White Noise for Sleeping Children

I don’t know about your house, but at our house, you can hear someone whispering in another room.  I’m serious!  When our first son was born I noticed that during nap time he always slept great until I would get on the phone.  After I realized why he was waking up, we decided we needed to do something.

We tried the ceiling fan, and that worked great.  But then during the winter time we had to come up with an alternative, or freeze the kid out.  I did some research and found sound machines, and I have friends that use them, but they’re a bit pricey.  We finally decided to buy a $20 CD player at Wal-Mart and a white noise CD.  We went with the Soothing Air Conditioner CD, and it’s been a really good choice.  We can also use the CD player to listen to music, which you wouldn’t be able to do with a sound machine.  And I also take it to Grandma’s house for nap time there.

After our second son was born, we bought another CD player and another CD.   The only problem we have now is that our two boys bedrooms are right next to each other.  If Nathaniel cries, it almost always wakes up Gabriel.  That is really frustrating, but I have no solution right now.  In our next house, I hope the baby’s room can be further away from the other children’s bedroom, or at least have a bathroom or closet in between them.