Bonfire night is a-coming NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[harrisey]

Some of you might remember nursing me and my ds through bonfire night last year, when every bang led to a hisy fit and on some MNetters advice I ended up sitting under the covers with him (right under) counting bangs and feeding each of us a choccybutton on "10".

Ds is very loud but has amazngly low tolerance for loud noises not emanating from himself. We live in a suburban part of Glasgow where there are already fireworks going off all over the place to accompanying squeals of terror from 5y9m old ds (dd's are sleeping through it).

Nov 5th just terrifies me now. Would I be totally off my head to trawl round and find a travel inn or something away from all the fireworks (maybe out in teh country where there are no organised displays etc) for the night. It seems extreme, but we paid the price for weeks last year and it hasnt got any mor manageable in the last 12 months. I feel like a real wuss and a rich old yummy mummy prepared to fork out for a hotel.(I'm not - we'r eboth students).

But ds is genuinely terrified.

[PregnantGrrrl]

you'll probably still find noise in the country- people in rural areas may be more likely to have displays on their land for family / friends because they have the room etc.

How old is he? I appreciate it's awful, but surely he has to get used to it at some point?

You can get CD's of firework noise that people use to 'train' their dogs to tolerate the noise (not inferring your son is a dog in anyway!) You play it at a normal level a bit at a time until they are used to it.

[NotQuiteCockney]

We use white noise machines in all the bedrooms, and they really pay off at this time of year. They just cover this sort of noise.

(I'm not sure about giving chocolate buttons to deal with the noise ... doesn't that just reward him for being scared?)

[mixedmama]

what about if you actually took him to a display. I have always been really afraid of fireworks and hate the noises when I am at home, but am fine if I am at a display anf can actually see the fireworks IYSWIM.