I would love to hear if anyone else little baby is the same.
My little boy is 6 weeks on monday and have noticed that he isnt being startled with loud noise. Im really worried and was wondering if anyone elses new born hasnt startled to noise too. Ive tried making noise when he is sleeping (mind you my 2 1/2 DS makes so much noise) but nothing. Ive tried when awake and still nothing. Ive dropped things, burst balloons x2 yelled and nothing. Im so scared he is deaf and not sure how to handle it. Im trying today to do some more and if nothing will look into it.
If you're worried about it, and you've tried all those things, I would take him to the Doctor and get a hearing test. If everything's fine, then you don't have to stress anymore. But if they find a problem, at least you found it early, KWIM?
Missy sorry to hear of your concerns. I would definitely go and see someone, but I just want you to know that my friend recently had twin girls and they have 3 older girls too. She said the babies are happiest when it's noisy. She brings them to tiny tots and I have commented that Im amazed they don't react to the noise.
So hopefully it's the same thing and noise is a sort of calming thing for Liam xoxoxoxox
I hope your little man is just fine. I can't help sorry, I really can't remember noticing things like that when my boys were tiny.
I would speak to your MCHN, she will definitely be able to tell you if there is a problem or not pretty quickly. I know my MCHN would see me ASAP if I had any concerns.
Did your bubba have a hearing test when he was born?
MJ doesnt always startle to noises and i noted that when she was a baby she didnt always either... I remember thinking the same as you, but as she had a hearing test done when she was a coupke of days old (done in the hossy) i figured that she would be fine.
When you were pg, he was probably subjected to different noises and grew use to them, especially that of your other DS would have been around.
Maybe these things dont bother him, does he appear to recognise your voice and that of your family? when you sing songs is there any recognition?
If you are worried thou, go and see your Maternal health nurse as they will be able to check them and give you peace of mind.
At that age they can't test the hearing as such, but they can test that the sound signal is getting to the brain. It can be done even while the baby is sleeping. This is done to all nbs in Qld (where the parents consent). If you have had this test already, there is not much more they can do just yet. But if you haven't, it might be worth it to give you some peace of mind. As I say, they can't tell you for sure that he is hearing, but it rules out some of the problems which lead to deafness.
I hope this is nothing for you. If it helps, I have heard of this before - I even think I was worried about DS1's hearing in the early days for the same reason. And he hears just fine (too well actually, he doesn't miss hearing or repeating anything LOL!). So there is most likely nothing to worry about. The check is probably for your peace of mind more than anything, and also so that IF there is a problem, it can be treated early.
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