The best white noise machine to help your baby sleep

Send your baby drifting off to sleep with our number one choice, Sweet Dreamers' Ewan Deluxe, which plays five soothing sound options, including Rainfall, Harp Lullaby Melody, Vacuum Cleaner, Womb, and Shush, which are all combined with Mum's resting heartbeat. The clever SmartCRY sensor automatically activates when your baby stirs. Ewan's soft pink night light glow also mimics a womb environment to help comfort and soothe your baby and induce sleep.

Shortlisted for the 2022 Mother&Baby Awards, mum tester Gabriella said: "We introduced Ewan the Dream Sheep during a sleep regression and being very tired parents from the constant stirring. We have only been using it for a short time but already it has picked up our son's whimper and cry and senses he needs comfort by turning on with the sounds and glowing red light, which is a very shallow glow and doesn't light up the whole room to over stimulate him."

Read our full Ewan Deluxe review.

After a hectic day, help your baby drift off to sleep with the adorable Ollie the Owl from Tommee Tippee. It plays comforting sounds, including Heartbeat, Rainfall, White Noise, and Brahms Lullaby, and you can adjust the volume easily. Pick from one of three light settings, as the gentle warm glowing tummy creates a soothing environment. If baby stirs, the built-in CrySensor cleverly activates to lull them back to sleep, so it's sweet dreams all around.

Tested for the Mother&Baby Awards 2018, mum Sara said: "I have tried every other sleeping aid on the market with my toddler and none ever even came close to working, until Ollie the Owl came along and worked on the first night! He's beautiful, much smarter than Ewan the Dream Sheep, for example, and is very cuddly and soft. He works using a noise sensor, which is absolutely brilliant, always picking up small noises and ready to soothe my toddler back to sleep, often before I've even realised she's stirring!"
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Recommended as one of Lucy Mecklenburgh's new mum buys, this small but mighty Dreamegg White Noise Machine is packed with 11 soothing sounds, including white noise, ocean sound, brook, lullaby, music box, shushing, vacuum cleaner, fetal tone, fair sound, cricket, and fan sound. Its compact size makes it great for taking on the go, and it features a nightlight with adjustable light intensity, ideal for midnight feeding.

One reviewer said: "This came yesterday and wow. First time I have slept through since becoming poorly. Wish I got it sooner. My daughter loves it. The options of white noise and calming music are just stunning and the light goes to the sound played. I am surprised it doesn't cost more to be fair. I would 100% recommend."

The Babymoov Sleepy White Noise Nightlight comes with both white and pink noise settings, as well as seven different natural sounds to help your baby settle. You can adjust the volume as you wish, and with an integrated timer, you can choose to turn the sound off after 10 minutes and the light off after 30 minutes. The rainbow-coloured light helps to set the mood, and with a handy 'tap and light' feature, it's super easy to turn on.

One reviewer said: "This soothing noise/music/night light works a treat to lull baby to sleep but the set timer could be a bit longer."

Sometimes a walk in the park isn't enough to settle your baby, but the SnuzCloud could be just the ticket. The plush, lightweight sleep aid plays four soothing sounds, including a heartbeat and water, plus two calming lights to help little passengers relax. Suitable from birth, it can be used as both a white noise machine and a nightlight and is part of the SnüzPod range of bedside cribs.

Our mum tester Lauren said: "We didn't think we needed a white noise machine before our baby arrived. We thought if we never used one then he wouldn't need it. How wrong we were! A few days in and we were pumping lullabies and white noise into his ears at every opportunity in a bid to get him to drift off. While you can download white noise apps and lullabies on your phone, having a separate, portable device that can be popped at the head of wherever he is sleeping is far more convenient."

Read our full SnuzCloud review.

For a machine that does it all, look no further than the Vtech V-Hush Sleep Training Soother. With a compatible phone app, this soother supports playing continuous white noise and many other soothing sounds. Preset in the unit, you'll find 40 bedtime stories, 100 pieces of classical music, 10 lullabies, and 10 natural sounds that you can control the volume of. It also doubles as a nightlight, room thermometer, and clock, and you can even record personal voice messages for baby. It's pricier than the other machines on this list, but this one goes above and beyond.

One reviewer said: "This product it's amazing! My baby falls instantly asleep using the pink noise. You can change the light colour, sounds and you can even plan the night routine. I was a bit sceptical before buying it but trust me it's great!"

Featuring seven sleep sounds to help send your little one snoozing, this cute and portable white noise machine is a dream to bring along wherever you're heading as well as in their nursery. It offers 48 hours worth of charge when charged fully while the built-in soft LED light has three settings to adjust to your preference.

Available in three different colours, the Marpac Dohm claims to play white noise sound that contains less high-frequency content than most competing sound machines on the market. Simply flip the switch to choose your volume setting, 'high' for noisy environments and 'low' for everything else, then twist to fine-tune the tone of your white noise. Sure, it may not be particularly pretty, but this white noise machine can be used by both babies and adults.

One reviewer said: "I have 6-month-old twins, it's only been a few days but since using this they have slept through the night without waking! It's much better than our previous white noise machine which had a timer on it and would turn itself off after 20 mins, often waking the babies. The volume controls are easy to use but there isn't much variance between the two settings, you can also rotate the casing to open the holes and this changes the tone and also seems to affect the volume."

Going on holiday with your baby this summer? Ensure you get a good night's sleep wherever you go with Suzy The Portable Baby Soother. Attaching to your travel cot or car seat with a fastening strap, this soother produces six different calming noises, including heartbeat, shushing, and white noise. It will shut off automatically after 20 minutes, but the clever cry sensor will automatically reactivate the sound whenever your baby wakes.

One reviewer said: "This really helped settle Flora while we were out and about. A great size, lightweight, and the 6 different sounds with the quiet Velcro fastenings are a hit!"