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Mummy9431 · 2025-01-16T22:53:49+00:00

Hey! Baby loves to sleep with the sound of rain in the background but the app we’ve been using only plays for 2 hours then she seems to wake when it stops. can anyone recommend a white noise machine that pays rain that would stay on all night please thanks :)

GagaBinks · 14/07/2025 05:34

llizzie · 14/07/2025 01:07

I'm glad you think it funny - or not.

For the length of the pregnancy the baby gets used to the sounds and voices of those around him. They are familiar and comfortable. What is wrong with singing and reading to a baby? It is what he has experienced before he was born, not white hypnotic noise.

Why any parent would replace singing and reading/talking with white noise I just don't know. I would research what it does to babies' brains. It could be taking away the child's ability to think properly.

Mesmerized by noise? Suppose that white noise cuts in each time the growing child has to concentrate on something at school?

Is potential harm worth having a baby who doesn't cry? A baby doesn't cry for nothing. For example, nature has given babies far more hunger pain than later, because of the importance of giving food. If your baby is hungry, his pain will be far worse than yours.

The white noise may be lulling him back to sleep, but what will it do later? It isn't even as though it is a common sound.

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Mate, give it a rest. You got nothing better to do than this?

llizzie · 14/07/2025 15:54

GagaBinks · 14/07/2025 05:34

Mate, give it a rest. You got nothing better to do than this?

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What's more important than concern for the development of children?

A mother has 9 months to prepare for a baby and could be recording her own voice to be played back to the baby at night, or any time. She can record herself reading a book, or singing, or even just saying anything, because all the baby needs is comforting. Some mothers record their heart beat.

It is anathema to me that with all the possibilities of bonding with a baby, that baby ends up with a parent called 'white noise'. A babysitter called 'Dreamegg'.

What I find disturbing is that on occasions when any of my babies woke at night or couldn't settle, some were for serious cause. If only one was serious, it was enough for me not to ignore the cries.

Perhaps you are a salesperson from the company that makes them? Perhaps you should instead make recording machines for mothers to record through their pregnancy the voice that baby hears for nine months?

llizzie · 14/07/2025 16:47

dontcomeatme · 10/07/2025 22:43

I was always so scared of using white noise, and then I had a baby in the heatwave and now he loves to sleep with the fan on in the background 😅

It has been proven that if you are studying for exams and play a recording when you sleep of the things you want to remember, the brain absorbs much of it while you sleep.

What will be the effect in the future of a baby lulled to sleep with white noise and not a recording of the parent's voice?

dontcomeatme · 14/07/2025 17:48

llizzie · 14/07/2025 16:47

It has been proven that if you are studying for exams and play a recording when you sleep of the things you want to remember, the brain absorbs much of it while you sleep.

What will be the effect in the future of a baby lulled to sleep with white noise and not a recording of the parent's voice?

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I've already replied to you stating our bedroom was 30°+ and to help prevent SIDS we used an oscillating fan to circulate the air. A recording of my voice would not help prevent SIDS

llizzie · 14/07/2025 18:10

dontcomeatme · 14/07/2025 17:48

I've already replied to you stating our bedroom was 30°+ and to help prevent SIDS we used an oscillating fan to circulate the air. A recording of my voice would not help prevent SIDS

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I fail to see a connection with using a fan and sudden infant death syndrome.

Perhaps you could enlighten me?

If you feel the back of baby's neck it will give you a good idea of the baby's temperature. Too hot and you remove clothing or bedclothes. Too cool and you add them. Using a fan on the off chance that the baby might be too hot and die is something I have not considered, so I cannot say if it is right or not.

dontcomeatme · 14/07/2025 19:45

llizzie · 14/07/2025 18:10

I fail to see a connection with using a fan and sudden infant death syndrome.

Perhaps you could enlighten me?

If you feel the back of baby's neck it will give you a good idea of the baby's temperature. Too hot and you remove clothing or bedclothes. Too cool and you add them. Using a fan on the off chance that the baby might be too hot and die is something I have not considered, so I cannot say if it is right or not.

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https://www.lullabytrust.org.uk/baby-safety/travel-and-weather/hot-weather/
Read and enjoy. There is an increased risk of SIDS in high temperatures. As already stated, my room was 30°

Hot weather - The Lullaby Trust

When the weather’s hot or you’re on holiday, these tips help keep your baby safe and comfortable this summer, reducing the risk of SIDS...

https://www.lullabytrust.org.uk/baby-safety/travel-and-weather/hot-weather

llizzie · 14/07/2025 22:52

dontcomeatme

What did I say that doesn't agree with the advice?

It shows a picture of a baby without covers. It says to keep baby cool by adjusting the clothes accordingly. The fan is not the most important thing, and it says not to put it too close to the baby, who is just as vulnerable when cold as when too warm.

dontcomeatme · 15/07/2025 07:27

llizzie · 14/07/2025 22:52

dontcomeatme

What did I say that doesn't agree with the advice?

It shows a picture of a baby without covers. It says to keep baby cool by adjusting the clothes accordingly. The fan is not the most important thing, and it says not to put it too close to the baby, who is just as vulnerable when cold as when too warm.

You just want to argue its getting old quite fast. Enjoy your day.