Reddit reviews Yogasleep Rohm Portable White Noise Machine for Travel | 3 Soothing, Natural Sounds with Volume Control | Compact Sleep Therapy for Adults & Baby | USB Rechargeable | Lanyard for Easy Hanging

This is the white noise machine we use:

https://www.amazon.com/Marpac-Portable-White-Machine-Electronic/dp/B01D50RZQI/ref=sr_1_6_s_it?s=hpc&ie=UTF8&qid=1503491993&sr=1-6&keywords=dohm%2Bsound%2Bmachine&th=1

This company makes a larger one, but it isn't portable. I would bring this to the car when we wanted to try to have her sleep on the go. It was the gamechanger that let us shop and do other errands outside of the house with her when she was still a newborn. The phone white noise would work in the house, but not be loud enough for the car or even stroller walks.

My baby girl used to do this until we bought a sound machine for the car and now she either falls asleep or just sits there nicely most of the time. This is the one we use: Marpac Rohm Portable White Noise Machine for Travel | 3 Soothing, Natural Sounds with Volume Control | Compact Sleep Therapy for Adults & Baby | USB Rechargeable | Lanyard for Easy Hanging https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01D50RZQI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_J33sDbGE07CQ1

That's awful. I'm so sorry that's happening.

There are others who post on here about their Nparent(s) purposely being loud and making noise to keep them on edge and anxious.

It is probably on purpose, or it's some kid of subconscious or habitual thing he's gotten used to.

You can do few things to mitigate the sound if leaving the house isn't an option, but you're really going to want to make sure he isn't aware you're doing any of them, or he will probably start paying attention to when you're trying to block him out, and escalate accordingly.

•close your door (pretty obvious)

•get noise-canceling headphones, or normal ones that go all the way around your ears and listen to music (I think they make some for listening to music that are also noise-canceling, but they might be expensive)

•get a fan (a big box fan makes the best white noise imo) or a white noise machine

I hope some of that helps. Keep us updated.

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Edit 2: small typos

Ah yeah I'm sure she'll be great there then! It may be a little noisy there still as the street to the right, Austurstræti, is a popular strip of bars & restaurants. And it's a popular way to walk over to the Laugavegur scene. We were there on a weeknight & heard some noise at 2 or 3 am, but I think it was fine once we closed the windows. You can probably request to be on the other side of the hotel/quiet room. This is also a great travel white noise machine.

Congratulations.

Though I'm not a parent myself, I work for a high end newborn photographer so I'll just give you tips on my observations.

• Swaddle tight with stretchy materials and hold the arms down to the sides when swaddling
  
  
• if mom is nursing, stay away from gassy vegetables and acidic foods as well. From our experience when the mom eats these things the baby is miserable the next day because of gas. We basically just recommend a boring bland diet. Only for the first few weeks though. After the first 3 or 4 weeks and then its usually ok. Every baby will be different so your mileage may vary. But from our experience 99% of the time we have cranky crying babies for the whole session is because mom had like spicy food or something else. Rule of thumb for us basically if the food has the potential to make your stomach uncomfortable sometimes then it might make baby uncomfortable as well
  
  
• Get a yoga ball. trying to sooth baby, hold baby with head to your heart, sit on ball and start bouncing gently. Get yoga socks too if you have slippery floors.
  
  
• diaper rash. Use huggies or honest brand. 9 out of 10 babies that come in with a rash are using pampers. Kirkland brand wipes from costco are great too. Our studio is stocked with huge packs of them.
  
  
• Formulas. I'm not sure on the brands for this but don't go out buying huge amounts right away because some babies might not like them very much. Might make them gassy too so you may have to try a few brands before you land on the one that is right. There are also ones for sensitive stomachs ( more expensive though)
  
  
• get a baby shusher or white noise, either this or this one, we use both in our studio.
  
  
• get chux from amazon (basically look like puppy pads but are not scented or no chemicals) you'll probably seem them at the hospital. use them on your changing table, keep a few in your car. everywhere really so that where ever you are you can change baby an hopefully avoid soiling a bed/car/couch etc.
  
• newborn size clothes is often too big for actual newborns
  
• If you are getting photos taken 7-10 days is ideal. Most of the newborn photos you'll see are of 7-10 day old babies. Time will vary if preme or multiples. Don't wait several weeks and then still expect to get the same type of photos. at the very least try to book within 24 hours of giving birth though that may only apply to the photographer work for because most of our clients book well in advanced but there's always a few every now and then that call in trying to get in the same day and we have to behave ourselves when we explain that wont be possible.
  
• Gripe water, buy it
  
• Don't touch her stomach after she's given birth.
  
• Get her a push present
  
• have your go bag and car seat ready in the car even earlier than recommended. honestly not sure what's recommended but just do it as early as you can. a lot of our clients have been going early recently.
  
  That's all I can think of for now. Good luck to you and don't worry nobody knows what they are doing the first time. Just by making this post looking for advice you will probably be more ready that many of the first time dads that come into our studio. Just enjoy your time together as much as possible those first few weeks and take lots of photos and videos even if its just on your phone. and back them up. babies grow so fast the first few weeks so they will never be that tiny again. Blink and its over. Oh and for the future, age 2 sucks but 3 should be good. you can usually start bribing them by 3. Again I want to reiterate that I myself and not a father (but I hope to be) so take all of this however you like. I've been working at this studio for almost a decade now (i'm 30) and these are just the things that I've seen and learned from all the parents that come in. Also, Asian babies are the best, have one of those if you can, they're usually prefect for their sessions...
  
  (sorry about typos, too lazy to go back and fix)

It's this little guy: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/aw/d/B01D50RZQI/ref=yo_ii_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1

We have the Rohm white noise machine from Amazon, it’s fantastic. Got it as a shower gift and it’s still working great a year later.

Marpac Rohm White Noise Sound Machine, Portable https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01D50RZQI/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_7QmLDb5Z4Z19G