Therefore, if your baby is crying, they probably can’t even hear it if it’s not loud enough. Your baby’s cry is at 100-130 decibels or more. It should be about the sound of a vacuum cleaner, between 50-70 decibels. In response to those parents that want to leave it on low, I say turn it up so that it is loud enough to fill the room but not too loud that you can’t have a conversation over it. For your baby, quiet is anything but calming. That’s only because we have all trained our brains to think so. To adults, we assume quiet is the ultimate sleep environment. When I ask parents how loud they are turning their baby’s sound machine on, they usually say something along the lines of, “It’s on low so that it doesn’t disrupt their sleep”. It’s important not to leave it on all day long as you want your child to only associate it with sleep, otherwise it may lose it’s soothing power. It will then stay on throughout the duration of his/her nap and get turned off in between naps. Turn it on at the very end of your nap time routine, so it is on while you sing a song and say your phrase before laying your baby down for nap. Not only will this help your baby to easily fall back to sleep if he/she wakes in the middle of the night, but it also signals to your baby that when the sound machine is on, it is time to sleep, when it is off, it is time to be awake. The sound machine should then stay on all night long until it is time to wake up in the morning. That way when you lay him/her down a minute later their brain has already associated the noise with sleep and is getting ready to relax. Once your baby has had his/her last feeding, taken a bath or washed up, and you’ve read a book together, turn the sound machine on while you sing a song or use your soothing key phrase for bedtime. I recommend to all parents to turn on your child’s sound machine at the very end of your bedtime routine. When Do I Use a Sound Machine For my Baby and How Loud Should It Be? Therefore, making sure the sound you choose is uninterrupted is extremely important, such as the sound of a fan versus the in and out of ocean waves or a heartbeat. Low-pitch sounds are so successful at lulling your baby to sleep because while in utero, the walls of the womb and the amniotic fluid surrounding your baby filtered out high pitched frequencies, leaving them with a soothing, steady rumble. Almost hypnotic like the monotonous sound of fan or a plane engine. On the other hand, low-pitch white noise is boring and continuous. They are meant to get your attention, not to put you to sleep. A bird call or monkey screech from the “jungle” setting would be considered a disturbing high-pitch noise. High-pitch white noise is hissy, piercing, and harsh. There is a big difference between high-pitch and low-pitch white noise, and they have opposite effects on your little one’s sleep. Does it matter which one you choose for your baby to help them sleep? The answer is YES! It actually matters a lot. From light rain to jungle sounds to wind. Sound machines today come with a plethora of options for white noise. White noise is going to be your (and your baby’s) new best friend.ĭoes It Matter What Kind of White Noise I Use For My Baby? While your newborn seemed to sleep soundly no matter the type of noise (or lack thereof), now his/her calming reflex has faded and we need to find new, healthy sleep associations to get him/her falling asleep and staying asleep easily. So you could imagine that a quiet room is not necessarily relaxing. In the womb, babies are surrounded by noise as loud as a vacuum cleaner.
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