Tuesday, January 3, 2012

I heart White Noise

It's finally proven that white noise does a very good job at night. After her last feed, changed diaper, face cleaned, put her in the cot, lights off and white noise on. She was talking to herself for the first few minutes and slowly, her eyes getting smaller and smaller and finally, 1o minutes later she was asleep! Awwww..... white noise did a very good job. Finally my baby can sleep on her own at night for the very first time. I can officially announce that at 14 weeks, my baby's best friend is White Noise and not Pacifier! Well, I would rather give in to white noise than pacifier. Looking forward, if she does really need some frequency wave to let her fall asleep, I can slowly transition her to music instead. At least she learns some beats or words while sleeping. =) Sounds like am a really kiasu mom, 24 hours of learning and growing! Hehe...

As much as we might think that the womb is a soundless secretive place, silent bubble of sac for a growing baby, it’s probably as quiet as our LRT station at rush hour! 9 months in the womb, baby hears and gets used to a symphony of sounds straight from mommy; the mother’s rhythmic heartbeat and steady whoosh sounds of her blood rushing through veins and arteries, the stomach's krog krog sound and even mommy's voice, burps, hiccups and other bodily noises. On top of all that commotion, baby may even hear voices and sounds emanating from outside the womb! That’s why it’s been shown that “chaotic” sounds from machine sounds such as a vacuum cleaner, hair dryer, or raining outside help soothe crying or fussy babies.

If you think that your baby does not sleep well, don't hesitate to try on this calming relaxing soothing white noise. Sometimes this white noise looks pretty much like hypnotizing.. haha. But it's not, don't worry. All in all, it's just the fact that your baby grows in a "chaotic" womb. =))

4 comments:

  1. Wow...Ashlynn is so cute and adorable. Btw, i tried the white noise last night even though both Hayra & Emyr don't have any sleeping issue. Then, in just less than 15 minutes, both of them went to sleep..:-). I super like this apps.

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  2. what a cute baby!!
    be a nice girl ya..^_^

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  3. Effiza... great isn't it? It works pretty well and last night was the same, she sleeps on her own. Awww... my cutie pie. Usually how long does it take for Hayra & Emyr to fall asleep on their own?

    Thanks Shue! =)

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  4. For Emyr, it could me 15-30 minutes after guling guling here and there. As for Hayra, about the same time but we have to open her Barney/ Upin Ipin/ Doraemon/ Mickey Mouse/ Kids Sing-A-Long Karaoke DVD.

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