Baby & fireworks

Charla1224 · July 2016

Will you be lighting or going to see a fireworks show this weekend? Anyone concerned about how LO will react?

I'm probably being over antsy but I am anxious about Monday. Mostly anxious about people shooting them off while she tries to sleep.

PYLWhammy · July 2016

People are already shooting them off here. LO was napping in her swing and it did seem to startle her a bit but thankfully she didn't fully wake up.

balamama · July 2016

We have had fireworks going off close to our building the past two night and even though I initially got nervous LO didn't even seem to notice them.

folamij · July 2016

Considering our neighbors have been setting off fireworks since last night; I plan on sitting on our back patio with the baby monitor and a nice beverage and watching them in my pjs. If that gets boring, I'll move to my front porch and catch the fireworks there from our other neighbors. Texans and their fireworks=free show for me this year.

Munckin woke up once last night, but after a quick nursing session she went right back down. so far she is completely oblivious to them tonight.

JessicaB0627 · July 2016

Our neighbors have been setting them off all week and they haven't seemed to bother DD2 at all. We're going to fireworks Monday but I'm more concerned about mosquitos. We bought a few of those kid friendly mosquito repellent bracelets that we're going to put on her car seat or her depending on where she's at.

Charla1224 · July 2016

@JessicaB0627 I never thought about mosquitoes. I'll have to get some of those bands.

camillaandcarson · July 2016

I live in the country and fireworks were set off for hours today. Seriously every year this happens for the entire week; it sounds like a war zone.

Baby doesn't care. Toddler wants to see them.
We caught a really nice show out our window eating a late dinner.

We we will be attending two shows this weekend. I bought headphones for both babies.

dsmith211 · July 2016

They were shooting off obnoxious ones near my dad's house and LO was inside sleeping through everything. Hopefully that remains the case the rest of the weekend. The dog on the other hand is going to be a complete mess. We came home and obviously they were being shot off here as well bc the dog pushed down the baby gate, broke into a bedroom closet and was hiding out. I feel horrible for him. Usually we give him a dose of Benedryl and cover his crate a little bit so he can calm down during it so I need to remember to get DH to go pick some up.

2.red.heads · July 2016

We went to a show Friday night. The twins did ok - they tolerated them. Before the show they were blasting super loud music and I think that bothered them more. My first son was 1 mo at a fireworks show and he slept through it

Bellodomani · July 2016

@JessicaB0627 I was debating taking the kids down to the firework show on the river here, but they don't start til like 10. Are you planning on keeping your toddler up til they start? Or putting her to bed then getting her up when it's time to go? I'm a little nervous about him being a hot mess from being up so late...

folamij · July 2016

@JessicaB0627 Where can I find these mosquito repellent bracelets you speak of?

Kennedy0830 · July 2016

Our subdivision is right across the street from ball fields that have a carnival, bands, and fireworks. Even from within our house you can hear the display loudly because it's right behind us (which is great because we just sit in our backyard and see an amazing firework display and can walk over to the carnival). We ended up buying LO some infant hearing protection ear muffs. Everyone have great reviews on them and said baby slept like a rock through loud noises. We will be trying them out tonight as that is the first of the 2 firework displays and bands playing.

Sunshinebins · July 2016

I think we are going to skip but more because I'm concerned about the girls' hearing. We haven't heard many the past few days, but the dogs have so they wake up the babies but the actual pop of fireworks don't haha. We would consider a place you sat in the car to watch. But otherwise no, we won't be going

kitandcat · July 2016

We will be going to our towns fireworks tomorrow that won't start till about 10... We bought the baby headphones for both the fireworks and the music that will be playing beforehand :-) he sleeps through everything so I'm not worried about the noise, especially with the headphones! Now I am worried about mosquitos after reading this ... I'm going to have to look into the bands ... LO is almost always in a short sleeve onesie because he gets so hot in everything else! But with mosquitos he should be in long sleeves probably... I'll have to figure it out!!

JessicaB0627 · July 2016

Bellodomani said:

@JessicaB0627 I was debating taking the kids down to the firework show on the river here, but they don't start til like 10. Are you planning on keeping your toddler up til they start? Or putting her to bed then getting her up when it's time to go? I'm a little nervous about him being a hot mess from being up so late...

I'm going to try putting her down for a late nap and then keeping her up for the fireworks. She wouldn't do well if I put her to bed and then woke her up again. We're also going to try getting there early to get a good seat and they have some festivities going on before the fireworks that we like to be there for.

@folamij We got them at Dick's Sporting Goods. They were hanging on the side of an aisle in a random spot so you may have to ask someone where they are. I'm not sure who else sells them though!

JessicaB0627 · July 2016

If anyone is curious this is what we got!

That1didntcount · July 2016

No nap Sunday and constant fireworks in our neighborhood? I am so hashtag blessed right now.

wsgjmw1 · July 2016

The constant fireworks in my neighborhood are so out of control. People aren't even playing around with the legal stuff ... They are shooting off the highly illegal stuff right in front of our house in the street. The dog is freaking out and DS keeps waking up screaming ... It's a damn shit show over here

Nicbert1214 · July 2016

It's getting pretty loud in my neighborhood- I have the ac pumping and the white noise machine on full blast. Hopefully that will drown out the booms so LO can sleep and myself and DH included lol!