Noise while baby sleeps

kmornelas29

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How silent are you when baby is sleeping during the day and at night?

I am so paranoid of my daughter waking that I make my husband and I literally tip toe around the house during the day and at night we pretty much stick to our room instead of hanging out downstairs or whatever in fear of her being woken up.

I fear that I am my own worst enemy on this matter because I am conditioning her to sleep through silence.

Are any of you like this? Should I stop and let her become use to our noises and if she wakes deal with it if and when it arises?

STM do they start to become deeper sleepers as they get older?

When we go on vaca we are bound to our beds because if we walk around in the same room as her once she is asleep she wakes up. Then we have to wait for her to wake up.

What do I do???? Lighten up? How do your kids sleep?

Mrs.Castaldi

As far as nighttime sleep goes for us LO had a white noise machine in his room to help mask other noises. Since we're in an apartment we can only control the noise so much.

We move around like usual once he's down at night, but since his room shares a wall with the kitchen whenever we go in to get a drink or grab a snack it's like super quiet stealth mode, but other than that we try to keep things like normal so he gets use to sleeping through noise. Whenever something does wake him I go in and deal with it.

Naps are a whole other story. I'm lucky if I can get him to nap no matter what, so I got no advise for that.

I think go with your gut, if LO is a really light sleeper then maybe do keep everything as quiet as possible, but if you notice that some movement doesn't seem to bother them then go about your even like normal.

That's my 2 cents

cgregory81

Thanks to our 80lb dog, our DS is used to sleeping through immense amounts of noise...running, squeaking toys, and my favorite, barking like the world is ending. But I've always tried my best to go about my day while he's sleeping. Even as a newborn, I'd vacuum around the swing while he slept and he was so used to it that he kept sleeping. That said, what you're doing is probably fine. I think some people are just light sleepers no matter what. Like pp said, a white noise machine can help.

MillerMama13

I have two dogs that bark whenever they hear someone or something outside. We lived in an apartment up until two weeks ago and the people upstairs were LOUD. So my LO sleeps through all noise. Since your LO is already used to silence though I would start slow. I've heard things like running a vacuum helps because its a constant noise. Start with her door just cracked then slowly open it while the vacuum is on. Good luck! Hopefully she will adjust so you can go back to your normal tasks without fear of waking her.

Nodoubtvw

My Lo is a super light sleeper despite all of the noise we made in the beginning to try to stop it. We don't use white noise at night (my dhs choice due to some hearing thing it can do), but I do for naps when I can get them out of desperation. At night he goes down between 8-9 and is out hard, but since we share a wall with his room sometimes when I move in bed he will stir. It's such an interesting game, that's for sure. I'd do whatever works for you, especially when sleep is involved!!

smfdjo

I personally think you are better off carrying on like normal.  It has to be hard to function that way.  We put a fan on when little one sleeps, I think the white noise helps.

watermellens

I'm not quiet at all DS has a white noise machine in his room, so I think that drowns out a lot, but the kitchen is only a few feet from his room and I'm always cooking, using the blender, etc.

AmzDubb

watermellens said:

I'm not quiet at all DS has a white noise machine in his room, so I think that drowns out a lot, but the kitchen is only a few feet from his room and I'm always cooking, using the blender, etc.

Exactly this. DD is in the middle of the house. Her white noise is the only thing separating her from all of our everyday noises.
She has been able to sleep through all kinds of things. Sometimes I will even vacuum her room while she's in her crib. She doesn't even flinch.
Night time, same thing.

sdemilio1231

We have a noise maker and I turn his ceiling fan on.  His room is right next to the kitchen so I try not to be too loud, but I still do the dishes, cook dinner, and do whatever else needs done.  If his room was upstairs I wouldn't think twice about it. 

LisaM06

From the beginning Dh and I wanted DD to get used to sleeping with noise so we have always just gone about our business. We live in a small house and her room is close to the kitchen and living room so it's impossible to have it quiet the whole time she is sleeping. Plus we are out and about a lot and wanted her to be able to sleep anywhere with or without a lot of noise. So far it does not seem to bother her, she is a great sleeper!