If you use white noise to help your baby sleep, what age did you stop?

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My baby is two and we still use white noise. Wondering if I should start phasing it out. If I don’t will she become an adult who can’t sleep without it?

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She’ll have sleepovers and other life events before she hits adulthood where she won’t have it I wouldn’t worry about it affecting sleep for the rest of her life!

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We still use it with my almost 2 year old and don't plan to stop any time soon. I don't think it's a bad thing. I use white noise at night. I've had times where I forgot it when I went somewhere and was able to sleep just fine.

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White noise is good for everyone to sleep with, even adults. Although we typically use fans. 
But the noise is not only soothing but helps drown out other noise resulting in better sleep. 
I wouldn’t worry about phasing it out. Unless you plan on tip toeing around your house while she sleeps lol. 
My husband and I have a white noise machine in our room too to help drown out his snoring lol and help me sleep better. I bring it everywhere haha.

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I’m a full grown adult who sleeps significantly better with white noise. It hasn’t damaged me in any way. My kids stopped using a white noise machine around 2ish, but it was just replaced with other white noise such as open windows, oscillating fans, etc.  My kids have Amazon echos in their rooms now that they’re older, and sometimes they’ll ask Alexa to play white noise or sleep sounds. I don’t see how it’s detrimental in any way to continue using it.

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36 and still use white noise lol I don’t plan to stop with my kids until they ask

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My 4 year old still needs her sound machine. Wish we’d never started it in the first place 😂

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They even use it at our daycare so I'm not going to stop. I'll keep going for consistency.

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My 3 year old still uses her music box that has a variety of sounds she can listen to. It actually ran out of batteries and we got lazy in replacing them. We would put a Playlist on on Spotify and let her use that before bed and then turned it off after she fell asleep. She also doesn't have a music box at daycare and she sleeps fine (by her standards) with or without it. I wouldn't worry about it

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People often talk about sleep “crutches”. I decided I’m fine with a sound machine being a crutch. In todays world sooo many people sleep with a fan, tv or white noise on their phone. 
And guess what? No kid sleeps well at a sleep over I wouldn’t blame a sound machine haha. Most adults don’t sleep well unless we’re in a super nice hotel situation. My son is over 2 years old and with baby sister coming I’m glad he’s okay with some noise. Because some nights he is still sensitive to sounds outside his room.

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My two and half year old still has a sound machine and my 4 month old uses one too. My husband and I both have always slept with a sound (like the fan on) so I don’t see why it’s a problem.

If you use white noise to help your baby sleep, what age did you stop?

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