I never used the home phone when had it connected for internet, so I wouldn’t even plug one into the wall lol. I do put my phone on silent when I don’t want to get disturbed.

People still have home phones?!

I just turn the ringer volume wn.

Absolutely! There’s nothing more frustrating than them waking up from the phone. I also have a little sign near our front door that says “baby sleeping, please be quiet”. Works a treat too for door knockers who tend not to come to our door.

lol yeah that is wise for sure! i don’t like telemarketers.

I have of late as have been getting some really horrible phone calls in the early hours of the morning. No one answers and I finally had enough, so now before I go to bed I take the mainline off the hook so I dont get interrupted trying to sleep

If I put on silent or low volume I forget that I have done that and then my mother calls me on my mobile and wonders why I haven’t answered my home phone all day… Ooopppss

Yeah, I do. I sometimes just do it when I get sick of telemarketers calling. They really pee me off

its annoying cause most of the time the call is telemarketers

I know the feeling, I used to work permanent night shift and always took the phone off the hook as soon as I got home.
I realise now it was a bad idea in case of an emergency.

My advice is too lower the volume and let all the messages go to voice mail .
That way you can retrieve your messages when the kids are awake.

It sounds old fashioned but i hope it helps.

No call is more important than sleep! Take it off the hook.

I am a fan of taking the phone off the hook!

Yes, I used to do this when my daughter was young. Nowadays I’m always reluctant to answer the phone because 9 times out of 10 it will be a telemarketer,.

Never did this – you could put the phone ringer volume down or divert to mobile and have that on silent. It’s pretty rough though when children wake up before they are ready.

I did it when my daughter was having a nap. Too many times she woke up because the phone started ringing.

I have put our home phone permanently on silent for that reason. We were getting up to 5 telemarketer calls a day, at ALL times of the day/night. Drove me insane! You do what ya gotta do
We have mobile phones so we can be contacted by anyone who really needs us