My kids are very loud. Seriously. Ask my
sister. She took them to the mall yesterday and said that she even felt a
little self-conscious because yes, my kids are that loud. People actually stare
and give disapproving looks. Ok, so her two girls are real girly girls so
perhaps she is not used to ALL THE LOUD NOISE, but even I am wondering what to
with these two little terrors.
They are noisy, all the time. They are forever jabbering on, or laughing,
or screaming, or shouting, or singing. At
full volume. I’ve never come across so
much noise in my life. I don’t really
mind the noise too much, even if I get those “can’t you control your children”
looks sometimes, because I know they are having fun. But the shouting thing, that I don’t like.
They have this new thing where they shout. At me. At each other. At anyone.
“Kate, put that down please”
NO MAMA, I SAID NO, DON’T BE NAUGHTY!!!!
Loud. Shouting. At me. In public. It’s a little embarrassing. I can feel people looking at me thinking “that
cheeky bloody child, she needs a jolly good …..”
What? What do I do about them shouting all the time? I can’t very well shout back, “STOP SHOUTING
AT ME, THAT IS VERY NAUGHTY”. To be
honest, I’ve tried that, and it doesn’t work. Talking softly doesn’t help either, because they can’t hear me OVER ALL
THE SHOUTING.
They are not shouting in an ugly way. They actually think it is a big joke. They love being loud. The shouting thing is just part of it, but I don’t
like it. They even shout when they call
me at night now. How rude.
“Mama?”
“MAMA!!”
“MAMA!!”
Imagine hearing that at 2am. It’s enough to give one a heart attack.
Is it just a stage? Is it a twin / sibling thing? How do I get them to stop shouting?
(BTW, my sensory issues are around two
areas – tactile and noise. And I get given the LOUDEST kids in the
universe. Kids: the great levellers.)