https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 19 May 2026 21:36:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-wean-off-white-noise#post-2457767 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 08:55:34 +0000 reverie 2457767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Alright, I'll revisit this around kindergarten... I just don't want him to "need" something to sleep, but the internet has spoken. Not messing with something that isn't broken right now with the new baby coming. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-wean-off-white-noise#post-2457764 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 08:53:09 +0000 snowjewelz 2457764@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: white noise is going to mandatory, hahahaha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-wean-off-white-noise#post-2457760 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 08:51:17 +0000 regberadaisy 2457760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: LOL to #3! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-wean-off-white-noise#post-2457759 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 08:50:33 +0000 snowjewelz 2457759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think we'll ever wean really for the following reasons - </p> <p>1. We will eventually have another baby, so it will really help to drown out baby crying, etc</p> <p>2. We routinely have people over at night weekly, so even when LOs are older it would help with their earlier bed times</p> <p>3. I think it will be good to have white noise if mom &amp; dad want to you know :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-wean-off-white-noise#post-2457745 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 08:38:16 +0000 mediagirl 2457745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We didn't wean off of it, she just started turning it off recently at 3.5. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-wean-off-white-noise#post-2457744 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 08:37:46 +0000 delight 2457744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD is 2.5 and she uses it each night. She loves turning it on and if we forget she'll remind us. We have no plans on stopping it. If we go away and forget it she sleeps fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-wean-off-white-noise#post-2457740 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 08:36:21 +0000 Mamaof2 2457740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>never </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-wean-off-white-noise#post-2457721 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 08:15:45 +0000 brownepiano 2457721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't plan on stopping till after the baby, if ever. But DH and I are both super light sleepers so we use white noise too. I think we'll see how he is when he's older. They definitely help light sleepers but don't seem to matter to others. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-wean-off-white-noise#post-2457709 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 08:02:54 +0000 ms.line 2457709@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use a white noise machine every night in my own room! I will probably use one for my LO for a loooooooong time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-wean-off-white-noise#post-2457689 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 07:34:03 +0000 regberadaisy 2457689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@reverie: FWIW my daughters do not *need* it. We go to family's often for a long weekend and I never bring the white noise and they don't have trouble falling asleep. I do use it for the younger one when we're there (via my phone) just because she goes to sleep earlier and the kids are LOUD. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-wean-off-white-noise#post-2457686 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 07:30:50 +0000 blackbird 2457686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Um, I put white noise on myself, last night, to go to sleep! E still uses it at almost 3 and probably will for awhile. It just drowns out the noise of us all moving around, walking, talking, watching TV, and I don't want her to stay up to listen/be a part of it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-wean-off-white-noise#post-2457682 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 07:15:33 +0000 buttermilk 2457682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Omg I hope we never have to stop! I think of it less as a sleep crutch and more of just a way that we don't wake her up when we make noise after bedtime. She doesn't use it at daycare and I doubt she actually needs it to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-wean-off-white-noise#post-2457664 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 06:48:33 +0000 Finfan 2457664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1 still uses hers at 3.5 but our house is loud at night with cats running around. Also I sleep so much better with the one in our room (technically for the baby who is rooming with us). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-wean-off-white-noise#post-2457648 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 06:24:54 +0000 ValentineMommy 2457648@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS1 still uses his at 3. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-wean-off-white-noise#post-2457643 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 05:59:29 +0000 lamariniere 2457643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I personally don't think it made a difference with my younger LO. We used it until she was about 19 months, went on vacation for 3 weeks and didn't use it. We never used it again after and didn't notice any real difference in her sleep. Maybe just try? Or if there is a way to set a timer on it to turn it off, or manually turn it off a few hours after he goes to bed and see how he does? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-wean-off-white-noise#post-2457629 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 03:59:47 +0000 catomd00 2457629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't consider white noise s sleep crutch. We sleep with one, too. If we don't have it available, no big deal but it's pretty easy to find a substitute if we need one - a fan, an app, etc... I def wouldn't stop with all the baby sounds that are coming!