https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:28:59 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-mobile-soothing-or-stimulating#post-2036462 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 18:58:29 +0000 blackbird 2036462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a mirror and a soother. E was a rockstar sleeper and both helped her, I'm sure. It got to the point she would turn the music on to fall asleep to </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-mobile-soothing-or-stimulating#post-2036384 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 18:19:16 +0000 pui 2036384@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mobiles IMO are stimulating, not really a sleep aid. I hang mobiles for DD at playtime and I have nothing over her bed. I use a white noise machine to help her sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-mobile-soothing-or-stimulating#post-2036382 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 18:17:59 +0000 gingerbebe 2036382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't want anything in the crib to make it just for sleep but we have a decal over his crib on the wall and I've seen him monitor staring at it and smiling at night or during naps so perhaps that would do it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-mobile-soothing-or-stimulating#post-2036334 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 17:45:37 +0000 Mrs. Lion 2036334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We skipped it because of the stimulation. I wanted his crib to be for sleeping only (we never just put him in his crib during awake time). I also read that if you turn it on and they drift off to sleep, once they develop object permanence it may cause problems when they wake up and it's turned off. We use a music player in his room instead that plays 1 song and then switches to white noise that plays all night. It soothed him without being something to look at, and it was the same noise when he woke up in the middle of the night as when he went to sleep. LO has always slept well in his crib, so we will do the same next time too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-mobile-soothing-or-stimulating#post-2036322 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 17:36:20 +0000 Pumpkin Pie 2036322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we have a tiny tots mobile, and I like it because the mobile part is detachable from the music box. My LO loves it. We attach the mobile on to keep her entertained, but take it off for sleeping. We also use the music box every day when she is in her room and she seems to love it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-mobile-soothing-or-stimulating#post-2035811 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 14:15:46 +0000 cranberry 2035811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a mobile above DD's crib when she was younger. I mainly turned it on early in the morning to keep her entertained while I was getting ready for work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crib-mobile-soothing-or-stimulating#post-2035483 Thu, 22 Jan 2015 12:09:57 +0000 Meridian 2035483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I keep thinking about putting a mobile over LO's crib to see if that might be soothing for him, but then waiver because it might be stimulating instead?? And if it's the middle of the night and it's dark in his room, he can't see it anyways, right? So putting one there for the purposes of self-soothing in the MOTN probably won't work? He's 14 weeks/9 weeks adjusted, and still swaddled, so can't push any buttons by himself yet.</p> <p>If you have a soothing mobile, what kind do you have, and when did your LO start being soothed by it? </p>