My girls are still crated at night, in the family room. But they both snore LOUD! Sometimes we have to turn the TV up, so if they do come to our room at some point, I'm sure I'll use my earplugs. Mine are the little purple ones too, they're for swimmers and they are great! I use them now when my husband snores and just about every morning when our neighbors' dogs are barking. Now that it's cooled off here, we have the windows open. Our room is on the back of the house and every morning ALL our neighbors let their dogs out (about 5 am) and let them all bark for about an hour.
Meanwhile all three of mine are still asleep and so I use my earplugs to get back to sleep.
