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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1. I had a hairdresser who wore earplugs. She could hear me, but they helped her with the noise of all the hairdryers and music and people yelling to be heard over them. Can you wear earplugs?
2. [b]Train your kids. Sure sometimes toddlers will be loud but really work on yours learning to not interrupt, no whining, only being loud when on the playground or in an emergency. Teach the older one they can only complain about something ONCE. They state their complaint, you acknowledge hearing them, and that's it. Or let them have a Complaint Log, where they write out their complaints to you and you write back each night. [/b]
3. Turn your ringer off or super low. 
4. Train your dog to not bark.

I hear you on this - I had to go to a dinner at Benihana and found it VERY overwhelming and by the time we were walking out I'd shut down quite a bit. It was too loud to make conversation, my nerves were frayed from all the slamming of spatulas on the grill and lights flashing and people yelling, etc. I truly couldn't go to another event three nights later - just couldn't make myself show up. [/quote]

I agree with teaching your kids. This is the biggest thing. At the table, teach your older child not to interrupt. Teach the toddler not to scream.

I get overwhelmed easily and my husband is a terrible interrupter. I try very hard to nicely say "hold on Bill. Ok as I was saying...." I interject when he interrupts our 12 year old too. It works sometimes. It was much easier to teach my child how to not interrupt.

My husband is not sympathetic - he doesn't understand why being interrupted is hard for me or why I can't hear the movie over him inexplicably taking a full minute to roll the top of the chip bag over to close it up.

But you can work on your kids op. [/quote]

I disagree. You can’t be constantly screaming at your kids to be quiet. There’s lots of studies that loud kids are the healthiest because they feel the most comfortable to be them.

I wear ear plugs. I also have area rugs everywhere to help absorb noise. [/quote]

You don't need to constantly scream at your kids to be quiet. You teach them how to not interrupt, don't scream/screech or yell inappropriately. You teach them alternatives that don't cause distress to others.

This means knowing when it IS ok be loud. [/quote]

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