https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 21 May 2026 10:50:40 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-solution-earplug-alternatives#post-2407679 Sun, 03 Jan 2016 13:07:42 +0000 stiletto_mom 2407679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks for the input everyone! Looks like we'll be trying out the smaller ones by Macks and see how it goes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-solution-earplug-alternatives#post-2407653 Sun, 03 Jan 2016 12:16:12 +0000 ZombieBullfrogHoller 2407653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We live in a tiny (and I mean tiny!) one bedroom apartment and all share the same room. LO is 2 now, but in the early days he slept in a bassinet with the legs detached (our mattress sits on the floor) next to my side of the bed. Now his toddler bed sits at the foot of our bed and his soon-to-be-arriving sister will go in the new co sleeper I just bought at my side of the bed. We didn't use a changing table - I just kept a small basket for diapers/wipes/etc next the bed, laid a towel down and changed him on the floor right next to the bed which I found to be much easier to settle back into sleep mode after nursing.</p> <p>I don't have any experience with earplugs, but, for what it's worth, my husband would wake up initially when LO cried, but fell back asleep with no problems after. I guess it depends on how your DH sleeps though! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-solution-earplug-alternatives#post-2407618 Sun, 03 Jan 2016 11:14:23 +0000 BabyTsMom 2407618@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@stiletto_mom: search for custom earplugs on Amazon. they're relatively inexpensive and my DH has had a lot of success w these. the other kinds (including Mack) never stayed for him but once he got the molded ones, they stay in *most* of the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-solution-earplug-alternatives#post-2407603 Sun, 03 Jan 2016 10:31:23 +0000 peaches1038 2407603@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't use earplugs but we do have the baby in our room. He sleeps in a RNP right next to my side of the bed. We took everything off our dresser and change him there. Our room is small (10x12) with a queen bed and we manage fine </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-solution-earplug-alternatives#post-2407599 Sun, 03 Jan 2016 10:06:50 +0000 DesertDreams88 2407599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've worn earplugs for about 10 years now. LO isn't here yet (2 more weeks!) but I've read several places that I should still be able to hear baby, like pp's said. As for the falling out issue, are you squishing the inner part before you put it in your ear? Then it expands to fill the space. I find this much better then just "pushing" it in. I also have about 20 I keep in a cup on my night table, so that in the rare event that they do fall out, I can replace them easily. I get them for free from a factory-worker friend of mine, and I reuse them for awhile, honestly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-solution-earplug-alternatives#post-2407577 Sun, 03 Jan 2016 08:55:56 +0000 Astro Bee 2407577@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH has worn earplugs every night since his college days, because he is such a light sleeper, even once we were in a single family house with no kids. Now, he wears them still, but had no problem hearing the monitor. His "job" for the last several months was to go get LO when he cried at night, and bring him to me since I was breastfeeding. He started it when we were room-sharing with LO in a bassinet (because getting in and out of bed PP was hard for me at first with my tear), and continued to do it when we moved LO to a crib in his own room. We have a monitor so it's just as easy to hear him. So I don't see any problem with wearing them, if you can find ones that fit better. Other sound sources, besides the sound machine for baby, are a desk fan or humidifier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-solution-earplug-alternatives#post-2407564 Sun, 03 Jan 2016 08:09:37 +0000 Ms. RV 2407564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They make low profile noise protection earmuffs that aren't terribly uncomfortable to sleep in, especially on your back (I speak from experience). They more deaden the noise than totally block it so you can still hear the newborn. You could also get a vibrating baby monitor and stick it under your pillow. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-solution-earplug-alternatives#post-2407558 Sun, 03 Jan 2016 07:23:32 +0000 gracecat 2407558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Other than ear plugs and noise machines... hmmm... I can't think of any other alternative besides sending DH to sleep on the couch! For what it's worth, I don't see anything at all wrong with giving DH ear plugs to use on his "off" nights. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-solution-earplug-alternatives#post-2407556 Sun, 03 Jan 2016 07:18:11 +0000 catomd00 2407556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think it's a good idea personally for either adult to wear earplugs. DH can wake up when the va y dies, too even just out of solidarity lol. He usually found a way to keep sleeping anyways, but I'd never let earplugs fly in case of an emergency. </p> <p>We had a pack n okay in our room for 4 months then moved baby to her nursery. It worked well for us. I just kept diapers and a towel nearby and changed her on the bed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-solution-earplug-alternatives#post-2407515 Sun, 03 Jan 2016 01:13:14 +0000 stiletto_mom 2407515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes I mean for DH, or for myself when it would be DH's "night" to get up with the baby. </p> <p>I'm going to Google Mack's Brand. The earplugs we have now always fall out through the night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-solution-earplug-alternatives#post-2407508 Sun, 03 Jan 2016 00:40:35 +0000 pinkcupcake 2407508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Meow: I wear earplugs every night because my husband snores and they usually do an excellent job of blocking out noise for me. If I was sleeping with earplugs and a newborn in the room, I'm pretty sure I could sleep through crying (at least for some time), especially considering how sleep deprived I was during those early days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-solution-earplug-alternatives#post-2407506 Sun, 03 Jan 2016 00:36:21 +0000 Meow 2407506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@stiletto_mom: have you tried Mack's brand? I've been using ear plugs every night for years and they stay in really well. Also comes in "feminine" size (smaller) which I prefer because you feel them even less. Plus the feminine ones are hot pink color so theyre easy to spot if they fall out or fall off the bed.</p> <p>@pinkcupcake: ear plugs don't block out sound (at least for me), they just muffle them so you'd still hear your baby crying even with ear plugs on. Like I can still hear my iPhone alarm clock through the ear plugs even set at low volume (4 tics on the volume.) I like them cause I'm a light sleeper and the teeniest sounds wake me up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-solution-earplug-alternatives#post-2407504 Sun, 03 Jan 2016 00:27:43 +0000 Mrs. Pink 2407504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pinkcupcake: that's kind of what I was thinking....</p> <p>@STILETTO_MOM do you mean ear plugs for your SO? because I know my husband slept like the dead and never woke up with the baby! If yours is different, what about headphones? I can't think of anything besides earplugs that would be comfortable side sleeping, but maybe for a back or stomach sleeper? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-solution-earplug-alternatives#post-2407499 Sun, 03 Jan 2016 00:15:32 +0000 pinkcupcake 2407499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, I don't think you want to be wearing earplugs when sleeping with a baby since you want to hear them when they cry or need you? </p> <p>We co-slept (w/baby in her crib) for the first 6 months. Our master is huge, so we were able to comfortably fit a king size bed, changing table, crib, three dressers, and glider. If your master is smaller, you may want to consider a bassinet (at least for the earlier months) and changing table? Or, you could even forego a changing table and just change the baby on a mat on the floor - we did that a lot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sleep-solution-earplug-alternatives#post-2407494 Sat, 02 Jan 2016 23:59:27 +0000 stiletto_mom 2407494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thinking into the future. We may have to integrate a nursery into the master bedroom. Aside from a white noise machine, are there any alternatives to earplugs for the sleeping partner? Earplugs tend to fall out for us and we lose them. Looking for tips!</p> <p>Also, what are your experiences of having crib and changing area in your master? It will be tight for us and we'll also need a larger bed (right now we're on a double, it's really tight). We won't be co-sleeping, I'd like baby to have his/her own crib space. </p>