We seemed to need one there because our nursery has an ensuite that my DH used each morning before work... he was forever asking me the time when he got out of the shower (and passed through the nursery)... any how it just kinda "worked" in there. It was just a small (saucer sized) clock too which helped keep the ticking sound to a minimum. I used to sleep in the nursery on occassion and found the sound to be ok... and I'm a very hypersensitive kinda person! A bit like "The Princess And The Pea" story IYKWIM LOL
Jack: I get you about tuning some sounds out if they are regular.... we used to live close to a railway line and strangely actually liked the sound of passing trains (it kinda symbolised to us that "all was well" in the world... that society hadn't crumbled overnight (it was around the time of 9/11). Anyhow I understand how you could tune out a regular chime... but a constantly ticking clock can be as "bad" as a dripping tap... who can stand them at night???
Last edited by Bathsheba; January 6th, 2009 at 02:35 PM.
My parents used to have a Grandfather clock that you could hear ticking from my room on quiet nights and it chimed every hour. I always missed the noise when I slept away from home.
For puppies we used to always put an alarm clock in their basket for their first few nights because the ticking helps them settle. They advise the same for kittens. The ticking helps to simulate the regular sound of a heartbeat.
I guess that it's one of those things that would drive you crazy if you weren't used to it but can be a comfort if it is familiar.
I hate seeing a clock when I put the boys to sleep because I end up clock watching and it does my head in.
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