Bird – we are lucky in that the spare bedroom is on the corner of the apartment block so only adjoining point of contact is the ceiling with upstairs which may even be empty. Plus the concrete construction and the low drone of the A/C units help mask it adequately! (I hope!)

Pamela – we shut the room door mainly to deaden the noise a little and also so that if we want to stay up or do thigns while he’s in the pen he doesn’t get too worked up about not being with us. Do you think opening it would help? The soft toy sounds like a great idea although we struggle for such things here and delivery even via internet isn’t always reliable!! 