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👶🏽 Are White Noise Machines Harmful for Babies?

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Markey Battle
November 06, 2023

Happy Monday, Mamas! Did you enjoy that extra hour of sleep? What’s that? You didn’t get one because you have a toddler and they don’t understand the concept of Daylight Saving Time? Here’s to your new 5 a.m. wake-up time!

In Today’s Lemon Mommy:

  • How to Calm Your Fussy Baby When Nothing Seems to Work

  • Are White Noise Machines Harmful to Babies? 🔊

  • Sneaky Ways Moms Can Save Money Throughout the Week 💸

  • Hurry! A Holiday Toy Insider Says These Toys Are the Most Likely to Sell Out Before Christmas 🧸 🪀

How to Calm Your Fussy Baby When Nothing Seems to Work

@katherinesylvester

I use Dr. Harvey Karp’s 5 S’s every day! One of them is always bound to work #cryingbaby #newborn #newmom #fyp

Skin-to-Skin Contact 💟

This form of touch is one of the most intentional and proven methods to help your baby when they’re emotional. Skin-to-skin contact:

👶🏽 Calms babies and mothers

👶🏽 Regulates the baby’s heart rates and breathing

👶🏽 Stimulates digestion and appetite

👶🏽 Regulates temperature

👶🏽 Improves the baby’s health

👶🏽 Irradicates anxiety

👶🏽 Creates a sense of security

Swaddling 🐣

This calming technique has been around for years. Swaddling is another term for wrapping your baby in a blanket in a cocoon-like way. This method:

👼🏾 Improves sleep quality

👼🏾 Reduces startle reflex

👼🏾 Calms babies 

👼🏾 Regulates body temperature

Babywearing 🦦

If you want to combine the previous two methods, consider babywearing. This calming technique uses slings, wraps, or other carriers guardians can carry their babies around. Some of the benefits of babywearing are:

🍼 Increased bonding

🍼 Less crying

🍼 Improved motor skills

Motion and Vibration 🚼

Rhythm plays a huge part in babies’ psyche. If they’re getting fussy about some of the sounds around them, start swaying or bouncing them up and down to see if they calm down. You can also use a vibration or sound machine to stimulate that feeling. Here are some of the benefits you can expect from this method:

🚼 You can do this method anywhere 

🚼 Provides relief for babies and parents

🚼 Soothes babies efficiently and quickly 

🚼 Allows parents to do other tasks while calming their babies

Are White Noise Machines Harmful to Babies? 🔊

In 2022, Dr. Amee Revana, D.O., FAASM found that white noise machines provided more benefits than risks to babies’ ears.

Our LemonMommy Handpicked Noise Machines

Dr. Revana says keeping a white noise machine in your baby’s room is fine. Keep the machine 7 feet from where they are sleeping and no louder than 50 dB.

Sneaky Ways Moms Can Save Money Throughout the Week 💸

We’re all guilty of spending too much throughout the week, but what about saving instead? We understand that it is much easier to spend than save, especially with all the new holiday decor and food drops coming out every day now, but there are several sneaky ways that mamas are using to save every week. 

Here are some of the most successful ways you can sneakily save this week:

Company Apps 📱

Most places will reward you for frequenting their business. Several fast food companies like McDonald’s, Dunkin’, and Chick-fil-A offer users special deals on the apps. Other apps, like Checkout 51, offer users cash back on gas and groceries. Similarly, Fetch offers its users rewards for scanning receipts!

Cut Those Coupons 🗞

Does anyone else have an ingrained memory of coming home as a child and seeing their mothers hunched over their newspaper coupons? Just me? Moving on! But couponing is one of the best ways you can save on necessities.

Some companies email (or snail mail) their coupons right to you, but you can look for coupons on supermarket apps if you don’t want to carry around a bunch of paper. 

Cook Something New at Home 🍛

But I have to go out and buy all new ingredients! It’s easier just to eat out!’ If you get into the habit of cooking one new thing every week, you’ll quell the urge to eat out because of the diversity in your food! And notice we’re not telling you not to eat out, we’re just saying to mix it up at home at least once a week. 

Use Your Coffee Machine ☕️

It’s tempting to stop by Starbucks or Dunkin’ to grab a little afternoon coffee (and rewarding if you have the apps!) but try to make your coffee at home. 

While it doesn’t seem like much, ordering a $7 coffee every day can come to over $2,500 by the end of the year. Meanwhile, a $15 bag of coffee once a month adds up to $180 a year. That’s a much more manageable bill. 

Hurry! A Holiday Toy Insider Says These Toys Are the Most Likely to Sell Out Before Christmas 🧸 🪀

We’re not trying to stress you out, but this is your subtle reminder to start shopping for Christmas in the next few weeks. Early Christmas shopping is always a good idea because it reduces stress and allows you to rest easy. 

Not to mention, it helps you beat the crowd and negates any chances of the top toys getting sold out before you get to them! Here are the toys we’re shopping for before they sell out.

Lemon Shots 🍋 🥃

💰Sam Bankman-Fried has been found guilty of mismanaging $8,000 of customer funds stored in his crypto exchange, FTX. Bankman-Fried lost his status as the cryptocurrency whiz kid once convicted of seven counts of fraud. He awaits a second trial in a federal Brooklyn jail.

🪖 Israel’s Prime Minister shut down talks of a cease-fire on Gaza until all the hostages are released. The United States urges Israeli forces to grant more aid to Palestinian civilians, while also granting its military a $14.5 billion military aid package.

🏘️ Amidst the wake of a scandal, the National Association of Realtors announced on Thursday that CEO Bob Goldberg would resign at the end of the month. In his place, Nykia Wright will step in as interim Chief Executive Officer. 

🧑‍⚖️ Former President Donald Trump will take the stand to deliver a high-stakes testimony today. The civil fraud trial was brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James. James is seeking $250 million in damages and a block on Trump’s business in the state. 

🎢 Six Flags and Cedar Fair announced an $8 billion deal resulting in a merger. The combined company owns and controls 27 amusement parks and 15 water parks. This merger saves the company $200 million in cost savings and $3.4 billion in forecasted revenue. 

🦕 🍗 Tyson Foods announced on Saturday they are voluntarily recalling 30,000 pounds of their dino-shaped chicken nuggets. Tyson only recalled certain 29-oz. packages with an expiration date of Sept. 4, 2024.  Federal reporters have announced one ‘minor oral injury.’