Too loud?
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Topic: Too loud?
Posted By: MrsMojo
Subject: Too loud?
Date Posted: 04 October 2009 at 8:44pm
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We put DS to bed listening to brahm's lullaby every sleep. He'll lie there quietly listening to the music on my PMD until he drifts off but he'll cry if the volume is too low and I have to turn it right up. DH is concerned that the volume is too high and could be damaging and that we should just leave him to cry but I'd rather he didn't cry and turning it up solves that problem (plus his scream is louder than my PMD at max level). The volume is loud enough that I can easily hear it in any room upstairs but can't hear it downstairs at all except through the baby monitor. So how loud is too loud? -------------  
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Posted By: FionaS
Date Posted: 04 October 2009 at 8:51pm
I know the Sleep Store website recommends turning the music up as required even to the point where it is louder than the babies cry so I'm guessing that if it works for him then it is fine. It probably helps cover up Michela's noise too :)...we have a 3 year old here and they certainly aren't quiet creatures  ------------- Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley |
Posted By: tishy
Date Posted: 04 October 2009 at 9:12pm
We only ever used 'white noise' and it was put up LOUUUUUDDDDD 
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 04 October 2009 at 9:42pm
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Kyle had the vacuum parked next to his cot for a while, that was pretty loud. When you use shushing they tell you to shush louder than the baby is crying. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 04 October 2009 at 11:05pm
I'm not sure if it's different for babies but the guide we always used for occupational noise hazards was, if you have to raise your voice to be heard at a distance of 1m, it's loud enough to damage your hearing. So if you can stand 1m away from DH in the room and talk at a normal volume and he can hear you ok, it should be fine. If you have to yell it just might be too loud  ------------- 
Mum to JJ, 4 July 2008 & Addie, 28 July 2010 |