[SchmennaLeigh]

I try not to freak out about some of Nick's "little things" but, well....

Is this an age range in which lots of loud noise is a "no go?"

How does your toddler/preschooler react to large groups of people that happen to be noisy? Vacuum cleaners? Tractors? Loud music?

[KatiesEd-dad]

Jenna,
Katie's going through the same thing right now. She's a month and a half shy of her third birthday. I was just using a drill in the garage and she said "it hurts my ears". It was a cordless drill and not that noisy. She is bothered by lawn mowers, loud TV's, barking dogs (we have 2), loud crowds, applause and loud music at the circus and other shows and anything with a high pitched whine. We took her to her ear doctor thinking it might be her tubes but he said that the tubes shouldn't have any effect.

Considering our hearing deteriorates as we age (they have cell ring tones that only teenagers can hear) maybe it starts out super acute??

[Boxerlady29]

My boyfriends son is 3 1/2 and he HATES loud noises. If you even mention fireworks he gets upset!! (I love fireworks and so hope he grows out of this!! ) We went and bought a riding lawn mower the other day and started it up to test it and he covered his ears.

[linda512]

My son is 2 1/2 and did not used to be afraid of anything. Now he will tell me "no like that sound" and put his hands over his ears. I don't even know how he learned to do that. I think it is an age/stage thing that will hopefully get better with time.

[kelceesmom]

Kelcee is not into loud noises right now either. She covers her ears and says it hurts her.

[angelkisses0102]

My DS started around this age...and he does have sensory processing disorder. So while it is very common for kids to have some auditory defensiveness...if begins to interfere with activities of daily life I would have it checked out...especially if the child displays any other sensory 'quirks.'

The good news is if it is sensory related, the earlier it is diagnosed and therapy begins, the sooner the child begins to learn how to cope and overcome these 'quirks.'

To answer your last questions, I will share that DS is completely overwhelmed by large crowds...he becomes dysregulated. He is unable to filter out background noises that the vast majority don't even realize are there...so he hears the lights buzzing, the A/C running, ALL the conversations, the dishing clanking, etc. He retreats to his room when the vacuum comes out, he's never heard a tractor but he hates Harley's, and oddly enough he loves certain loud music...but he hates thunder.

Try not to worry too much...and if it continues to concern you, Early Intervention may be a good avenue to follow.

[crick]

My youngest has some mild Sensory stuff and hates the vacuum, garbage disposal and really loud "white noise".
At toddler ages, it was much more pronounced and now it's much better.

My middle boy also hated loud noises as a toddler, does not have sensory issues and by the time he began school, he was able to separate it out to not be bothered by it.

I, myself, HATE these types of noises.

One thing I did with my two at this age was give them a pair of earmuffs and they could put them on when I cleaned etc.

I noticed too that if my boys were the ones making the noise it didn't seem to bother them. LOL!

[blessedbybug]

Originally Posted by SchmennaLeigh

I try not to freak out about some of Nick's "little things" but, well....

Is this an age range in which lots of loud noise is a "no go?"

How does your toddler/preschooler react to large groups of people that happen to be noisy? Vacuum cleaners? Tractors? Loud music?

DS is very sensitive to loud noise and always has been. He still screams when I get the vacuum out because he knows what is coming. Imagine his stress as we were renovating our house practically non-stop the last few months. Loud trucks going by on the street behind our house also set him off. And we've decided that when a restaurant is really busy and has lots of noise, he doesn't cope either. There is an association there we think. He startles very easily.

DD doesn't seem to have these same issues.

[Lumpkin]

I have a child (grown now) that is autistic, and he is bothered by loud noises. He would freak out around balloons just because he knew that there was a chance that they would pop and make a loud noise. We made very little stink about it and just let him cover his ears and act up a bit about noisy things when we couldn't prevent him from being around them (sometimes this was mildly embarrassing), and he's gotten much better.

I'm sure the noises still bother him now, but he doesn't even let on most of the time.

[mom2justynsarah]

Yup, same thing with Sarah. It must be their age?

Originally Posted by kelceesmom

Kelcee is not into loud noises right now either. She covers her ears and says it hurts her.

[pechocha]

Yup, same thing with my dd, and she is the same age as your son... Now that you mentioned it, and she is not the only one doing it, I will think it is age related, as she wasn't doing it before.

[SchmennaLeigh]

Thanks for everyones replies.