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Sleep Aids for Baby

What Sleep Aids Work Best in Your Nursery

By , About.com Guide

Baby sleep aids are hot baby shower gift items. But there are so many and they each have a variety of options. What works best for your baby? You may need to play around with different options, but it may include music, light or vibration. Here are some nice options for your baby's sleep aid.

1. Graco Sweet Slumber Sleep Machine

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This little machine is a powerhouse! While it has four preprogrammed tracks, including heart beat, classical music and relaxation type music, you can also hide your mp3 player inside and plays tracks form there. The one touch player has a 45 minute timer and has a soft light to double as a night light. It is a table top player.
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2. Gentle Giraffe

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The Gentle Giraffe has four sounds that you can play. There are some calm ones and some designed for play time. It takes batteries, but thankfully they came installed. There is a smaller version for attaching to your stroller. This makes a nice gift for a baby shower or something to help play music for your little one at bed time. This is a cloud b product.

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3. Cuddle Cub

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This adorable polar bear cub vibrates when you hug him. He is really not appropriate for newborns but would make a nice gift for an older sibling, particularly if they are having trouble sleeping.

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