K on Peanut: Do I need to be able to hear my son at night?

K · 2025-01-22T07:43Z

We recently moved to a home that’s very well insulated… we previously didn’t use sound on the monitor bc if he cried in the night we could hear him through the floor (he RARELY cried, and it he did it was in his sleep and so brief and he’d get back to peaceful sleep). He currently sleeps upstairs and we sleep downstairs. And he reliably sleeps through the night until 9a daily. I’m SUCH a light sleeper, I’m afraid of using the sound now, bc if he makes any noises in his sleep it’ll wake me and I suck at getting back to sleep. That said, I’m also stressed thinking “what if he needs me during the night?” And “am I a terrible mother for not being able to hear him?”. Although idk what he’d need me for? If he were sick I’d approach it differently. But for normal nights, is it ok to not be able to hear him/have the sound on monitor off? What are your thoughts?