https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-train-your-baby-to-sleep-through-sounds#post-1898267 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 10:33:17 +0000 BKCaribBaby 1898267@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A good LOUD continuous white noise machine is your friend. I live in a small 2-bed apartment in the middle of major intersection in a large city and that works for us. Ours is actually an air purifier, but it's perfect in that we can watch TV and go about our lives while we sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-train-your-baby-to-sleep-through-sounds#post-1898260 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 10:28:02 +0000 xInfinity 1898260@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I read that the volume of all the noise baby hears while inside you is like having a vacuum running right beside their ear. So we just made sure to go about our business normally around her once she was born. She naps in the living room in full light and noise during the day and we watch tv or read and chat at night in bed with her in the bassinet and she sleeps through it all. I've taken her to an outdoor bbq party with a loud band playing and a mommy/baby group with about 20 moms visiting and 20+ babies and toddlers screaming and playing in a gym with high echoing ceilings and she sleeps through it all. Fingers crossed she continues. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-train-your-baby-to-sleep-through-sounds#post-1898243 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 10:13:59 +0000 Tanjowen 1898243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Danizaur: Same story here. My LO slept in his swing in the living room with TV noise, dogs, vacuuming, etc., but once we got past 4 months, he needs quiet. I think it's because he gets so interested in everything! He once went 6 hours without a nap because he was so interested in everything but sleep at a family gathering. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-train-your-baby-to-sleep-through-sounds#post-1898229 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 09:45:54 +0000 artsyfartsy 1898229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didnt muffle our noises or try extra hard tobe quiet when LO was first born either. It went smoothly when he was little. He would sleep anywhere regardless of noise. But when he hit 3 months or so he became a super super light sleeper. Any small noise would wake him. He was sleeping in his own room at this point so it wasn't so bad...but we now have a white noise machine so we don't have to tiptoe around the house after he goes to bed.</p> <p>Everyone asks me why I didn't train him to be used to loud noises while sleeping when they hear he's a light sleeper. It makes me mad! It's just his personality and just how he is I guess. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-train-your-baby-to-sleep-through-sounds#post-1898224 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 09:34:42 +0000 catomd00 1898224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>White noise helps and not being quiet from day 1. My 7 month old slept through the fire alarm last night. You probably won't need an alarm clock though lol... You'll have one when baby arrives! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-train-your-baby-to-sleep-through-sounds#post-1898198 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 08:34:33 +0000 illumina 1898198@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think babies are in general pretty adaptable, so yes. My LO finds it hard to go to sleep if there are random noises...constant noise is fine. Then once she's asleep, she's good. Fireworks, thunder, barking dogs...not a problem. We never really used white noise though, so maybe that helped. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-train-your-baby-to-sleep-through-sounds#post-1898193 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 08:10:30 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 1898193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pmrlady: with our first, I made the house so quiet. I didn't want anything to wake her up! Now she's a light sleeper. </p> <p>With our second I didn't have much of a choice. Our toddler is so loud! Our newborn will sleep through anything, including a meltdown happening beside her? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-train-your-baby-to-sleep-through-sounds#post-1898186 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 07:32:52 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 1898186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Around 4 months DH would stir a bit when we came to bed so we moved him to his own room shortly after I'm sure if you're not super loud they will get used to some notice. DS still doesn't wake up when the dogs bark like maniacs at a passing leaf. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-train-your-baby-to-sleep-through-sounds#post-1898174 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 06:31:42 +0000 Foodnerd81 1898174@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had intentions of having her nap where it was light and there was noise... But then I had a baby who just would not sleep, ever, which resulted in me heading like a zombie to Home Depot for the blackest of blackout blinds! For quite a while it needed to be pitch black and loud white noise for her to nap. She just had a really hard time sleeping. </p> <p>At 14 months she is pretty dependant on our white noise machine but can sleep in regular dim rooms, though her room is still black out. I would say to try your idea but be open to change if it's not working. