Loud music and infants

Diamond Member Joined: Dec 27 2005 Posts: 2805

My baby is 3 months and I have a simcha coming up where she'll be there IYH. The music will be loud -predictably. What can I do? I don't want to damage her ears Chc'v

Posted: Fri, Mar 10 2006, 10:38 am Post subject:

You dont have a problem with it. You will know if it is too loud for her. She will start crying. Dont worry. Just dont keep her near the speakers or were the band is playing.
_________________
Esther 05/16/01 Zalman 09/11/02 Shoshana 05/22/04 Batya 11/05/08 Eliyahu 10/31/2011

You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they are going

Posted: Fri, Mar 10 2006, 12:30 pm Post subject: re: Loud music and infants

Sorry, I disagree. By the time noise is actually painful it is way, way, way over the limit. Some people are not at all uncomfortable at levels that are at or above the permissible limit. some babies are more "irritable" than others, and crying is not a function of actual noise level. noise-induced hearing loss is cumulative and ultimately irreversible. protect your baby's hearing--don't take him to the simcha. if you absolutely must take him, please, please leave him in a stroller or a playard outside the ballroom. you and a few other moms can take turns watching the wee ones there, if the baal hasimchoh is not providing a sitter onsite.

I know whereof I speak: part of my job entails advising people on how to protect their hearing.

Platinum Member Joined: May 16 2005 Posts: 6262

loud music at a wedding IS bad for babies! I heard there are earplugs made specially for babies... But I dont know where u can get them.... maybe u can look around for them though...

Diamond Member Joined: Dec 30 2004 Posts: 3194

IMO babies do not belong at weddings, if they need to come for pictures and the like fine, but afterwards they should be sent home with a babysitter, it isnt fair to them to be around loud music, tons of people, and be up all night.

Platinum Member Joined: May 16 2005 Posts: 6262

I agree shoy! In general babies dont belong out at night. (unless they are new born, u cant help it and sometimes need to go somewhere.... I once had to leave a wedding of my relative early and didnt have a babysitter so I just left the wedding and missed like an hour or two... but My priority is my baby and she needed to go home and go to sleep... we left the wedding at like 8, half hour after her bed time.

Executive Member Joined: Feb 24 2006 Posts: 425

Posted: Fri, Mar 10 2006, 3:24 pm Post subject: Re: re: Loud music and infants

Gold Member Joined: Jul 10 2005 Posts: 2115

I would put on a nice hat. (and where you bend it over..That part put on the ears. That should work. Its also cooler then room temperture so you will need a blanket.