[QUOTE=1TUFFUTE;5600900]Serious thought.....tried ear muffs or earbuds to help the sanity, even if only for 5mins?
Suggested this to a friend with a crazy loud new Baby......she thought I was joking....a week later
, and it didn't take her long to adapt the usage of the ear buds so she could still use them safely and do what she needed to get done.......just a thought!
If up there for thinking, down there for dancing, you said IT, and i forgot about that part of my life when my son was born (20years ago) till up to around 10 years ago, i swore by ear plugs if things got out of hand, by that i mean my overreaction to everyday stuff, like neighbour having party .. how dare he enjoy life, or my baby crying for a minute, how dare he have wind, or the dog just wont eat his dinner, how dare i cause so much distress and confusion as to why? Thanks to a midwife at the time suggesting headphones and calm sounds whilst i cradle n comfort my baby son through the tough times.. so much so that i had to swap to earplugs when it came time to sleep, something i had to wean/ween? off as any sound after that and i couldn't sleep. But you are ABSOLUTE in that suggestion. Different occasions will suit individual applications. I personally went to the local safety-work gear supplier and bought the really soft yellow n pink/green stripe ear plugs. .. the ones with the pinched ends, as they were less painful after too long of a sleep.