Ewan the Sheep

Thank you that’s super helpful xxx

I’ve just googled it and realised it’s similar to the dream egg sound machine I currently use! Completely agree it works a treat. Mine just doesn’t have the red light though which would have defo been more soothing! I’m hoping to find something more comforting thst she can hold onto xx

It does the job for us but I do think the quality is poor for the price. We are now on our 5th Ewan as the previous 4 were all faulty! His tail that you use to hook him around the cot has also worn through already.

One thing to also bear in mind is how much you'll spend on batteries as he goes through them at an incredible pace! We've ended up investing in rechargeable lithium batteries and a charger as we were having to buy new batteries almost every week.

We used Ewan for the first few weeks as it was gifted to us, but as said above 20mins just doesn't feel very long and it always seemed to turn off at thr wrong point, waking baby up. And the batteries!!

We now have a portable white noise machine which has some light options which is great and we leave the noise on low all night. LUMI | Portable White Noise Machine | 26 Sounds | Red Light Sleep Aid | 3 Night Light Levels | Sleep Timer | 20 Hours Battery Life | USB Rechargeable | Baby Sleep Aid | Sleep Sound Machine - White https://amzn.eu/d/hpTw0PC

Rockit Zed is a vibrating and red light mattress thing we've also had some success with, mainly used for the light.

we tried a variety of brands including Durcell Industrial! We probably still have a faulty one that's chomping through batteries 😔 although when I questioned the batteries with the company they said they only recommend using him with rechargeable lithium ion batteries because of how quickly he goes through them.

How often do you use yours? X

I just use an app on my phone called White Noise Deep Sleep Sounds and mix sounds fan with womb. It’s free and works wonders.

I use the Tommee tippee owl too ☺️ I think it takes a while for it to benefit them, I tried it when my girl was really young to try and get her to nap and didn’t think it did anything at all. Now I put him on during her last feed at bedtime and it definitely helps
When I wanted a constant one I just used Spotify on my phone and googled white noise and left it on repeat ☺️

We've got the lumi too and it's great as it's rechargeable and we leave it on all night as baby is a light sleeper

I had this issue but introduced a comforter instead as a sleep associate as my baby wouldn’t take a dummy and constantly need my boob for comfort during the night. We were already using the dream egg for white noise which we have since birth.

After a few weeks of him having a comforter and once he was out of the sleep regression, we then used the Ferber method to help him understand he can settle himself and doesn’t need me to settle him. I couldn’t believe it when he settled himself the first night after just 7mins and one reassurance check, he then slept 7hrs straight after which he has never done before.

He still wakes in the night to feed but only once or twice which is typical for a breastfed baby but not every 2hrs anymore as he can now connect his sleep cycles without me, it has changed my life.

Thank you so much lovelies!!! Your comments have been so incredibly helpful. I think I will stick to the dream egg portable sound machine I currently have as it’s amazing, but introduce a comforter alongside it. Making my own Ewan lol x

direct from the company. It was really disappointing! I did wonder if they'd been a bad batch or something. Same, I wondered if we were using ours loads more but doesn't sound like it x

The Ewan I have now has a sensor on it so it turns itself on automatically when he hears baby stirring. It’s literally been a life safer. I agree with the batteries, they die very quickly. We have purchased re chargeable batteries so it’s not an issue anymore.