If you are parent of a new born baby, you must have been there, listening to a screaming baby and not knowing what to do. Some parents find by accident that white noise calms babies. Other people, like Dr. Harvey Karp, author of The Happiest Baby on the Block, realized that the womb is not a silent environment. When babies are born, they are used to constant noise. Unborn babies hear their mother's heart beat and hear the blood pumping through her veins and arteries. In fact, the sound of the blood movement is similar to the white noise that babies like so much. Many parents found that a hair dryer is very useful when calm a crying baby. Here are some real examples that you can see on videos. Check out! However, hair dryers are very loud, so if you use this technique, move it away from your baby as soon as your baby stops crying.