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-wean-off-white-noise#post-2457613 Thu, 11 Feb 2016 01:41:41 +0000 sandy 2457613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like everyone said we still do white noise at 4 years to drown out the house noise. She sleeps fine without it (when we're on vacation/traveling) so she's not dependent on it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-wean-off-white-noise#post-2457564 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 23:30:42 +0000 tofuwad 2457564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My niece decided that "it's scary" at 3.5 so that's when she stopped. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-wean-off-white-noise#post-2457560 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 23:23:40 +0000 MrsF 2457560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never! My kids are 3y and 14mo and we are still going strong. Their rooms share a wall so I find it particularly important. I hear it all night over the monitor so I'm addicted too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-wean-off-white-noise#post-2457537 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 22:59:37 +0000 birdofafeather 2457537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No weaning off white noise for us, especially with a baby! DD1 isn't dependent on it, but it helps drown out DD2's cries in the middle of the night so I see no reason to stop! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-wean-off-white-noise#post-2457536 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 22:58:04 +0000 Torchwood 2457536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@reverie: Well, in my case I never had it growing up, and started sleeping better when I started sleeping in (now) DH's room in college and be had a loud fan. So not having it as a kid didn't help keep me from being dependent, it just meant I didn't sleep as well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-wean-off-white-noise#post-2457532 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 22:53:58 +0000 Foodnerd81 2457532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am SO glad we still have it with the new baby! There is no way the older one could have slept through the crying some nights, and having a screaming newborn is plenty stressful- adding in a toddler who got woken up would be awful! Our condo is very small though, maybe in much bigger houses it wouldn't be as big of a deal? </p> <p>I'm team white noise for life. Or at least until I don't have to wake up with her. So college? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-wean-off-white-noise#post-2457528 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 22:41:04 +0000 Pancakes 2457528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@reverie: We probably stopped using it around the time she moved to her big kid room, so like 2.75 years. But we definitely reintroduced it when DD2 was born. Some nights we use it and some nights we don't. She doesn't seem dependent on it, so I'm not worried. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-wean-off-white-noise#post-2457524 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 22:31:19 +0000 reverie 2457524@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: @Mrs. Champagne: @simplyfelicity: @Corduroy: @Torchwood: </p> <p>Ha well... I knew this would be the other half of the argument. I guess neither of us have "sleep crutches" and want to set him up for easiest sleep when he is older (and might not have white noise accessible or something).... but I guess it doesn't matter if it is a few years from now vs. now.... Just not sure what people generally do! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-wean-off-white-noise#post-2457521 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 22:27:40 +0000 Torchwood 2457521@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Why do you want to get rid of it? DH and I have used it since before we got married, so we won't have LO stop unless she wants to at some point once she's out of our room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-wean-off-white-noise#post-2457516 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 22:21:00 +0000 Corduroy 2457516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would keep it at least until the baby STTN. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-wean-off-white-noise#post-2457514 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 22:19:20 +0000 simplyfelicity 2457514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With all the noises of a baby, I would not eliminate white noise! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-wean-off-white-noise#post-2457513 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 22:16:44 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2457513@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband cannot sleep without white noise and uses a fan. I've become addicted to it too! Maybe replace the machine with a fan? </p> <p>I plan to keep it for life haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-wean-off-white-noise#post-2457507 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 22:02:44 +0000 regberadaisy 2457507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I definitely did not want to stop the white noise when we had a baby coming!!!</p> <p>Dd1 is almost 4 and we still use it. Don't plan to stop soon. But I also don't think she is dependent on it? I just think it helps to drown out household noise and the occasional crying. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/when-did-you-wean-off-white-noise#post-2457504 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 22:01:11 +0000 reverie 2457504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I came on to ask this question and then saw white noise is a recent topic....</p> <p>Anyway, my son is 2.5 and still uses white noise. He's moving to his "big boy" room this weekend and transitioning from a crib to a bed. We are expecting the birth of our second child in mid-march so there is a lot going on. My husband suggested we stop the white noise this weekend as part of the "big boy" changes. I'm not sure what to do! What was your experience? </p>