DS is in our room and is easily disturbed by us, leading to regular 5 am wakeups for the day. DH has been away and I've been sleeping on the couch so as not to bother DS, and he's like a different child, sleeping until 6 or 7... Loud white noise seems like it could be a solution, but DH detests our white noise machine and says he can't sleep with it. It's an electronic one (has 18 different fan noises, in an effort to find something DH doesn't hate.) We have a fan on our humidifier that's a bit noisy, but I don't think it's enough.

What kind of sound machine do you use? Manual? Electronic? I'm wondering if manual ones work better, but they're big and expensive so I'm a bit hesitant if it's basically just like the electronic version... We're looking for a house with more bedrooms but in the meantime I just want everyone to be able to sleep! At this point I'm almost tempted to move our bed to the living room and our living room furniture into the bedroom with DS's crib, as I'm desperate for decent sleep...