How to Use the Drift Away White Noise Machine
The Drift Away Portable White Noise machine features seven clean and clear sleep sounds, designed to promote deep, restorative sleep for babies and adults by masking disruptive noises in the sleep environment. Incorporate the Drift Away sound machine into your sleep routine by playing one of the sounds at bedtime to help you and/or your baby be soothed and calmed to sleep and build healthy sleep cues and habits.
Learn how to use the White Noise Machine
Using with a baby
Place the unit on a flat surface, at least 2m/6.6ft away from your baby when in use. Never place the unit next to your baby’s ears such as in the bassinet, cot/crib, or pram. Use the unit to assist settling your baby to sleep. Once baby is asleep, turn off the unit.
Sound
To turn sound on and off, press and hold down the Power button for 3 seconds for track to start playing.
Change the Sound Track
To change the track, press the Sound Track Selection button once. There are seven sound tracks to choose from. The unit will return to the sound it was playing when it was last turned off.
Size Guide
Portable White Noise Machine
| ergoPouch size | Metric | Imperial |
|---|---|---|
| Weight | 96g | 0.2lb |
| Diameter | 8cm | 3.2" |
| Height | 3.7cm | 1.5" |
| Charging Cable Length | 1m | 38" |
What is white noise and why it's beneficial for sleep?
White noise is a sound made by evenly combining all the audible frequencies humans can hear at an equal intensity to create a steady noise with no specific pitch. This can sound like a fuzzy, humming, static-like or hissing like noise. White noise can be helpful by masking other sound and noises in the sleep environment that may be distracting or disruptive for a person going to sleep, and staying asleep. For infants, white, pink or brown noise can also act as a sleep cue for your baby, and calm and soothe baby through familiar sounds.
When used safely, white noise is suitable to use from birth for a baby as one part of your sleep settling toolkit.
Your baby's sleep routine - setting up a consistent routine from day one
The word’s ‘routine’ and ‘newborn baby’ can seem incongruous. In the early days of your baby being earthside, the goal is to learn their tired signs and establish connection rather than a typical sleep routine. With that in mind, there are a few things that can set up healthy sleep habits, positive sleep associations and help parents feel empowered they are making safe sleep choices for their babe. Introducing white noise, using a darkened room for sleeps (see our Window Blockout) and using a safe-sleep swaddle for all naps are three such ways.
Once your baby is around 2-3 months old, their internal clock becomes more predictable and a basic sleep/eat/play schedule can be introduced. Our range of newborn sleepwear below is designed to meet the developmental sleep needs of the early newborn days, to the transition to rolling and infanthood.
