https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:03:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-white-noise#post-1748226 Wed, 09 Jul 2014 15:16:32 +0000 Cherrybee 1748226@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I stopped around 5 months because someone on here posted a thread about white noise being bad for babies' hearing. My husband (a sound engineer and clearly the more scientifically minded of the two of us) completely disagreed with every point the article raised and every "source" cited but I couldn't shake the fear..... so I ditched the white noise!! It didn't seem to make much difference to her to be fair! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-white-noise#post-1748159 Wed, 09 Jul 2014 14:53:58 +0000 catomd00 1748159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband is 35 and still uses white noise! I'm not planning on stopping any time soon (it's more helpful for her falling asleep than staying asleep!) but I'm so nervous about what to do for naps when she goes to daycare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-white-noise#post-1745446 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 12:20:57 +0000 Mommy Finger 1745446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I still use a white noise machine so I don't see a problem with continuing with DS. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-white-noise#post-1745337 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 11:24:28 +0000 sorrycharlie 1745337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>neverrrrrrrr!! :)</p> <p>hehe. no but seriously. it's in the hall between the nursery and O's room, so they'll both hear it. I still sleep better with white noise as an adult! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-white-noise#post-1745333 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 11:23:20 +0000 aegie 1745333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's the only way to have company over or the TV on without it disturbing my kid's sleep. Plus with baby #2 on the way, it will all the more critical! Plus our sound machine is an air purifier. The fan just produces a whirring noise that happens to double as our sound machine. So really, I probably won't stop anytime soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-white-noise#post-1745268 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 11:04:14 +0000 Sammyfab 1745268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We will use white noise until he tells us he doesn't want to use it anymore. He sleeps fine without it but it's more for us so that we can make as much noise as we want and we don't have to worry about our dog waking him up. In the summer he sleeps with the window open so it helps drown out outside noise too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-white-noise#post-1745176 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 10:41:13 +0000 Mrs. Bee 1745176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>still use it because the kids rooms are right next to each other. we keep the doors open in the summer because their rooms don't have ac but the living room ac is strong enough to keep their rooms cool. they are 4 1/2 and almost 3! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-white-noise#post-1745168 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 10:37:39 +0000 Mrs. Cheesecake 1745168@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We stopped at around 10 months and he was fine. We were using it for naps and nighttime sleep and sometimes we would forget to turn it on and he wouldn't mind. But with another baby on the way we might start using it again since they will be sleeping with us in the same room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-white-noise#post-1745076 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 10:12:21 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1745076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gilmoregirl: that sounds right! I remember it getting me to be conscious of the volume, but not stop. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-white-noise#post-1745052 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 10:06:36 +0000 Anagram 1745052@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I plan to use mine forever. We live on a busy street and the 3 am super loud garbage trucks and drunk people wake me up, too. I have a machine in her room and our room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-white-noise#post-1745042 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 10:04:16 +0000 gilmoregirl 1745042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is only 3 months but I have no plans to stop using it. It's the one sleep aid we have that I don't think matters if it lasts through adulthood. When he was still in our room, I really liked sleeping with white noise. We keep it fairly low, though. </p> <p>@mrs green grass: I'm pretty sure, if we are speaking about the same research, that the study measured the decibels of popular sound machines and found that many of them could reach a level that would damage hearing. So if you're using the top volume right next to the baby, it could be bad, but the study didn't actually show that it definitely IS bad. </p> <p>I read somewhere that a safe level is about the noise level of someone taking a shower, so I aim for a lower than that and keep it in the room but not right next to the baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-white-noise#post-1744929 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 09:29:43 +0000 Mrs Green Grass 1744929@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We still use ours at 18 months but I try to keep it as low as will work. </p> <p>There was an article recently about potential negative affects either for hearing or attention...can't remember which and too lazy to look right now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-white-noise#post-1744924 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 09:28:49 +0000 T-Mom 1744924@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DD is almost 6 and we still use it for noise cancelling. I think she does ok without it as well, but it's just part of the routine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-white-noise#post-1744776 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 08:42:52 +0000 Rubies 1744776@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do turns three next month and we still use it but it's now more used as noise cancelling as her room is between ours and her sister's. