First of all, congratulations on becoming a father. As for quiet practice, headphones will do the job. I use them but primarily to spare the family of my repetitive practicing and my many mistakes. Of course this assumes that you don't need to keep an ear open for the baby crying. If you do and/or don't want to use headphones, go ahead and play. It is amazing what babies can adapt to. I recall my daughter when she was a baby and fell asleep in her playpen, I could run the vacuum around and right under the playpen and she would sleep through it. [br][br]

Jim