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-train-your-baby-to-sleep-through-sounds#post-1898173 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 06:30:01 +0000 Mae 1898173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started trying to exposure to noise during naps and it worked in that she slept well through noise...... When she slept. But that was not much. I finally hot sick of going all day with just a few super short naps and a tired baby and moved her to our bedroom to nap in quiet. Immediately her naps stretched to 1-2+hrs! Much happier baby. But yea.. She sleeps lightly now. Worth it, IMO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-train-your-baby-to-sleep-through-sounds#post-1898153 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 01:55:42 +0000 Cherrybee 1898153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Im a really light slerper so, when we brought DD home, DH was adamant that we would go about our business - TV, hoover etc - while DD slept to get her used to household noise. Despite his efforts, DD is still a very light sleeper. We moved her into her own room at 10 weeks because just creeping into the room and sliding into bed woke her up. Even now, in the next room, DH's alarm always wakes her. Yesterday, she skipped her nap because I tried to shower after I had put her down. </p> <p>I think exposure to household noise helps and white noise machines drown out noise well but ultimately if you get a light sleeper they will be that way whatever you try! Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-train-your-baby-to-sleep-through-sounds#post-1898148 Sun, 12 Oct 2014 01:36:31 +0000 Applesandbananas 1898148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS doesn't mind some noise, but a loud noise, like dropping a remote onto the hardwoods would wake him. He's 19m and will sleep through quite a bit, but DH is really bad about slamming doors and banging around in the kitchen during naps and that does wake him up. He also picks bedtime to blast zombie movies with loud, crazy scenes, which keeps DS up. I think just normal conversation and the tv on a lower volume will be fine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-train-your-baby-to-sleep-through-sounds#post-1898111 Sat, 11 Oct 2014 22:14:21 +0000 ALV91711 1898111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When DS was a newborn he would have naps in the living room, so it was bright and lots of noises going on. He slept in our room until 6 months and when I went to bed I would turn my little light on to read and we wouldn't be super quiet. It never woke him. </p> <p>He is now 18 months and when he is asleep the house doesn't have to be quiet for him to sleep or stay asleep. </p> <p>I think just keeping normal house noises going when they are asleep right from the beginning helps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-train-your-baby-to-sleep-through-sounds#post-1898110 Sat, 11 Oct 2014 22:13:43 +0000 yoursilverlining 1898110@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pmrlady: she's 28 months. Today we went to Octoberfest with a really loud band playing and tons of people, and she slept in the Tula carrier on me for over an hour :) </p> <p>She started daycare at 12 weeks, so she's never had an all-quiet napping option. For nighttime sleep, we've always watched tv, made/ate dinner while she's slept. The bedroom is upstairs, so there's that buffer, but we've never been especially quiet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-train-your-baby-to-sleep-through-sounds#post-1898109 Sat, 11 Oct 2014 22:10:38 +0000 mlm2934 1898109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>F is 3 months and still can sleep with TV going, us talking, and our crazy dogs barking at the wind. If it's dead quiet and there is a big noise, that does startle him awake, but for the most part I thing he is accustom to noise still this point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-train-your-baby-to-sleep-through-sounds#post-1898107 Sat, 11 Oct 2014 22:08:50 +0000 pmrlady 1898107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yoursilverlining: how old is your baby now? Is she still able to sleep without having an all-quiet environment now that she's older?</p> <p>@Espion: that's funny, I'm glad for your dog's sake that he didn't wake the baby up with his barking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-train-your-baby-to-sleep-through-sounds#post-1898101 Sat, 11 Oct 2014 21:57:03 +0000 Espion 1898101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our dog (see left) barks like a maniac because he's part Sheltie. They say that babies are used to noises they hear in the womb, and it must be true, because Max barking his head off never seemed to phase E. Thank goodness, or else I would have fed him to a bear. </p> <p>(Just kidding. I think.) </p> <p>I guess you could aim your alarm clock at your belly. :p </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-train-your-baby-to-sleep-through-sounds#post-1898099 Sat, 11 Oct 2014 21:49:08 +0000 yoursilverlining 1898099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know if train is the right word, but generally yes, I think you can set up babies to sleep where there is noise. Our newborn napped in the living room in her bassinet, where there was plenty of light and sound. We never created an all-dark, all-quiet environment for her to "need". Though, I'm sure some babies do better with particular set-ups. The majority of the world, and history, didn't have the the luxury of dedicated baby bedrooms with white noise machines and black-out curtains. People are fairly adaptable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/can-you-train-your-baby-to-sleep-through-sounds#post-1898098 Sat, 11 Oct 2014 21:43:00 +0000 pmrlady 1898098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have no experience with this, I am due in January, but wondering if this is possible. Our baby will be sleeping in our bedroom (we live in a 1 bedroom apartment) and I'm already thinking about how hard it will be to always be super quiet. </p> <p>First of all, I will need to set my alarm once I go back to work from maternity leave. I also want to be able to talk and cuddle with DH at night and not have to worry about waking the baby up by us talking or just walking into the room. </p> <p>My plan is to not try to make the room quiet from the very beginning. I won't turn off the TV or whisper to DH when LO sleeps and I will have some type of white noise to get her accustomed to sleeping through sounds. But will this carry over once she grows out of the newborn stage? Or by the time they hit a certain age, they are bound to wake up if the room is not quiet? I know I'll have to wait and see what kind of sleeper she is and every baby is different but I want to be proactive if it might make a difference. </p> <p>Thanks! </p>