RED BEFORE BED™
Sunset Baby Soother
Gently lull baby to sleep the way Mother Nature intended, with a soft red light. Unlike blue light, our nightlight’s DreamRed™ technology naturally supports the production of the sleep hormone melatonin, working with the body’s circadian clock to help your baby sleep like a baby.
Sunset mode
Timed fade mimics a sunset, working with the body’s circadian clock to help lull baby to sleep
Red light nightlight
Steady red light is perfect for bedtime routine and nighttime feedings & changes
White noise
Creates a calming environment and masks other sounds to help baby fall and stay asleep
Supports melatonin release
Unlike blue light, red light doesn’t suppress the sleep hormone melatonin
Natural sleep routine
Guide baby to sleep the way Mother Nature intended, using light and sound as cues
Backed by sleep science
Co-developed with Sofia Axelrod, PhD, sleep scientist and author of How Babies Sleep
Want to help your baby sleep better? Remember Red Before Bed™ and you’ll be on your way! DreamRed™ technology gently guides your baby to sleep the way Mother Nature intended, with a soft red light. Sleep scientist Dr. Sofia Axelrod, co-developer of the soother, was inspired by Nobel Prize-winning research on the circadian clock and how light affects our ability to fall asleep. Blue light, which is emitted by most nursery nightlights and home lighting, resets our body clock and increases alertness by elevating cortisol, serotonin, and adrenaline levels while also suppressing melatonin. Red light, on the other hand, supports the natural production of melatonin. And that makes it easier for your baby to fall asleep.
The soothing red nightlight can be set to stay on overnight, great for avoiding bright lights that stimulate your baby. Or choose sunset mode which slowly fades to darkness over 30 minutes. The integrated white noise machine provides a calming womb-like environment that masks other sounds for restful sleep. And when baby sleeps, you get to sleep too!
Help your baby sleep like a baby
There’s a lot of info out there on sleep training. Here’s our quick-start guide to helping baby sleep better, featuring three tips from Dr. Axelrod:
- Create the right sleep environment. Use red light in a darkened room. Red Before Bed™.
- Avoid oversleeping during the day. Make sure naps aren’t too long and bedtime isn’t too early to keep sleep pressure high at night.
- When baby is around 3 months old, teach them to self-soothe at night.
Sunset Baby Soother FAQs
Sofia Axelrod, PhD – our partner in sleep science:
Sofia Axelrod, PhD, is a sleep researcher in the laboratory of Michael W. Young, the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, at the Rockefeller University in New York. She is the author of How Babies Sleep and has coached countless tired parents on how to give a better night’s sleep to both their baby and themselves. In her latest endeavor, she co-developed the Sunset Baby Soother with DreamRed technology with The First Years to help parents and children alike get to sleep and stay asleep more easily.
