Using Ambient Noise to Help Your Infant Sleep

The biggest issue most parents have with their newborn is not changing diapers or even the crying. It’s the lack of sleep! Newborns usually sleep up to 18 hours during the day, however it is not in one long stretch but broken up into lots of shorter durations from 20 minutes to four hours. There is no sleep “schedule” and baby sleeps at will during the day and night. Parents can get sleep deprived in a hurry and one of the biggest issues for new parents is finding a way to get enough sleep. Luckily, there are ways to help your infant sleep better. The only true solution is time, but eventually everyone will start sleeping through the night.

Ambient noise is one method parents find to be helpful with some infants. Keep in mind not all infants will react well to ambient noise and sleep better. Just like adults, some infants are sound sleepers while others sleep fitfully. Many babies do like ambient noise to help them sleep, though, because the womb was far from a quiet place. Since baby is used to hearing the sound of a heart beating, blood flowing, and his mother’s voice, there is no reason to assume that baby must sleep in a quiet place. Play some music, put on a white noise machine, or turn the TV on low for some background noise. Adults might prefer silence for sleeping, but infants are used to noise and having noise might help them fall asleep and stay asleep longer.

If you have been putting baby down in complete silence only to have him wake faster than you can turn around then try turning on some music for your little one. It just might be the thing he needs to go to sleep and stay asleep for a little while!

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