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Noises, noises everywhere: Can you explain them?
How does your kid feel about noise? Scared? Fascinated? Both?
Our 3-year-old frequently falls on the scared side. Sure, vacuum cleaners bother him, but that seems to be universal for kids. He goes beyond that. Subtle but unexplained noises outside spark his curiosity, and sometimes alarm. He asks me about them, and sometimes I can’t even hear them myself. (Of course, my wife tells me I don’t hear her, but let’s not get into that right now…)
I raised the noise issue with the pediatrician the other day. She had an interesting observation, and then a suggestion. What’s striking, she said, is that he’s so fascinated by trucks and machines, and yet sometimes is scared of their noise. So perhaps it might help him to understand how engines work. How do they produce that noise, after all?
So I turn to you. I need good books for little kids about engines. Ideas?
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Lucas, nearly 1, was not bothered by the vacuum until recently. Now, he literally has a screaming fit when I get it out of the closet. His older sister was the same way as an infant/toddler, and my mom told me I should have started vacuuming around her as a baby so she got "used to it." I did this with baby No. 2, but he developed the noise fear all on his own about a month ago. Which is challenging since our daughter was diagnosed with allergies and I need to keep the house as dust-free as possible. I have no idea what to do, but it does seem universal.
Posted by: Carrie Ann Perez | April 17, 2009 3:11 PM