Want Help Getting Your Baby to Sleep? Try Your iPhone's Hidden White Noise Feature

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Your iPhone can help create a peaceful and serene sleep environment by playing calming sounds, like rain or ocean waves.

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Babies can be difficult at times. Sometimes they'll eat right before they take a nap, and other times they will be upset by the mere suggestion of eating before going to sleep and want to be rocked off to dreamland. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, playing sounds from a white noise machine can help soothe your baby and get them to settle down, giving you a moment of respite. And if you have an iPhone, you don't need to spend money on a white noise machine.

When Apple released iOS 15 in 2021, the operating system brought a hidden feature called Background Sounds. It allows you to turn your iPhone into a white noise machine, and you can play these sounds by...

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