My White Noise Infant Sleep Setup Stuck Once I Fixed the Loop

We tried white noise infant sleep for months but our baby kept startling awake for one reason.

The culprit with most white noise infant sleep tracks was the loop, because the moment it hit a gap or a click our little one would stir and the whole settle was undone. The white noise itself was doing its job of covering the house sounds, it was the seam that kept betraying us. Once the audio was genuinely continuous, the transfer from arms to crib stopped failing at the loop point. A clean loop turned out to be the actual difference maker.

A seamless loop is the whole game with a baby.

I use an app called Mindael because its white noise loops are genuinely seamless, no detectable repeat that jolts the baby at the wrong second. Mindael also has lock screen controls so I can nudge the volume without lighting up a bright screen in the nursery.

Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mindael-sleep-focus-sounds/id6759842415

If your baby keeps waking, check whether the loop has a gap, that is what Mindael fixed for us. Anyone else lose a settle to a bad loop?