Amanda has picked up a very bad habit. I'm not sure why, but she's been screaming. A lot. It's not a high pitched scream, but instead just a long, loud scream that makes you want to cover your ears. She does it around the house, which is tolerable, since you can get some distance. The problem is she also likes to do it in the car.
I haven't figured out if she screams because she's happy or excited or mad, this evening she was doing it when playing with Charlie and was definitely happy, but I don't really care. When she does it in the car I have a very hard time staying calm. I've tried covering my ears, but then I don't have any hands on the wheel and that's not too safe. Sometimes she does it when nothing is going on, but usually it's when Andy is trying to talk to me from the way back, Sarah is either also talking to me or singing a song and I'm trying to concentrate on driving. It's too much. It's enough to drive you insane. My nerves are shot and by the end of the day I'm just exhausted from listening to it.
I know I'm not always the quietest person, but her volume is unbelievable. It is just so loud. She screamed a lot when she was smaller, and I thought it would go away as she got older. Some of it has gone away, she doesn't scream all the time, but it's not a tiny baby scream anymore. This is a full lung shout out for all to hear.
Charlie recently got a hearing test and was told that a small amount of his hearing was gone (or damaged or something like that). The technician said it could be a result of loud children at home. If he's only with them a couple of hours a day and I'm with the all day long what does that say for me?
Better start looking into hearing aids.
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