How to choose the best sound machine for your baby or toddler

Cute little baby sleeping with a sound machineSome babies have problems sleeping through the night, but they can also have difficulty settling to sleep during the day as well. We all know what it is like to have a little one who won’t sleep, so any tips or strategies that can fix this problem is a blessing! This is why I have put together this easy to read parents guide to finding the best sound machine for your baby or toddlers.

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Using an Aromatherapy Machine to Sleep Better

Best aromatherapy machines for sleepingAromatherapy diffusers are becoming more and more popular in American households and in health related businesses, because they help to elevate your mood, ease your breathing, improve concentration, purify the air, remove bad smells, perfume the air, relieve stress, help you to fall asleep and they are very affordable as well.

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Recent research on treating insomnia

Treating insomnia with medicationsThis is a quick look at recent news or research about insomnia and treating insomnia, other than using medications. A few articles focus on insomnia in military personnel, one is about noise pollution causing insomnia in the UAE and others look at interesting future treatments for insomnia.

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Fatal Familial Insomnia – what is it?

Fatal Familial InsomniaThe symptoms of fatal familial insomnia usually occur between 30 and 50 years of age and quite often start with difficulties going to sleep. This is followed by the occasional muscle twitching and spasms, and even stiffness of the limbs. Eventually, the sufferer can no longer sleep at all, resulting in reduced mental function and co-ordination, followed by death.

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Best Baby Sound Machines 2016

Best Baby Sound Machines 2016 Soothing sleep sounds are the perfect solution to settling your baby when you put them down in their cot, to helping them calm down when you are out shopping or keeping them soothed when you are traveling. Check out my reviews of the top 5 baby sound machines for 2016 here.

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Re-Timer Light Therapy Glasses

Re-Timer Light Therapy GlassesLooking through the online reviews for these Light Therapy Glasses, the vast majority are very positive. Light therapy is a proven technique to help with SAD and many people find that they help resolve their jet lag quickly and help shift workers to feel ‘normal’ again.

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What is sleep?

woman sleeping on a couchFor us to feel well rested, we need to experience the complete five stages of the sleep cycle and a good night’s sleep is said to consist of five or six complete cycles. If you have trouble sleeping, your sleeping period will consist of less than this beneficial number of completed sleep cycles. 

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Health Benefits of Sleep

Health Benefits of SleepMost of us know that we need a certain amount of sleep to help us get through the day, but do you realize the fabulous health benefits of sleep? let’s take a look at these, so you won’t be inclined to miss out on any more sleep.

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Best Sleep Sound Machines 2016

Best Sleep Sound Machines 2016This is where you will find the best sleep sound machines for 2016. So if you have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep, even issues concentrating at work or on your studies due to lots of noise in the room – then a sleep sound machine can seriously help you to sleep and feel much better, as well as increase your performance during the day.

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Baby sleep training – sleeping through the night

Baby Sleep TrainingBaby sleep training doesn’t have to be complicated or stressful on you or your baby, it just takes a little bit of persistence and some time and you will soon have your baby sleeping through the night. Some babies however, are too young for a sleeping routine, so you might have to wait for a few months before your efforts are successful. 

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White noise for babies

white noise for babiesWhite noise is a random collection of sounds between the frequencies of 20 to 20,000Hz. For centuries, parents have known that soothing music and lullabies help babies to sleep during both the day and the night – but is white noise really safe for a baby’s delicate ears?

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What is white noise?

What is White Noise?Most people might think that white noise is just a hissing noise or simply static and in a way they would be right. White noise however, has distinct parameters and most notably it is a band of random, but audible sound frequencies in the range of 20 to 20,000 Hz.

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