Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids were used to going to bed with some sort of noise in the house - t.v., dishwasher, telephone conversation. Expecting complete silence and for adults to whisper is a lot, IMO.

That said, my kids were of the "up before dawn" variety, too. I did my best to keep the noise level down. But complete silence...no. You can't really expect a 2 year old to whisper and tip toe around. Haha.

Your kids were able to fall asleep despite the noise, not because you trained them to be used to the noise. Many families start out putting their children down and making general evening noises and then have to switch things up because their children don't fall asleep. My kids fall asleep fine with noise now, but when they were babies they did not, to no fault of mine.

I have occasionally asked guests to be quiet for 10-15 minutes while the kids are falling asleep, but once they're asleep it's fine to make noise. I do feel like a pita asking, but it's better for everyone if they are on the quiet side for 15 minutes and the kids will be out of our way for the rest of the night.