My twins are almost 11 months old and we still use the sound machine for their naps and nighttime sleep. I was just thinking the other day, when/if we needed to start weaning them off the sound machine. So if you used a sound machine, when did you stop using it and how? Did you do it cold turkey or gradually (i.e. make it a little quieter each night until you eventually turn it off completely)?
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Still use it at 18 months!!
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forever. seriously.
we have it in the hallway so I can benefit too
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I'm 31 and I have a sound machine on my nightstand
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19 months - still using it. No plans to stop.
LO will turn her sleep sheep back on if she wakes up in the middle of the night and its off.
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I still use one at 30 y/o!
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He is 14 months and I don't think we will ever stop using it!
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@Bluebonnet: That is adorable!
@rahlyrah: @cmomma17: Haha. I guess I didn't really specify for LO
I pretty much sleep with one too by way of baby monitor.
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WE stopped using it a month ago (at 13 months.) We had a sleep sheep and I ntoiced she was un-velcrowing it and throwing it on the floor multiple nights in a row...I took that as a sign as she didn't like it anymore
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24 months and still using it. She sleeps fine without it but I like to block out the noise in the house so we don't have to worry about tv volume, doors slamming, etc while she's alseep. Also, I want to keep using it when we have baby #2 so LO can sleep through any crying bc their rooms will be next to each other. I'm going to use white noise in baby #2's room too....I just want to do everything possible to hope both my kids sleep.
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10m and still going strong.
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@sandy: I think they can sleep fine without it as well. And I like it for the same reasons you listed. I like not having to tiptoe around the house and worry that they will wake up to our noise.
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Never - I cant sleep with complete silence myself - we all have sound machines in our rooms!
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19m and going strong
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18.5 months and still using it. I don't plan on getting rid of it. I use one too. I can't sleep in silence!
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At 18 m she still uses the sheep. Its part of both her naptime and bedtime routine. I see no harm in keeping it around for awhile!
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2 years (27 months) and DS still uses one. He could sleep without it, but it keeps him from hearing outside noises.
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We plan to use white noise until he can decide whether or not he wants it on/off (and he can choose to turn it on/off) himself!
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20 months and still using it!
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Okay, so based on reading this i just need to get another sound machine for peanut number 2, I guess!
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Still using it at 13.5 months! NYC is loud!
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No kids here, but I've used one for myself for years. I wouldn't sleep without it.
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16 months and still using it. it's pretty quiet, and if I did want to wean him off it I would probably go gradually turning it down every few days until it was off
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we have a marpac dohm, 12.5 months and still use it!
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Still using it at almost 3 years old.
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Forever. I'm hooked on it too. My daughter's room is off our living room, so without it, we'd have to be really quiet. I see absolutely no need to stop . . . ever? Yeah, really can't imagine why I would. And now I'm hooked from hearing it over the monitor,
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Still using it at 15 months!
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I know this is an old thread but I was curious what others said. My ped also said there is no harm to continue to use it as long as we/LO wants. I asked at his 12 month appt because I wondered if it was harmful in anyway to keep using it. So at 14 months we have no plans of stopping.
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We use one (always take it when we travel!), so I don't foresee not letting LO. I guess we'll have to get her one of her own when we stop cosleeping!
Though now that I think about it, this one is actually hers, in that we got it as a baby gift, we just started using it long before she arrived. So I guess we need to get us our own when we stop cosleeping!
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Our older is over four and we still use it in her room.
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