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Should babies sleep with no sound in the room or with classical music/ talk radio?
Is it ok to have soft music playing while my baby is sleeping or is it better to have it quiet with no noise
I know their brains need to develop, so is music helping or hurting?
I usually keep the radio on NPR and sometimes there is music and sometimes there is talking, do you think it makes a difference for their brain developement if sometimes it’s just talking?
Any studies or info would help. Thanks!!
When you are asleep do you hear anything?? Maybe in light patches but when you are deeply asleep you don’t even smell anything, lol.
With both my kids I have had a radio or cd playing in their rooms from birth to keep a familiar environment and when they stir it hasn’t changed from when they went to bed. It can also help with making all the other house noises not seem so loud and the nights after everyone else is asleep the house doesn’t seem so quiet.
Personal preference, other parents are horrified my 4yo still has a cd playing in her room all night, lol.
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September 30th, 2009
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during naps i do all the usual stuff. they say if you make noise and do everything you usually would it doesnt bother them and they can sleep through anything. at night i put her noise thing on its like white noise or running water its only on for a few minutes before it turns off.
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I always have "white noise" on in my kids’ rooms. This can be a fan, radio, CD, books on tape…whatever. It helps them sleep better and heavier, I have no idea about the brain development reason for it though
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Whatever helps the baby sleep better!
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When you are asleep do you hear anything?? Maybe in light patches but when you are deeply asleep you don’t even smell anything, lol.
With both my kids I have had a radio or cd playing in their rooms from birth to keep a familiar environment and when they stir it hasn’t changed from when they went to bed. It can also help with making all the other house noises not seem so loud and the nights after everyone else is asleep the house doesn’t seem so quiet.
Personal preference, other parents are horrified my 4yo still has a cd playing in her room all night, lol.
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Mum of 2 and 26 weeks with #3
I have always played a cd of lullabies or classical music, just soft music, in my kids’ room. I think it is makes them sleep better, and become better sleepers, as if you learn to sleep in complete silence, you will always need complete silence to sleep.
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I’ve always heard (and found from my own experience) that white noise puts them to sleep and helps them sleep. We have a little fountain out front that is near the baby’s window and our little boy always slept well with that running. When I’m driving home in the car around naptime, all I have to do is switch to the NPR/classical radio station and bang! It’s like a light switch – my toddler just falls asleep within a minute. If I don’t put on that station, he won’t fall asleep in the car during the day.
The biggest advantage I’ve found is having noise around while their sleeping lets you be noisy too. If we have the fountain or music running while the child’s asleep for his nap, he won’t wake up when Daddy opens the garage door. If there’s no white noise, the garage door always wakes him up.
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I’m not an expert, but I’ve done loads of reading. Basically, as with so many parenting issues, it’s up to you. When your sweetie is 5 or 6, no one will be able to distinguish the music listeners from the silence sleepers. The main thing is that if you do the same thing every night, it will make it easier for your little one to fall asleep (and therefore much easier for you, too!). Good luck!
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just think about the place bub came from it is not quiet… Your body is a very noisy place. I always found that my kids slept better when it was noisy.. I have even vacuumed around a sleeping child. I don’t think what the noise is matters as long as you take the time to talk to them as well.
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with our first daughter, we only played soothing instrumental music during the first 10 minutes of bedtime at night, to get her conditioned to realize when it was night time, and time for a LONG sleep. It worked.
Our 2nd daughter is 3 months old, and already sleeps 8 hours through the whole night. We never used music with her.
I believe that all sounds are important to a developing baby.
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