Alex Gladwin Blog

I remember with both of my boys how as little babies they'd be sleeping in their tiny little car seats in the back of the car and then we'd stop at traffic lights and "Waaah" BOOM they'd wake up and start crying. It always made Adam and I laugh. But they say it's because young babies get a lot of comfort from white noise sounds - sounds of things that they would have heard when they were all tucked up inside of their Mummy's wombs.

I could defintely see this in both of my boys. I remember using white noise with Ethan when he was tiny and going through a bit of a phase where it was quite hard to get him to settle for sleep, I decided to give white noise a go to see if it would help and it did! We've just recently introduced a cot mobile with Logan which we use when we go to settle him for his naps and bedtime because I definitely think there's something that soothes babies about certain sounds and songs. It's just a comfort for them isn't it? I guess asides from the fact it's noises they would have heard from within their Mummy's tummy when they were growing, white noise may actually help babies feel like there's things going on around them and people still about, even if they are laying in their cot/crib by themselves.