must have monday

i have to thank my sister-in-law, andrea, for this week's must have monday.

unfortunately, we do not have ceiling fans in the bedrooms of our townhouse, which would have been great to use for white noise. so before graham was born i was looking at getting a little boombox that would play cd's, ipod docking stations that we could use and even just a regular old alarm clock that we could leave on a classical station. all of these options seemed to get up there in price pretty quickly though.

of course graham arrived before i had a solution to our white noise problem. luckily though, grana was on the case for me! she remembered the one that andrea had bought for olivia that worked perfectly for them. may i present to you my must have monday...

the homedics soundspa sound machine

we have LOVED this little thing! sitting on the dude's bookshelf, it doesn't take up that much space. it plugs into the wall, so you don't have to worry about buying MORE batteries than we all already do for other baby items! it has multiple sound settings (we normally rotate through the rain, beach and rainforest ones). volume control. and even a timer to have the sound shut off after 15, 30 or 60 minutes. there are definitely no real frills to it, but that's what i like about it. it's reliable, and i know i can get it to work the same way night after night.

and i think the best part is...it's only $20 at bed bath and beyond. throw a handy 20% or $5 off coupon on top and it ends up only being about $15, depending on what coupon you have. affordable, reliable and the perfect solution to white noise! hmmm, these could make a pretty good shower gift too!