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I have a new sweet 4 1/2 mo dcb and I love him to bits. But every loud noise startles him and if it doesn't stop immediately, he'll start wailing. The very 1st day he came he took a lot of short cat naps because he kept getting woken up. I don't have another separate room to put him into. 
But then the next 6 days he came he did better each day, seemed to adjust well to the unexpected bark of my dogs, the screech of a toddler, the phone ringing and he was getting into some longer naps too. Then I got sick and closed for 3 days of work, a weekend and 1 more day of work. The past 2 days he's been here, it's been terribly difficult. He's fussy, wants to be held most of the time, can't soothe himself to nap when he was doing so well with it before. The noise is bothering him again. I had a VERY overtired 5 yo come in after K today and wow, can she carry on when she gets in that mood. Well, the poor baby didn't know what to do, he was scared to death and crying, she was tired, cranky and screaming, definitely had some Calgon take me away moments today.
Any suggestions on how to help this poor baby adjust to the noise and hopefully get back into a better rhythm like before?? The terrible thing is that 1 of the toddlers knows screeching has become a hot issue and so now does it for the attention.
But then the next 6 days he came he did better each day, seemed to adjust well to the unexpected bark of my dogs, the screech of a toddler, the phone ringing and he was getting into some longer naps too. Then I got sick and closed for 3 days of work, a weekend and 1 more day of work. The past 2 days he's been here, it's been terribly difficult. He's fussy, wants to be held most of the time, can't soothe himself to nap when he was doing so well with it before. The noise is bothering him again. I had a VERY overtired 5 yo come in after K today and wow, can she carry on when she gets in that mood. Well, the poor baby didn't know what to do, he was scared to death and crying, she was tired, cranky and screaming, definitely had some Calgon take me away moments today.Any suggestions on how to help this poor baby adjust to the noise and hopefully get back into a better rhythm like before?? The terrible thing is that 1 of the toddlers knows screeching has become a hot issue and so now does it for the attention.
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