The $40 machine has the shape of a large mason jar with a brass colored top and handle and physical controls near the bottom. Project Nursery’s Dreamweaver is designed to look like a jar carrying fireflies, which is honestly pretty charming.
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There’s also no battery it only works when connected to AC power, which limits the places you’ll be able to use it.īuy Wyatt the Whale at Amazon - $50 Project Nursery Dreamweaver with Bluetooth Attempting to play a sound through the app will just default to it playing on your phone. As I discovered after several frustrating moments, it doesn't play, pause, skip tracks or adjust volume all of that has to be done using the physical buttons. Unfortunately, though, that’s all the app was designed to do. The lullabies, sounds and stories can get swapped out and reordered within the app. Wyatt can also project a starry night scene, courtesy of the shaped cut-outs on the top of the device, but this feature can only be controlled through physical buttons on the device. Throughout, the sound quality is decent and the voices clear. The lullabies have a range of children's songs (“Mary Had a Little Lamb”) and classical tracks (Bach’s Ave Maria), while the stories are shortened versions of fairy tales ( Alice in Wonderland in 3:48). The selection of sounds is pretty standard for a white noise machine: nature sounds like birds and rain, along with household noises like traffic or a washing machine. You can also use the app to record your voice reading a story (the app provides scripts to help), or a message for your child. The $50 whale comes preloaded with 10 lullabies, 10 ambient white noise sounds and 10 stories, which can be updated and switched out through the app. Wyatt the Whale is one of three storytelling soothers from VTech the other two, a monkey and a turtle, offer slightly different features than Wyatt. The app is bare-bones and you can’t use it to control audio playback There’s also a Restore version of the machine intended for adults.īuy Hatch Rest at Amazon - $60 Buy Hatch Rest+ at Amazon - $90 VTech Wyatt the Whale Storytelling Soother The company also recently released a “Mini” version, which offers a storytelling feature and white noise but no lights. Hatch sells separately $12 printed coverlets that can cover the Rest to match a nursery design. The Rest+ has some additional features, too, including a rechargeable battery (not just AC power) two-way audio so it can also act as an audio monitor a digital clock display and the ability to control it with Alexa.
After a year of using the Rest, the only thing I wish it had was the ability to fade out of a sound when you turn it off. There are also physical controls on the device itself so you’re not out of luck if you forget your phone in another room. Using the Hatch app, you can set favorite combinations and program them to start and stop at specific times. And all these actions can be controlled from your smartphone, so it’s easy to adjust the volume or change the light color from a different room. It’s easy to explain why the $60 Hatch Rest and $90 Rest+ are popular with parents on the Engadget staff: Both devices sport a clean, minimalist design and allow you to combine any of 12 sounds or colors to act as a night light, white noise machine or time-to-rise reminder. There’s a good selection of sounds and lights You can control all features from smartphone I tried out four different soothers to see what each has to offer. While there’s no shortage of white noise machines available (for adults or children), few have the kind of smart features that made the Rest truly indispensable. But, as I’ve mentioned in previous stories, accidentally stumbling across the Hatch Rest was a stroke of luck as it doubles as a night light and white noise machine, all of it controllable from a phone. Having a consistent, gentle hum of waves, rain or static helps mask outside noises from airplanes or hotels. In fact, my household is no stranger to white noise machines - we’ve had one kicking around for years now because of my partner’s tinnitus, and we’ve both kept white noise apps on our phones for when we travel. Also, let’s be real, anything that will help your infant sleep is worth trying.
NICU graduates in particular become accustomed to an assortment of noises from various hospital machines, which means white noise can actually help them feel at ease when they arrive home. Babies often find white (or brown or pink) noise soothing as it recreates some of the ambient sounds they heard in the womb. There’s a lot to learn when you have a child in the NICU, and one tip I picked up from the nursing staff was the importance of having a white noise machine at home.
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