Anyone's children have strong dislike/reaction to parents singing?

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Dd sings herself but can have strong dislike and reaction to us singing.

She is being assessed for ASD.

Anyone else experienced this.

We have it with nose blowing, sneezing, coughing etc too

Between about 18 months and 2.5 years, my Son would physically put his hand over my mouth if I tried to sing nursery rhymes etc... he has ASD.
I am not the best of singers but my two girls loved me to sing nursey rhymes at that age.

I don't have ASD, but some people's singing used to be (and still can be) very painful for me - I have hyperacusis.

hyper sensitivity of senses is not uncommon with asd though.

Yep, teen DS who has ASD and some sensory issues. It causes some friction with his sister who would sing all day long if you let her.

DD was in a residential school, where one of the staff woke her up at 7.30 am on a Saturday by singing. DD considered 7.30 am far too early for a Saturday anyway, but really objected to the singing and barely spoke to that person for 6 months or more. Then again, she can't cope with babies screaming, women's high pitched laughter, hand driers and interference on TV - although its a vast improvement on when she was under 7, when she could not cope with loud noise at all.

Yes! He doesn't seem to be hugely sensitive in other ways, but singing IRL (as opposed to on CDs etc) is definitely a problem. He particularly hates made up lyrics. But apparently it's ok when he does it.

I have wondered if it was just my lack of tunefulness, as he seems quite musical.

yes. sang loads to dd, but ds hates it.

I taught myself to sign some somes so I can sing quietly. (copied videos on you tube)

I have wondered if it was just my lack of tunefulness, as he seems quite musical.

That may well be an issue (or at least a part of it), off key hurts my ears horrifically even if it's not far off. The discordant tones are awful.

Oh me too. Pretty much as soon as he could talk he was telling me to stop with the cutest look of pitying embarrassment.
I sang to him from the first time I held him in my arms, and DH used to be because before that I would have been extremely shy about anyone hearing me sing, but I just couldn't stop.
Poor DS

Me too. My DD says stop singing Mama! Hands over ears sometimes. Even though she vocal stims all day

My DC who has a dx of ASD always loved to be sung to . He was never interested in toys, but would always be entertained by me singing. I have never had a close relationship with anything resembling a tune. He sang constantly from a very early age and could sing a huge number of songs when his spoken language consisted of around five words. He has had a very strong reaction to music from babyhood.

My NT DC hates me singing. He tells me to stop,and will put his hand over my mouth to stop me.

My autistic son does this, he will cover your mouth or scream if you join in with anything. This includes clapping along at shows or waving at strangers babies etc.

Not singing although that's a common one.

For ds it's babies making loud gurgling happy squeals and noises that hurts his ears.

He's 13 now and says he knows they are just happy and being babies but he wishes they'd just be quiet 😂😂

Yes my son absolutely hates any music or singing, to the point we haven't had any music on around him in the 5 years of his life. If he hears music or singing when we are out somewhere he will have a complete meltdown. He is diagnosed with asd and sensory processing disorder.

yes! mine has sensory issues and will make odd noises..loud noises..sing...but if you sing or sing along to a song you're told to stop immediately!

All my children did this to me. Hated me singing. ASD and non ASD... mmmm