We wrote about the perfect bed three years ago now and have still been sleeping like a baby on it every night. This bed ruined us for every other bed ever. We go to hotels and sleep like crap because we miss our amazing bed and pillows so much. So how can it be possible to get an even better night’s sleep than we already were on our Marpac Yogabed? Well, I’m here to tell you how.
Marpac, the company that makes the Yogabed, also makes the world’s best sound machines. We bought a sound machine for our son when he was born (not from Marpac) because we had read it could help him sleep at night thanks to the soothing sounds he was used to hearing in the womb, like a heartbeat. But I just never thought of myself, personally, as a sound machine person, someone who needed noise to help me sleep at night. I have always been a pretty heavy sleeper with no trouble falling to sleep…that is until pregnancy insomnia and the sleep deprivation that comes with being a new parent.
Now? I sleep to the gentle, soothing sounds of the ocean every. single. night. I mean, don’t you sleep so much better at the beach where you can hear waves crashing outside your windows? Well, the Marpac Whish machine is loaded with 16 high quality sound options that will lull you to a gentle sleep. The ocean sound on this machine is by far our favorite and is SO perfect. It is an incredibly realistic rendition of the rushing waves at the beach. The other nature sounds on this machine, rain and stream, are also very high quality and realistic.
The Whish sound machine is small in size, so it easily fits on my nightstand with all of my other cords, the baby monitor, and my heated mattress pad control. The volume is easy to locate with big plus or minus buttons in the middle of the night, but so is the large power button on the front. You can also set a timer so that it doesn’t play all night if you just want it on while you are going to sleep.
I was worried that a sound machine would drown out my ability to hear my son crying in the middle of the night, but honestly you can set the volume as loud or quiet as you prefer and even the softer volumes produce enough sound to help you sleep without masking a baby’s cries.
Marpac also makes five other sound machines if you are looking for something else. The DOHM, DOHM classic, and DOHM uno make natural white noise sound that can be adjusted byrotating the fan base of the machine. Rohm and Hushh are both portable, chargeable devices perfect for travel or a baby’s room. They each have three sounds – bright white noise, deep white noise, and gentle surf.
Basically, we definitely recommend that you try sleeping with a sound machine. It will change your life and your sleep. And we recommend you try Marpac’s sound machines. The classic natural white noise of the DOHM is ideal for blocking out disruptive noises, but they also make the multi-optioned Whish sound machine giving you 16 different noises to choose how you fall asleep.
You can purchase Marpac’s sound machines directly from marpac.com. They offer free shipping within the US. But they are also available from a list of retailers including Amazon, Buy Buy Baby, Target, Best Buy, and Wal-Mart.
This post is sponsored. We were provided a Marpac Whish sound machine to test out and review for this post. All opinions are our own.
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