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Sleepy sounds
Feb. 27th, 2011 10:16 pmI have three sleep sound machines in my house. One, the sleep sheep, is designed for infants and has 4 options: a simulated mother's heartbeat, rain, ocean and whale song. The heartbeat can lull me to sleep through the baby monitor. Jason says the rain option sounds like eggs frying. The ocean one I've only listened to in passing and who in the R&D department thought whale song would be good to put anybody to sleep, much less an infant?
Another one is a frog that projects stars on the ceiling. There is a white noise choice, a cricket choice and an ocean choice. Then there are several "lullaby" choices which mainly sound like bad penny whistle Celtic music. Jake seems to like one of the bad penny whistle sounds, but to me it's nightmare inducing. (Literally. The one night I fell asleep to it I had horrible nightmares.)
The third one is my alarm clock. With this one you can choose ocean (this ocean would actually be nice, lulling waves if it weren't for the inclusion of the intermittent screeching seagull), crickets, rain (which I now can't think of anything other than sounding like frying eggs) and a babbling brook that has another intermittent annoying sound I don't remember.
The whole point of this post is that I've been wondering why someone hasn't made a sleep machine with the option of a cat's purr. A nice, loud consistent purr puts everyone I know to sleep quickly and gently. And getting that sound without having the 1,000 degree blanket that cats turn into once they settle on your chest, or the piercing pain of having them sit there* would be awesome.
As other options I'd want the rumble of a diesel engine. And a heavy rainstorm as heard underneath a tin roof (which may avoid the frying egg thing). And a NASCAR race with the crashes taken out. All of these things easily put me to sleep.
What would be on your ultimate sleep machine?
*Seriously. Every cat on this planet defies the laws of physics in that it doesn't matter if they weigh 5 pounds or 50 and have tiny paws or huge ones. When they step on your chest they instantly become the equivalent of a wrecking ball balanced on toothpicks.
**I obviously think about sleep a lot these days. Thinking about sleep this morning actually triggered my let down reflex. *snort* (for the non-Moms, this is when your milk starts flowing, and generally only happens when nursing or thinking about or looking at your baby.)
Another one is a frog that projects stars on the ceiling. There is a white noise choice, a cricket choice and an ocean choice. Then there are several "lullaby" choices which mainly sound like bad penny whistle Celtic music. Jake seems to like one of the bad penny whistle sounds, but to me it's nightmare inducing. (Literally. The one night I fell asleep to it I had horrible nightmares.)
The third one is my alarm clock. With this one you can choose ocean (this ocean would actually be nice, lulling waves if it weren't for the inclusion of the intermittent screeching seagull), crickets, rain (which I now can't think of anything other than sounding like frying eggs) and a babbling brook that has another intermittent annoying sound I don't remember.
The whole point of this post is that I've been wondering why someone hasn't made a sleep machine with the option of a cat's purr. A nice, loud consistent purr puts everyone I know to sleep quickly and gently. And getting that sound without having the 1,000 degree blanket that cats turn into once they settle on your chest, or the piercing pain of having them sit there* would be awesome.
As other options I'd want the rumble of a diesel engine. And a heavy rainstorm as heard underneath a tin roof (which may avoid the frying egg thing). And a NASCAR race with the crashes taken out. All of these things easily put me to sleep.
What would be on your ultimate sleep machine?
*Seriously. Every cat on this planet defies the laws of physics in that it doesn't matter if they weigh 5 pounds or 50 and have tiny paws or huge ones. When they step on your chest they instantly become the equivalent of a wrecking ball balanced on toothpicks.
**I obviously think about sleep a lot these days. Thinking about sleep this morning actually triggered my let down reflex. *snort* (for the non-Moms, this is when your milk starts flowing, and generally only happens when nursing or thinking about or looking at your baby.)