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-white-noise#post-1744677 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 08:06:34 +0000 looch 1744677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We still use it at 3.5 years of age, via our air purifiers. But I don't mind using it, I even bring a white noise machine when we travel, especially in hotels. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-white-noise#post-1744655 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 07:58:38 +0000 blackbird 1744655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't plan on stopping anytime soon. She goes down before 7, and we still have dishes to clean. Last night i made a smoothie and it was nice to know she couldn't actually hear it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-white-noise#post-1744653 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 07:57:51 +0000 mrsjyw 1744653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same as PPs! He doesn't need it to fall asleep and has slept fine without it with no hindrance to his normal sleep schedule. But it's the noise-cancelling factor that we aren't ready to part with! Esp with plans to TTC#2 in the coming months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-white-noise#post-1744647 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 07:56:10 +0000 MrsTiz 1744647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We stopped using it around 3/4 months old </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-white-noise#post-1744575 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 07:16:36 +0000 Weagle 1744575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've read that white noise isn't a sleep crutch in the same way that a paci, rocking, nursing, etc can be. We have no plans to stop because it's nice to be able to be loud when needed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-white-noise#post-1744533 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 06:43:33 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1744533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>J is 28 months and we have no plans to stop. We initially started only because we moved to a smaller apartment and the noise helps cancel out all other apartment noise and enables us to do things around the house without waking him up... He's become fairly dependent on it though. The second I turn it off, he springs awake. I'm not sure how I feel about him being dependent on it? But he sleeps so well with little interruption so I can't complain. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-white-noise#post-1744531 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 06:43:12 +0000 fairy 1744531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't plan on stopping it lol. I know many adults who sleep with white noise! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-white-noise#post-1744519 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 06:26:49 +0000 Adira 1744519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@photojane: I'm with you! Xander's 16 months and still using the white noise. I don't even think he needs it because sometimes Hubs forgets to turn it on and he sleeps just fine, but I'm still afraid to stop! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-white-noise#post-1744498 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 05:16:47 +0000 petunia354 1744498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can't imagine a life without white noise in my baby's room! he sleeps without it at my mom's house during the day but I look at it as insurance for the noise my clumsy self makes at night! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-white-noise#post-1744491 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 04:39:26 +0000 illumina 1744491@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We stopped using it around 3 months when we forgot to turn it on and realised it didn't make a difference! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-white-noise#post-1744477 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 04:01:43 +0000 lamariniere 1744477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours died overnight once (batteries went dead) right when she turned six months and she actually slept better that night and for a few subsequent nights. I haven't used it much since because I feel like it doesn't help more than not using it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-white-noise#post-1744474 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 03:38:19 +0000 yin 1744474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3 years and going strong. We just use a sleep sheep, and it's more of a comfort item than a necessity. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-white-noise#post-1744445 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 01:30:32 +0000 sandy 1744445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like everyone else I have no plans to stop bc I like that it cancels out our noise. She sleeps fine without it but I don't want to tiptoe around the house. Also, no plans to stop with baby #2 on his/her way...I don't want them waking each other </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-white-noise#post-1744106 Mon, 07 Jul 2014 20:59:18 +0000 .twist. 1744106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: This is why we use it. We've forgotten to turn it on, or didn't have it and L (12 Months) slept totally fine. We like it for the noise we make! haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-white-noise#post-1744092 Mon, 07 Jul 2014 20:52:46 +0000 BeachMama 1744092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is 25 months and we still use it most nights, but there are nights when I purposely don't use it. She doesn't get it for daycare naps, and my parents don't use it on Tues/Thurs for naps. I don't want her to NEED it as she gets older. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-stop-using-white-noise#post-1744067 Mon, 07 Jul 2014 20:41:38 +0000 ShootingStar 1744067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't plan to stop. We have our own Dohm in our room :). </p>