I've found that if the baby gets upset during the night, I can take her into the living room and put on some soft soothing music and it's much easier to get her to sleep. Do you use music to calm your kids?
We have always left the stereo in the kitchen turned to country music when we're awake. My daughter can hear that from her room and I think she finds it comforting to know that we're still up for a while after she goes to bed.
There is never a quiet moment in our house, it could be the smallest hum even of a computer or an extra fan to circulate the room but never nothing. We are used to noise both being from the city so a quiet house is boring to us.
