I've tried treating my daughter's colic with lots of different remedies, but nothing seemed to help. The pediatrician told me to try blowing my hair dryer or running the vacuum cleaner near the baby. When I told him that those sounds hurt my ears, he explained that life in the womb is noisy, due to my body's heartbeat, hunger pangs, blood flow, and so on. So most babies, including my daughter, are used to what we think is loud sound.

So rather than burn up my blow dryer motor, I ordered these CDs with the machine sounds. All I can say is that the minute my squalling daughter heard the Blow Dryer sound, she immediately stopped crying. I couldn't believe it! The Vacuum Cleaner sound also works well, and I don't have to burn out the motor trying to get my daughter to calm down and fall asleep. The other thing I like about these CDs is that I can adjust the volume; you can't do that with an appliance.

Definitely money well spent.