![]() White noise will help mask these small noises so you and your partner can sleep better. Newborn swings can also be quite noisy, especially when they’re banging away mere inches from your bed. Parents notoriously wake up every time the baby grunts or gurgles (and babies are NOISY CREATURES). We DO know that white noise reduces active sleep (which is the sleep state where SIDS is most likely to occur). Nobody knows why the fan helps – it could be my moving the air around although many believe it has to do with the white noise the fan makes. If you’re starting to feel dizzy and/or see stars it’s time to outsource your shushing to an electric white noise device (radio, et al).Ī relatively famous study (famous if you read a lot about baby sleep, so honestly you should be a little proud if you haven’t heard of it) showed that babies had a significant reduction in the risk of SIDS if they had a fan in their room. Loud sustained shushing can be a challenge. ![]() Also you may need to continue to shush for a while. You need to shush LOUDLY (sounds a bit ridiculous I know) so that the calming noise can penetrate above the crying. Your baby can’t hear the shushing over his own crying. Holding a screaming baby while shushing like a gentle librarian is useless. The key to using white noise (sushing or from a radio) to help calm a crying baby is that it needs to be LOUDER than the crying. It also helps to block out the noise of life (older siblings, doorbells, garbage trucks, etc.) that can interfere with naps and night sleep.ĭid you know that shushing is a sound that people universally understand and make with babies? Shushing is simply white noise that you make yourself. White noise helps babies gently navigate these arousals to get longer, more restorative naps. Ever wonder why your baby only naps for 20 minutes at a time? Well it’s because when she hits her sleep arousal at the ~20 minute mark she is unable to fall back into deeper sleep and thus her nap is over. Babies have what are called “sleep arousals”, usually about every 20-45 minutes. They fall asleep more easily and stay asleep longer. White noise creates a safe space for them by blocking out that stimulation. They’re stressed when they’re over-tired, they’re stressed because their world is more stimulating than they’re ready to handle, they’re overwhelmed with lights, faces, and excitement. ![]() ![]() What do babies get stressed about? Just about everything. White noise is hands-down the best and easiest thing you can use to help you and your baby sleep better. Or they think they are using white noise, but whatever device they are using barely makes enough noise to drown out a library whisper (yes I’m talking about you sleepy sheep – these don’t work, please don’t buy one). Or they don’t want to have to invest in a $70 white noise machine from the Sharper Image catalog. I’ve had parents tell me they don’t want to use white noise because they are afraid their baby will become addicted. It is also the sleep aid that parents most frequently DON’T use or they don’t use it CORRECTLY. White noise is hands down the most effective, easiest to implement, inexpensive sleep aid for babies. White Noise Helps Baby Sleep All babies, ALL, should have loud white noise when they sleep all the time until they are at least 1.
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