Slumber Bear - are they worth buying?

[Sonners]

I am having my first baby in January and I have seen recommended in a few places (and by a few friends) getting a Slumber Bear. Has anyone found them useful?

I am obviously all for anything which might help to settle the baby, my main objection is that they look a bit sinister to me!!

[Strawbs]

I had two from mothercare (both broke within 2 weeks), really didnt make any difference at all for my son but I know some people swear by them.. There are lots of white noise apps / cds you could always try first before forking out the cash. Good luck!

[Sonners]

Thanks Strawbs!

[hellosailor]

The problem with slumber bear is that whatever noise you set it to, say, heartbeat, it it set to cut out automatically after 5 minutes unless is senses movement, so we found that every time our daughter drifted off as a newborn, the abrupt cutting out of slumber bear woke her with a startle every time....kind of exactly the opposite of what we were hoping to achieve! ha!

We do however still use another white noise machine, the Homedics Lullaby Sound Spa, which a few family roomers recommended on here, which has different settings you can choose from like waves, rain ,heartbeat, and she found that soothing when she was tiny and it's still useful now that she's a toddler as the white noise covers the noise of builders drilling, the neighbours dog barking for hours etc when she is asleep. It's obviously not the same as a cuddly toy that you put in the cot, so if you specifically wanted one of them then my friend's baby loves Ewan the sheep which I believe keeps making the white noise for significantly longer then the 5 minutes that Slumber bear is set to..

[Fuschia]

I have this amazing comforter that provides a soothing heartbeat noise for the baby, as well as warmth and a milky smell

Doesn't need batteries even

Tis me ....

:-)

[simonethebeaver]

We had a Sleep Sheep, which went on for ages on different settings. Definitely helped in the car and helped me sleep at night!

[jennyh]

We had slumber bear and it was brilliant!! It is now the teddy that my daughter sleeps with which some people would try and avoid but I don't mind her having a comfort toy. It helped settle her into nursery and helps her sleep in different surroundings. We don't have the box in it anymore, just have the teddy.