Sleeping sounds... not just White Noise. 🤍

Sleeping sound... another little routine of our house. 🤍👶

Since Phoebus was born, there have been things that we never thought would become a "routine" of every night, but one of the things that has been with us since the beginning is sleep.

Every night after bathing, changing diapers, breastfeeding, and carrying burps, we always turn on the claws gently before starting to lull.

It is not open because it is thought to put the baby to immediate sleep, or to sleep all night long, but is open to help create a calm atmosphere and reduce the noise around the house that can cause the baby to panic.

When I started studying the data, I found that many homes use not only White Noise, but Pink Noise, Brown Noise, Rain Sounds, Womb Sounds, and classics like Mozart that many families choose from.

Each has different characteristics and evidence, so we studied and gradually chose to use it for our home.

Why are babies sensitive to sound?

Many people may think that children should sleep in the quietest room, but the baby actually does not grow up in silence at all.

During the womb, the child constantly hears the sound of the mother's heart, the sound of blood flowing, the sound of breathing, the sound of the intestines, as well as the sound from the outside, although not as obvious as after birth, but always a continuous environment.

After birth, the baby also has a Moro reflex or flinching reflex, a natural reaction, shocking to hear a sound or a sudden change.

As such, consistent background noise may reduce the prominence of some noise, allowing some children to feel calmer.

However, there is currently no evidence to confirm that all children need to use sleep aids, or that sleep aids will always put all children to easy sleep and long sleep.

🤍 White Noise.

White Noise is the voice with the most research on babies.

It is a continuous mix of multi-frequency sounds, helping to drown out noise such as open-door, car noise, pedestrian noise, or talking noise, making sudden noise so unprominent that it interferes with sleep.

Some research has shown that White Noise may help some babies fall asleep faster, but the evidence is limited, and it is not yet conclusive that it is necessary for all children.

Our home will choose to open White Noise on days when around the house there is a lot of extra noise.

🩷 Pink Noise

Pink Noise decreases the predominance of high-frequency sounds, so it sounds softer than White Noise. Many people feel that it is closer to natural sounds.

There are adult studies that have found that Pink Noise may be associated with better sleep quality, but for infants, there is not enough evidence to say that it is better than White Noise.

We often choose Pink Noise on nights when the house is relatively quiet. Because both the listener and the luller feel relaxed.

🟤 Brown Noise

Brown Noise has a falsetto tone, deeper and softer than White Noise and Pink Noise. It's like a waterfall or strong current.

There is currently no medical evidence that Brown Noise helps with infant sleep better than White Noise, but if the child responds well and turns on a safe pitch, it can be used as another option.

Some nights our house turns on Brown Noise to change the atmosphere, too.

🌧️ Rain Sounds (Sound of Rain)

The sound of rain is a natural sound that many people like, because there is a continuous rhythm. It sounds calm and relaxed.

Although there is no evidence that it improves infant sleep better than White Noise, if you like it, you can also use it as a background sound.

Every night you want your bedroom to feel particularly warm, our house often chooses the sound of rain.

👶 Womb Sounds (Unborn Voice)

Womb Sounds are sounds that simulate the atmosphere in the womb, such as heart sounds, blood flow sounds, or sounds familiar to the baby before birth.

There is a hypothesis that some children may feel familiar with this characteristic sound, but there is currently limited evidence, and no conclusion has been reached that it is superior to other types of sound.

🎼 What about Mozart?

Many people would have heard the term Mozart Effect believing that opening a Mozart song would make a child smarter.

Based on current scientific evidence, there is no conclusion as to whether opening Mozart to babies improves intelligence or develops the brain in the long run.

But if it's a slow-tempo classic, gently turned on during breastfeeding or lullaby, it can be used to create a relaxed atmosphere.

Our house didn't open Mozart all night, but sometimes opened the initial lull before turning to background noise.

How is our house used?

We don't turn on the sound, help sleep all day.

Most are open only.

🤍. Before night.

😴. Daytime naps sometimes.

🚗 Travel time

🏡 Or days around the house have more noise than usual.

We started with Spotify because it was easy to find. There were White Noise, Pink Noise, Brown Noise, Rain Sounds, Womb Sounds, and many classic songs, so we switched around and noticed what kind of sound Phoebus was relaxing on the night.

The most important thing is safety.

No matter what kind of sound you choose, the more important thing is how you use it.

We're open, just the background noise. Not open loud.

The expert's advice is

✔️ Turn on the sound no more than about 50 decibels (near the sound of a soft conversation).

✔️ Phone or speaker at least 2 meters from the crib.

✔️ No, put the device in the crib or next to the baby's head.

✔️ Use the lowest volume that reduces noise.

✔️ If the house is quiet and the baby sleeps well, there is no need to turn on the sleep.

What we've learned

After months of use, we felt that sleep assist voice was just a "helper," not the whole answer to sleep.

The night you're hungry, sick, or in a new stage of development, even if you turn on the sound, you can wake up.

But on a normal night, a light background sound calms the atmosphere in the room, and gradually becomes a small sign telling Phoebus, "It's time to rest."

In the end... there is no sound that suits all children.

But there will always be a "voice that suits our children."

Observe, deploy and choose what best suits our family. That's enough. 🤍

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