White noise is ... White noise for newborns

Many mothers use music and lullabies to put the crumbs to sleep, but what if the child is very active, excited and in no way going to bed despite the late hour? Specialists in sleep recommend using white noise. It can be the sounds of nature, the buzzing of a vacuum cleaner and others. They are no less effective than the mother's lullaby. Thanks to the white noise the child calms down, ceases to cry. He can become your magic help.

What it is?

White noise is a uniform background sound. He does not carry any information, which is why, over time, a person simply stops noticing him. White noise is the sound of rustling leaves, drops, road noise, the hiss of a radio or TV, the quiet buzz of a vacuum cleaner, the sound of the sea, rain, a hair dryer or a washing machine.

However paradoxical it may sound, noise can help your little one fall asleep.

How it works

Many people ask themselves: why is white noise more effective for a baby than a lullaby? It's very simple: as mentioned earlier, it does not carry any information, it's just a monotonous rumble. It is these sounds that resemble those that the baby heard while in the womb. On the child, this acts simply: he remembers that serene state, soft rocking, muffled light, a monotonous rumble. White noise is a memory of the most peaceful and safe place. He effectively calms babies in the first months of life. Special observations were made, during which it was proved that the process of falling asleep occurs three times faster not in complete silence.

Why does this work only in the first months of life?

White noise, the sound boiling around life is very useful at any age during daytime sleep. The kid with time forgets about the sensations of the mother in the stomach. But white noise still has a favorable effect on the child.

It is not necessary to specifically include music with records of such sounds, it's enough just to do your own things while the little one is resting. Very good if there are still children or animals at home.

How to apply white noise?

Sound, especially loud, to children in three or four months prevents sleep, in principle, as well as adults. What in this case are we talking about? Conversations in the next room, passing cars, repair work of neighbors. To help the child fall asleep and go into the deep slow sleep phase, white noise is necessary. In this case, quiet sounds are not audible, and loud ones are not perceived so violently.

Especially in this need very active children, who react to any rustle. They are so interested in being awake, that there is no time for sleep. During deep sleep, the threshold of perception of sounds is lowered, but still some children can hear them, then the dream will become superficial or at all will interfere. It can be a slamming door, dog barking, car alarm, talking, working television, a familiar melody and so on. However, white noise for the baby is very useful.

Healthy sleep

As you know, children can wake up because of extraneous noise if they want to turn over on the other side and for other reasons. Interruption of sleep (short sleep) is very harmful for the body crumbs. White noise for newborns is necessary for prolonging sleep, so your child will be much more cheerful during wakefulness, more active, more curious.

Rules and selection of suitable sounds

As is known from the physics course, white noise is a random process. There are a lot of such sounds that your kid will like - it's hard to say. It is necessary to act by trial and error. In addition, you need to know some rules:

1. Do not allow sounds for more than twenty-five minutes.
2. Place the source at least one meter from the bed.
3. Do not exceed the loudness (50 decibels).

As for the first paragraph. If the baby is constantly sleeping under these sounds, then in the future it will be hard to wean from it. If you bought a special white noise generator, it will automatically turn off after twenty-twenty-five minutes. The third point should be observed, otherwise it will lead to a disorder of the hearing aid and mental health of your child.

White noise and breastfeeding

However strange it may sound, special sounds will help you and your child with breastfeeding if the baby refuses to take the breast. It often happens that the child arches, cries, refusing to take the breast, but hearing the noise of a hair dryer, vacuum cleaner or water, instantly calms down and starts to actively suck. If you have problems with feeding, perhaps this option will help you.

Moreover, now all smartphones, you rarely see a black and white button phone. You can download a lot of free applications with these sound effects. Someone does not like this option? There are many toys - generators of white noise. Also, kids like to listen to the radio on an empty frequency, that is, hiss.

White noise of natural origin

Try to buy a small home waterfall, a fountain, this sound will be more natural, maybe it will have to taste your crumb. Only in this case it is necessary to comply with the above rules. Just some kids are so cunning that the noise of this river is easily different from the artificial recording, then your salvation is a shop where you can buy a home waterfall.

Benefit and harm

Among the useful properties of the phenomenon, scientists found the following:

• Normalization of sleep;
• Reduction of stress;
• Good imprint on the nervous system;
• Reduction in the likelihood of sudden child death syndrome.

Speaking of harm, white noise for newborns is absolutely safe, while observing safety rules.

Classification

White noise can be divided into the following groups:

• natural;
• Technogenic;
• artificial.

The first group includes the sound of rain, leaves, the murmur of a creek, the sound of a nearby waterfall (distant refers already to pink noise), surf and so on.

With the second group a little easier: it includes a vacuum cleaner, hair dryer, washing machine, the hiss of a TV or radio ...

Artificial - it records any kind of white noise, less effective on the child. There is an opinion that it is even harmful to the child.

Hysterics

White noise to many parents helps to overcome the hysteria of the child. If the baby does not like something, bother, use this method. A large number of mothers cope with the endless crying of a child only in this miraculous way.

The use of white noise during intestinal colic will also help to cope with the problem, alleviate the suffering of the child, adjust it to a positive mood.

We must remember the rules of use. Long listening will at least calm your crumbs, but can be addictive, which is very harmful. If you turn it on loudly, it will have a bad effect on the mental health of the baby, you may have problems with the hearing aid.

When can I turn it off? At the end of twenty-five minutes, and maybe sooner, when the baby is well and firmly fall asleep. At this time, the acuity of perception of sounds falls sharply. Then you can just do your own business. It is better if the child sleeps under household noise. Children and animals will be good helpers. TV, radio and similar receivers only harm healthy sleep, since this noise carries information, the child hears familiar melodies, the conversation of strangers.

With proper use, it is impossible to inflict harm on the child, use these tips, they will greatly facilitate your life.