Loud noises

[summergirl1211]

Are your toddlers still afraid of loud noises? Riley hates the hair dryer, motorcycles and the bathroom fan. She's so terrified of the hair dryer that she clings to my H the entire time I'm drying my hair even though we show her over and over again it doesn't hurt me. Anyone else still sensitive to loud things? What are they? 

[justbeth]

Emma is! I feel like she is scared of everything though. For noises she is scared of the hair dryer, the sound the heat makes when it click on, the construction sounds from the house down the street they are building, and just about any sudden noise. Oh, and we had to move her bedroom to a different room because her old room was near the road and the road noise was "big scary monsters hiding behind her curtain that growls and is going to eat me". She literally quit sleeping and screamed for hours at bedtime. Moved the room and she's back to sleeping great. This kid is killin me.

[trixi282]

justbeth, I'm glad you figured out why she wasn't sleeping in the new house! Thankfully you had another room for her to move to.

J isn't too bad with the hair dryer, if it's on low she likes it and sometimes wants me to do her hair, and if it's on high she just stays out of the bathroom, but finds it intriguing from a distance. If I point it towards her while it's on high she definitely doesn't like that and runs away FAST.

But the girl is still terrified of the vacuum. Not terrified, but really hates it. If it's just sitting out, unplugged, she will say "Oh no, vacuum, save me!" and turn to me to pick her up. If someone starts vacuuming, you better have someone else around that she can run to for "saving" and she'll sit on the couch or chair with someone and watch. She doesn't cry and scream like she used to, but she sure doesn't like it.

I haven't noticed any aversions to other loud noises though.

[xanthepants]

Vacuums are scary here too. The hairdryer was solved with a trip to the hairdresser fortunately. Since she used it, it suddenly became a novelty.

[bliz1712]

The vacuum and H's power tools are really the only ones that bother her. Like trixi, she's not running scared of the vacuum she just doesn't like to be on the floor and in the way when I use it. She'll sit and watch. The power tools are probably the ones that she's the most scared of. She covers her ears and runs for me. Even if H is in the garage and we are in the house but she can still hear.

[paddyb]

yes! Hairdryer is a no go. Also, we avoid the service entrance on Tuesdays (which we normally leave through) because he has had major meltdowns from the garbage truck noise. He also complains about some trucks/fire trucks etc. but doesn't start crying for those.

[starfishy]

T is definitely scared of some noises (like the vacuum). If I had a $1 for every time he asked "what dat noise?" Id be a millionaire.

[greenmonkey1]

No, thank God! I think it's because we have a 2.5 year old so the little man has been indoctrinated to the noise since day one. Our older son definitely had a loud sound aversion so I was expecting the same with little man and have been pleasantly surprised (knock on wood). I remember our older son's baptism - he cried through the whole service - of course they day they have baptisms they have not only a full choir, but a trumpet. Because church doesn't have enough loud volume changes there had to be a trumpet.....

[sarahandeddie]

Both of my girls dislike the sound of a flushing toilet, especially public toilets. Avery is also afraid of the high powered hand dryers.

[summergirl1211]

Feb 17, 2015 15:08:11 GMT -5 sarahandeddie said:

Both of my girls dislike the sound of a flushing toilet, especially public toilets. Avery is also afraid of the high powered hand dryers.

Oooh, sarahandeddie, I forgot about those! Riley hates public bathrooms because of this. 

[paddyb]

Feb 17, 2015 15:47:30 GMT -5 summergirl1211 said:

Feb 17, 2015 15:08:11 GMT -5 sarahandeddie said:

Both of my girls dislike the sound of a flushing toilet, especially public toilets. Avery is also afraid of the high powered hand dryers.

Oooh, sarahandeddie, I forgot about those! Riley hates public bathrooms because of this. 

oh, yeah...Henry is terrified of those as well.

[roo1582]

Kayleigh still freaks out occasionally about loud noises. It doesn't seem to be one particular thing though. One day it might be the vacuum, but the next day she's fine with it again. She's cried about the mower and snow blower, but then again, other times it doesn't bother her. She is scared of the high powered hand driers though too. That one is consistent.