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Why oh why are boys sooooo noisy??!!

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Barmymummy · 03/05/2009 22:27

Argh! DS, 4 in June, has two settings on his volume button. There is OFF (asleep) and there is LOUD.

He is generally fairly ok indoors and can be told to quieten down (esp if put on the calm down step for 3 mins ) but when he is outdoors OMG!!

Up my mums today for a family BBQ (outside all day) and the noise was just constant! Yelling, shouting, stupid fake burping noises, the list goes on. Don't get me wrong, I know boys & kids like/need to make noise but it was just sooo constant that I felt very self conscious about it and felt I needed to try and calm him down a bit esp as they have older neighbours trying to enjoy the sun in their gardens lol!!

He is also into back chatting when I tell him off but chooses to do it by shouting this irritating fake burp noise (sounds like berrrrrrrrrr) that makes me even madder!

Please tell me I am not alone with all this noise and how would you handle this 'back chatting' even though he isn't actually 'saying' anything?!

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notnowbernard · 03/05/2009 22:29

You are not alone

My dds are exactly as you describe. They are 5 and 2

They don't speak, they shout. Even casual conversation

I can only wonder where they get it from...

notnowbernard · 03/05/2009 22:30

Mine are mental indoors as well though

I pity the neighbours (above, to the left and to the right )

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Barmymummy · 03/05/2009 22:31

My mum sat there today grinning at me saying unhelpful things like "revenge is sweet!"

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thisisyesterday · 03/05/2009 22:31

hehehe yes, I have 4 and 1 yr old boys and they are just the same

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Barmymummy · 03/05/2009 22:36

We are going up my sister in laws tomorrow and their 2 kids (same age & sex as my 2) just don't seem anywhere near as noisy as mine! Another day of hiding behind my sunglasses pretending not to notice/let it bother me

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PM73 · 04/05/2009 07:45

My nephew is the same as in loud but my ds isnt at all.Dont get me wrong he likes to play & run about but he doesnt run round shouting.

I have found in playgroup its the girls who are the noisiest,they run around screaming whereas the boys just want to build castles & towers to climb up.

Have a good day x

ilove · 04/05/2009 07:48

Girls SCREAM when they are together,boys simply SHOUT.

I can't stand either and am constantly telling them to BE QUIET, use your LITTLE voice!

Rollmops · 04/05/2009 08:11

Hmm, our boys are only 17mo and doe get tres' loud now and again, however, two of our friends have DDs and these girls outscream-shout the boys hands down.

Rollmops · 04/05/2009 08:12

Hmm, our boys are only 17mo and do get tres' loud now and again, however, two of our friends have DDs and these girls outscream-shout the boys, hands down.

Rollmops · 04/05/2009 08:14

Oopsie, I blame the lack of strong tea for this.

ohdearwhatamess · 04/05/2009 08:22

1 and 3 yo boys here and they shout all day long. Every day starts the same here - ds2 wakes up and shouts, then ds1 shouts 'stop shouting ds2' at ds2, repeated ad infinitum.

FiveGoMadInDorset · 04/05/2009 08:56

Do you want my DD aho is louder than any boy I know.

wotulookinat · 04/05/2009 09:03

I'd rather listen to boys shout than girls scream.

footballsgalore · 04/05/2009 22:06

Both my two are very loud. Have to keep reminding them to use an 'indoor voice'...This is bad enough, but they both love to scream and screech as well.

DS1 (7) absolutely cannot have a conversation in a normal tone of voice, no matter where he is.

I'm gonna follow my mum's example and go for pink earmuffs to drown them out.

TheCrackFox · 04/05/2009 22:10

My 2 boys are very noisy. TBH I have met a lot of very noisy girls too.

Overmydeadbody · 04/05/2009 22:11

I don't like this gender stereotyping one bit.

Some children are loud and noisy, some children shout and scream a lot. Other children are quiet and don't shout and scream, in fact it's hard to hear them. Most children fall somewhere in between.

My DS is the quetest child I know, and has always been. The noisiest friends he has just happen to be girls

Even as a baby he cried really softly.

Overmydeadbody · 04/05/2009 22:13

I don't like this gender stereotyping one bit.

Some children are loud and noisy, some children shout and scream a lot. Other children are quiet and don't shout and scream, in fact it's hard to hear them. Most children fall somewhere in between.

My DS is the quetest child I know, and has always been. The noisiest friends he has just happen to be girls

Even as a baby he cried really softly.

frustratedmom · 05/05/2009 10:11

All good and well but any one discovered a method of volume control?

Would be useful when driving my ds can out shout the radio to the point where i have to get out car and stand next to until he is ready to stop.

30min trip sometimes take 1 1/2 on a bad day.

stealthsquiggle · 05/05/2009 10:20

OP - you need to come down on it like a Ton of bricks, IMHO.

I constantly often have to tell DS to turn down the volume - outside as well as in. I still do tell him though, and realised at a party at the weekend that he does actually respond where some of his classmates just carry right on shouting .

As for the stupid noises / stupid grins when being told off - exactly the same reaction as actual back-chatting - not that DS doesn't do it, but he knows it is a fast track to being in big trouble because it really really winds me up.

(congratulations on your precocious DS, BTW - mine got to 6 before he got the stupid noise/ stupid face back-chatting habit - hopefully that means your DS will grow out of it quicker as well )

Carageto · 06/05/2009 21:16

My DS1 just 2 is so lound and never seems to stop our one saving grace is that he sleeps still for 1hr in the afternoon and 7-7 at night but my god when he's awake don't we know it.

He's constanlty lound, up to things he souldn't and so on all day long my sons are the only boys in the family so my mun is always comparing him to his 6 girl cousions so frustrating. Makes me laugh really they act like I never tell him off but he constantly seems to be on the naghty step .

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