

BabyKsMommy · November 2012

I have the homedics one is was about 20 on amazon. It does the ocean, rain, heartbeat, and a couple lullabies. It also has a projector but I read in the reviews it stops working sooner if you use the projector. But I use it for naps everyday without any problems and LO is almost 16 months.

patchen30 · November 2012

We live in a NYC apt. - need I say more. DS has his own bedroom but it's still not a palace! The kitchen is right outside his room and if it wasn't for the white noise machine we'd be ordering take out every night. The white noise machine also for some reason was pivotal in getting him to sleep longer stretches.

We had the sleep sheep but the fact that it switches off defeats the purpose and creates a sleep problem IMO - they get used to having that to fall asleep, but then when they wake up for partial arousals during the night it's not on which leads to crying, needing mom, etc. W/ a white noise machine they wake up during the night and it can lull them back to sleep. We have the Brookstone one and you can plug it in or use batteries - it even worked when our power went out during the hurricane.

That said, it's a crutch. DH wants to get DS off of it.

wiscgirl95 · November 2012

We still use one. Always have. Our house is very old, hard wood floors, lots of creaking and nothing to absorb the sound. When we travel I have a white noise app on my phone that we use.

Amandelic · November 2012

LO has a white noise machine in her room and it has worked wonders. It helps her sleep soundly all night. She used to get disturbed by H and I walking around outside her room... he works shift work and I would be up and out of the house early for work.

Run20K · November 2012

We use the Sleep Sheep and love it

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