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My word of the week this week is:
This week has been a week of being outdoors. My word could easily have been ‘outdoors’, or ‘garden’, as I’ve spent lots of my time working out there, while the kids have been having fun playing (creating chaos!) around me. But I’ve gone for ‘noise’ as being outside, and other people being outside, has kicked this one into overdrive. You see, Little Man is somewhat obsessed with noise, or ‘noi’ as he says. Every little sound will have him shaking his head and saying ‘noi’, often followed by ‘away’. He prefers the quiet life it seems. We’ve been outside, so there’s traffic noise – motorbikes and bin men are particularly unpopular with him – and then other people have been taking advantage of the dry days and mowing and strimming which has not gone down well! So I’d guess I hear the shout of ‘noi’ around 50 times a day, it disturbs his naps as he worries about what noise could be happening out there and his beautiful face creases in consternation when his ears cannot correctly identify a sound, so that he can be confident it poses no risk. The phrase ‘noise can’t hurt you’ is starting to feel a tad over-used! I’m hoping that this is a phase that will soon pass….
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Poor little man, it must be confusing and frustrating for you if it’s interfering with nap time! Interestingly my baby doesn’t cope well with noise, perhaps it’s a boy thing? Hope next week is better x
Maybe – a tad more sensitive? I’m sure it’s a phase that’ll pass, thanks x
Oh bless him, makes you realise that there is so much noise around us and so much going on. Jessica will often stop when we’re out to ask ‘what’s that noise?’ too. I think we tune out quite a lot as grown ups but to little ones some of the noises can be scary. Hope this phase soon starts to ease a little.
Yes, very true. We just don’t even register so much of it. Thank you x
Aww, bless him! When I read your wotw, I thought he was responsible for making it!
Well, there is that, too!
It could be he has sensitive ear dumbs so to him all Noises are louder. Poor little man. I will say though some notices are scary. #wotw
Possibly. I suspect it’s a phase and different stage of understanding. They don’t always scare him, just disturb him.
Aww bless your little man, so cute, but also so frustrating! Monkey went through a similar phase earlier in the year where certain noises terrified him, though for Monkey it was planes! We live near a few military airfields and have flyovers from harriers and typhoons, which are seriously noisy, and they used to scare the life out of him! Even small planes did too and we see a lot of them overhead. He still holds his hand over his ear when he hears something he cant identify, and will say ‘oh’ until i explain what the noise is “its ok, its just the people next door ” “its ok, its just the binmen, aren’t they noisy” but he doesn’t get scared anymore and he now loves spotting the planes in the sky and then we do aeroplane arms! 🙂 I hope he grows out of it soon, I know how frustrating it is when you want to enjoy being outdoors and something like that scares them! 🙂 Xx
Oh no, not in an ideal place for that fear then! I recall Boo wanting to know what every single sound was at some stage, so I’m guessing most go through it, he just seems more obsessed than she was! x
Poor little man, it cannot be easy for him being surrounded by noise when all he wants is calm and quiet. My little ones are the opposite. Noise is their element… Mel
Ah, you see if the kids are making their own noise, they’re delighted!
Sounds fun! 🙂 Baby is going through a shouting phase and I am stocking up on Paracetamol! Have a lovely weekend x
Oh no! Best of luck, and you, too x
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Noise now that’s a familiar word in our Home!. Monkey had a similar phase of being frightened by loud noise, his was the hoover. It quickly passed though and now he loves nothing more than making noise :).
Have a great weekend hun 🙂 xx
Yes, I’m sure it’ll pass soon. Thanks, you, too x
This was nearly my word for this week too only for totally different reasons. I have to agree with your little man though sometimes there is too much noise around. I hope he gets some peace and quiet soon xx
Yes, he’d rather have a little quiet. Thanks x
Oh bless him 🙂 So hard for little ones when so much is going on around them as they are so inquisitive when they are young. #WotW
Exactly. He’s curious so wants to understand every single sound!
I’m not keen on noise either so I sympathise with him. Getting peace and quiet with my kids is not an easy task, they even talk in their sleep. x
Oh no – they’re very noisy then! X
Oh, bless him! I hope it passes soon. I imagine noise can be a bit disconcerting when your ears and brain is so new!
Yes, I’d guess so, poor thing! Thanks 🙂
Awww your poor little man, I feel for him as I always hated loud noises as a child and still now much prefer quieter surroundings.
He quite likes making noise, but he needs to be in control of it!
Oh poor little man, hopefully it is just him becoming more aware of his surroundings. Cheese, our 3 year old, absolutely hates the noise a hoover makes and bolts if he sees one coming into the same room as him. x
I think it is just that, and he’s very aware! The hoover doesn’t bother him in the least, though – he laughs at it!
Aww! Bless him!! It must be so confusing! My youngest went through a phase of saying ‘what’s that noise’ to everything and wouldn’t take ‘I don’t know’ as an answer….I used to make things up just to satisfy the need to know…lol
I did that with Boo! Hoping the phase passes soon!
My son is very aware of sounds and noises. Whenever sI cut the grass he very determinedly slams the back door shut so ha can’t hear it! And he is also forever asking, ‘whats that noise?’ He is a little better now, but it’s still a feature 🙂
I think it’s natural curiosity, isn’t it? Great to be learning, but not if it upsets!
Oh bless him! This must be quite hard to explain, every day noise etc. Hope he finds a way to tolerate noise better!
I’m sure he will. He now says ‘Bikes’ ‘trucks’ & ‘lawn mower’ frequently, so his vocabulary is expanding!
Aww, hope you all have a “noi” free weekend, or at least on his terms anyway 🙂
We can hope! Thanks x
Awwww! It must be so difficult to cope with such an influx of noise, we have just come to accept.
I laugh at ours, who put their hands over their ears if the singing is too loud, or the talking is too much… but between them, the noise they will happily make!! (And usually at 7am!).
Oh yes – we have just that here!
Oh, poor little man, lots of uncontrolled noise can be overwhelming. Hope you have a quieter weekend x
He’s so alert to every single sound – must be tiring for him, too. It’s raining so there’ll at least be no mowers today!
Arrr bless him. There is nothing worse than a noise you have no control over. Hope things quiet down for him x
I hope so, too! Thanks x
Ah bless him for wanting peace and quiet. It’s amazing when little ones begin to identify the different types of noises. I remember my son was petrified of the hoover – which of course is super loud. Hope you have a quieter weekend 🙂
And yet he loves the hoover! Yes, me, too, thanks 🙂
I have a little man who doesn’t like noise too. It started very young and he would come in from the garden crying if there was a helicopter or aeroplane overhead. He hasn’t changed much, as well as the air transport, he is bothered by dogs barking, lawn mowers and motorbikes. Sometimes though, he puts his hands over his ears and screams really loud. I have no idea what that is all about.
I think summer is really noisy though, apart from the increase in all the things above you also have the birds waking you up at the crack of dawn, and people with music blaring in gardens while they have a BBQ. I’m a winter person myself, give me the quietness that comes with a big snowfall anyday 🙂
It must be so hard for them to understand, I think. Lots of noise in the world, and often unexpected to them and very loud. You’re right, summer is loud, as people are all outside, rather than snuggled in their houses.
That’s very cute, but I can imagine it must get a bit wearing! We’re very noise obsessed here but it’s more making as much noise as early as possible!
Ah, yes my two like doing that, too, so I get both ends of the scale!
Poor little thing. It must be so frustrating for you watching his feelings pique in this way and having no way of controlling what’s upsetting him. I hope you’re right and this passes soon, for him as much as you. x
I’m sure it will. I hope it will…! Thanks x
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