I had my bun about five months ago and it has just occurred to me that I haven’t spent a single moment being bothered by my baby’s noises!
I have pretty bad misophonia (it runs in the family, my mum and I can’t stand mouth and breathing noises, my brother has a different brand, he can’t do crinkly noises). Bad enough that as soon as I notice an offensive sound, I see red and want to either fight or cry. I always need headphones when traveling otherwise I’m guaranteed a bad time. Anyway, my husband was particularly worried about any baby noises and how they might affect me, whereas I had more of an “I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it” attitude.
But I have to say, these baby hormones have been fantastic. Absolutely no sound that my baby makes is unpleasant to me. I find everything adorable. He even went through a phase a few weeks ago when he discovered he had a tongue and ooh-wee, did he go to town! Just constant smacking and slurping and I was enjoying every second. If my husband were to do that, he would be like one of those extras in Chicago who had it coming.
Just wanted to say that there is hope! If you also struggle with misophonia, it might actually turn out ok when baby gets here!
Anyone else in the same boat? Or had the opposite happen?
(P.S.: Happy New Year! I’m just here pumping and filling time. Already did my Duolingo lol 😅)
Id definitely keep in mind, toddler noises are 100x louder and more annoying plus those hormones wear off around 2ish. Keep some headphones on hand for sure and talk to a provider if it becomes an issue!
That’s a fair point! Toddler mealtimes can be.. quite the show. It’s luckily not so bad for me if I’m making the same sounds so I’ll just have to outdo them. I’m just remembering actually that I found a study a while ago about finding relief when mirroring the offensive sound so it makes sense that this works! Do you go through this as well?
Thank you! I have misophonia and have also worried about this… though in general I’ve been less annoyed by kids chewing with their mouths open etc because I know they don’t know any better, whereas I feel like adults should 😂
Oh that's great to hear, I hope it's the same for me! Got my earplugs on standby though just in case lol
I was shocked when I found my baby learning to eat cute instead of repulsive…. It came back around by the time he turned 3 and I am always begging him to eat with his mouth closed now.
This was a huge worry for me. We’re almost at 2.5 and so far it’s not too bad. Occasionally the chewing noises get to me but she’s so cute I can’t get too mad about it.
On the flip side - my husband breathing, chewing and generally just existing absolutely drives me round the bend.
Yep my husband knows to eat cereal in another room 😅
My God. I thought I was alone in this and have been so scared my whole pregnancy. I HATE breathing sounds and soft, quiet croaks, sniffles, and groans. It makes me want to fight everyone and scream. It’s so reassuring to know it may not be the case for when my son is here. I’ve definitely been trying to work on it as best I can, but this gives me a lot of hope!