Hey - Wake Up!

Both of our kiddos sleep relatively well and we're blessed by that. Though it wasn't always like that! They didn't sleep through the night until well after they turned one. While both sleep well, Annalise is the heavier of the two sleepers. Up until the age of two, we would use music to help Annalise go to sleep. As a newborn, we'd dance to jazz music while rocking her to sleep. As a toddler, we'd have "Mr. Ray" singing about 'snack time' for naps. Even now, we play a wide assortment of tunes to help her to settle if she's having difficulty falling to sleep. All this to say, I think the music has developed her into a deeper sleeper. We can vacuum in her room, put away her clothes, clean up, or whatever and she wont wake. See for yourself... With Russell, we didn't use music. I'm not sure why. However, we do currently use a sound machine that makes rain noises. It's not nearly as loud or dynamically variable, but it helps to drown out other noises around the house. As a result he sleeps with his door close and generally wont wake unless something disrupts the constant drone of the sound machine or whatever ambient noise is present. Still he sleeps pretty soundly. See for yourself...