# We Must Be Bewy Bewy Qyet **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 29, 2004, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-must-be-bewy-bewy-qyet/252778 "2004-06-29T22:25:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-must-be-bewy-bewy-qyet/252778/1 "2004-06-29T22:25:57Z")
in order to NOT WAKE THE BABIES! I need to get away from the computer, where the eBay demon tempts me with opportunities to purchase Little People. What quiet things can I do? (no, I cannot do _that_ quietly, think of something else) ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-must-be-bewy-bewy-qyet/252778/2 "2004-06-29T22:41:04Z")
Read a book. ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-must-be-bewy-bewy-qyet/252778/3 "2004-06-29T22:55:14Z")
WHAT??! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-must-be-bewy-bewy-qyet/252778/4 "2004-06-29T23:36:43Z")
Could you hunt Waskly Wabbits? Ahahahahaha. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-must-be-bewy-bewy-qyet/252778/5 "2004-06-29T23:45:18Z")
Well, you _could_ do yourself a huge long-term favor and not be quite so quiet while the babies are sleeping; this will teach them to sleep through some noise, so later, when the occasion arises, they will be able to sleep other places. I realize this doesn’t quite answer the question you asked, but hey, this _is_ the IMHO forum. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-must-be-bewy-bewy-qyet/252778/6 "2004-06-29T23:47:41Z")
Okay, I just checked, and this _isn’t_ IMHO. Teach me to go mouthing off! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-must-be-bewy-bewy-qyet/252778/7 "2004-06-30T14:22:50Z")
tee-hee Of course you’re right about not keeping the place silent, but there’s lots of days when I’m not up to testing those waters. I think I’m just getting loopy from being a SAHM, a new experience for me. Not being loopy, the SAHM part. Loopy is nothing new. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-must-be-bewy-bewy-qyet/252778/8 "2004-06-30T14:28:03Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > Well, you _could_ do yourself a huge long-term favor and not be quite so quiet while the babies are sleeping; this will teach them to sleep through some noise, so later, when the occasion arises, they will be able to sleep other places. Yeah, we did this when our son was a baby. Now he could sleep through a demolition derby. My wife literally cannot wake him up in the morning without throwing things at him.