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Does anyone use earmuffs / ear plugs on their baby to protect their baby's hearing? If so, recommendations? Have a 2 month old, and the jackhammering/construction outside of our apartment, along with the screeching brakes of buses, is driving me batty.
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02.27.09, 07:34 AM [ Flag ]
- first time parent?
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  02.27.09, 07:34 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - Yes.
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    02.27.09, 07:35 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - it's really nothing to worry about. what floor do you live on?
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      02.27.09, 07:53 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - Actually, it's okay inside our apartment (we live inside a high-rise). It's just hard to avoid when we walk outside with the stroller.
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        02.27.09, 07:57 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
        
        really don't worry about it. your child will be fine.
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        02.27.09, 07:59 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- I have 3 kids..and am in Manhattan. Your dc ears are ok outside. The dc needs to get used to sound. If the sound is too much then avoid walking in front of a jackhammer. I was born and raised here and my hearing is fine
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  02.27.09, 07:41 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- 1st time parent or 1st time in a big city?
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  02.27.09, 07:44 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - 1st time parent. Am worried DB might inherit my hearing, which wasn't always great but definitely got worse since moving to NYC.
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    02.27.09, 07:52 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - have u tried earplugs?
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      02.27.09, 07:53 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - No - wondering what woud be good for baby without risk of damage to ear.
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        02.27.09, 07:55 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- OP: would these look ridiculous in a stroller? honest opinion please:
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  02.27.09, 07:53 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - http://forum.baby-gaga.com/about359791.html
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    02.27.09, 07:54 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
    - 1. yes, they would look totally ridiculous. 2. why would you want to deprive your child of hearing? half the point of going outside is the stimulation, the busyness, the things to see and hear.
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      02.27.09, 07:55 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
      - I figure he'd still get stimulation (just in muffled form), and would take them off in quiet areas like Central Park.
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        02.27.09, 07:59 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- would a white noise machine cover the noise?
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  02.27.09, 07:55 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
  - but the baby isn't wakign from the noise. the baby seems fine. it's just the mom that's worried. a white noise machine would be useful if the baby was waking up from loud or sudden noises.
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    02.27.09, 07:58 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]
- My recommendation is for mom to take a chill pill.
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  02.27.09, 07:59 AM [ Flag | link to this post ]