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I was reading Your Pregnancy Week by Week just now. I'm several weeks behind; I'm not sure how many weeks old my baby is anymore and I figure it's close to 30, at least, with a November 20 due date.
I just read about how if I'm around sudden, loud noises or around noise so loud that I feel the need to shout, it could be damaging my baby's hearing. I had to laugh because my third child, second son, one of this baby's older brothers is my loudest child. Even when I'm sitting right next to him, it sounds like he's shouting at me until I remind him to quiet down. Often during the day he'll start yelling just for fun, and if I don't yell at him, he won't hear me. And then there's my other son, who doesn't answer even when I yell (the first few times)..and we live in a big house so when he's upstairs and I'm downstairs, or he's in the living room and I'm in the kitchen, etc. and I yell to him, it can take a few more yells before he hears me, acknowledges me, and answers/comes to me. So if I endure all this noise without even leaving the house, much less going to a concert (the example the book gave), what is that doing to my baby's hearing? I'm not that worried about it, just wanted to share - I know I'm not the only one here having my fifth baby and I doubt all your other children are quiet.
Sort of related, I told Mom I'm not very worried about my baby sleeping after she's born (after the first few weeks) because she'll be so used to her older siblings' noise that she'll probably sleep through it better than me! I've heard stories about babies with lots of siblings doing that, anyway.
I just read about how if I'm around sudden, loud noises or around noise so loud that I feel the need to shout, it could be damaging my baby's hearing. I had to laugh because my third child, second son, one of this baby's older brothers is my loudest child. Even when I'm sitting right next to him, it sounds like he's shouting at me until I remind him to quiet down. Often during the day he'll start yelling just for fun, and if I don't yell at him, he won't hear me. And then there's my other son, who doesn't answer even when I yell (the first few times)..and we live in a big house so when he's upstairs and I'm downstairs, or he's in the living room and I'm in the kitchen, etc. and I yell to him, it can take a few more yells before he hears me, acknowledges me, and answers/comes to me. So if I endure all this noise without even leaving the house, much less going to a concert (the example the book gave), what is that doing to my baby's hearing? I'm not that worried about it, just wanted to share - I know I'm not the only one here having my fifth baby and I doubt all your other children are quiet.
Sort of related, I told Mom I'm not very worried about my baby sleeping after she's born (after the first few weeks) because she'll be so used to her older siblings' noise that she'll probably sleep through it better than me! I've heard stories about babies with lots of siblings doing that, anyway.