Can't Stand Loud Noises - Is This Normal

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My DS is 2.6 and recently he has started covering his ears and getting upset when any loud vehicles come past. He has also done this with hedge trimmers and lawn mowers. Yesterday we were just going into the supermarket and he was routed to the spot covering his ears and saying it was too loud. Should I be going to see my doctor or is this a phase.
HELP!!!!!

My DS did this too, anything loud and he'd cover his ears. Lasted for about a year and then ge never did it again and he watched the fireworks last year. So I'd say it was a phase and try not to worry.

mine does this too! he will run and grab me and continually kiss my leg till we either move or the noise does! he is 2.7 by the awy and been doing it for the past couple of months

DD still does this...she is 4

Ds 23 months is like this. He's always been sensitive to noise but he runs and jumps in my arms if there is a lawn mower, loud lorry going past, motorbike etc. He's the same with the hoover and the food processor but I've managed to train him to be ok with those by warning him "big noise coming" etc.

my dd1 is very similar - and like Miggsie's she's 4 now. she's always been very noise sensitive, although recently she's more able to walk down the road without putting her hands over her ears every time a lorry goes past...

My ds was like this - couldn't bear fireworks until he was 6! Still can't bear pneumatic drills, low flying aeroplanes and other, paticularly unexpected loud noises (apart from ones he makes himself!)

I don't think it's anything to worry about - well, I never have! Somebody once told me that it was a sign of inteligence......

My dd now 5 has always been sensitive to noise even last year in the park there was an African music festival going on and she burst into tears because she thought it was too loud. Ds1 who is 2.5 looks like he's going the same way he always asks 'What's dat noise?' when I can hardly hear anything. He's also developed a phobia of statues too.

Ds was fine with this sort of thing as a baby but now doesn't like this sort of thing either. If I ask why he says it hurts his ears.
I find it very strange that so many kids seem to develop a fear of this sort of noise around this age.

Ds is 2.11 and with some reasoning has got better about most of the noisy stuff he had a problem with a couple of months ago. Still really not happy about handdryers in loos but managed to get him to help dry my hair with my hair dryer the other day as long as I didn't put it on the louder setting! Progress!

Yep, another noise avoider here also. My 3y10mo DD has always hated noise and would wail from an early age if there were noises - from piano playing in hotels (and I would agree on that) to lorries, jack-hammers, electrical kitchen blenders, hand dryers etc..

She's much better at noise now, but when she was a baby she would wake and yeowl if a leaf fell. She also says 'it hurts my ears'..

We've found out she's really musical, and has very good pitch - she 'gets' a tune as soon as she's heard it and can sing it back.

Isn't this something to do with growing, their ear tubes dont grow as quick, so get blocked and hearing is less for a bit. They grow a bit more, it becomes unblocked, their hearing is suddenly loud again.

This is what my mother told me....

My DS had this, as a baby, he would always kick off if the kettle was boiling, or I was using the hairdryer etc. He used to cover his ears at the sound of clapping, which was really embarassing at parties, but most of the other triggers would tend to make hium run about yelling.

He is now 7 and it has gradually eased off over the years. I think the only noise that really sets him off now (he just screams at me to stop it) is a knife scraping on a plate, which kind of explains the whole thing. Lots of adults hate that scrapy noise, and for many small children a wider variety of noises have the same effect.

My DS had this, as a baby, he would always kick off if the kettle was boiling, or I was using the hairdryer etc. He used to cover his ears at the sound of clapping, which was really embarassing at parties, but most of the other triggers would tend to make hium run about yelling.

He is now 7 and it has gradually eased off over the years. I think the only noise that really sets him off now (he just screams at me to stop it) is a knife scraping on a plate, which kind of explains the whole thing. Lots of adults hate that scrapy noise, and for many small children a wider variety of noises have the same effect.

My DS had this, as a baby, he would always kick off if the kettle was boiling, or I was using the hairdryer etc. He used to cover his ears at the sound of clapping, which was really embarassing at parties, but most of the other triggers would tend to make hium run about yelling.

He is now 7 and it has gradually eased off over the years. I think the only noise that really sets him off now (he just screams at me to stop it) is a knife scraping on a plate, which kind of explains the whole thing. Lots of adults hate that scrapy noise, and for many small children a wider variety of noises have the same effect.

Sorry, he wasn't THAT bad. He used to say it hurt, I think it really did.
Nowadays, the constant noise emanating from HIM, is more likely to give serious earache.