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What age did you or should you allow your preemies to see the fireworks? I know they are loud and bright, and don't know if it's not a good idea to take them to see them. Perhaps it's for such a short period of time, it's not a big deal? thanks!
I am trying to work up to it by talking about them, about them being loud but fun. Last year our daughter was 3 and she kept her face against me the whole time. I don't think she peeked once as far as I could tell. BUT afterwards, she talked about them and talked about wanting to see them.
I've considered trying to find a video of them but haven't found anything. I wish I'd been able to keep video of the opening of the Olympics last summer as that was so lifelike to watch...
D'Lon experienced her first and unfortunately last display of fireworks at 3 years old and she loved them. She clapped after each display. We were only watching the neighbors and their kids do their fireworks it wasnt one of those big noisy displays.
Yolonda
Glad you asked this question! What about 4th of July parades for a 15 month old?? Would that be too loud with the fire truck and police sirens?
We did that last year, when our girls were only 5 months. We stayed pretty far back from the street, so they could see a few things, but it wasn't as loud. We live a block from the parade route, so we basically hung out in our yard. Some friends want us to join them for fireworks, this year, I've never been to this place, so I don't know how loud it will be...
Peyton spent his 1st 4th of July still in the NICU. When he was 1 we didn't really do fireworks but mostly because no matter what he was out cold by 7:30 PM and I think I had to work the next day anyway so we were in bed early. We did do fireworks with him last year and some of them he thought were too loud but he loved the crackling fountains and he really love the big park fireworks display. My thought is try it, if your LO gets too scared you can always leave or stop doing them.
I would love for Zoe to see them at our neighbor's roof party, but there's no way I can get her to stay up that late, so unfortunately there will be no fireworks for us this year. I think she would love them, though.
Dax is now 10 months old (8 adjusted) and he just experienced his first fireworks display at Disneyland on Father's Day - he absolutely LOVED them - could not take his eyes away and even cried a tiny bit when they were over, looking at us like, "Make them do more!" That was a pretty long display too - maybe 20 minutes? And loud - with music, etc. I wasn't sure what to expect and was prepared to leave if it didn't go well. We stood up and held him outwards in the Baby Bjorn the whole time.
Oh, and we let him take an extra late afternoon nap (around 6:00 to 7:00 - which we usually don't do) that night so that he was okay with staying up. He did fine and fell asleep afterwards, around 10:00 pm and slept all night.
I kept my son away from the fireworks the first couple of years because I just knew the noise would bother him since certain noises did, but he loved them when I took him at age 2. As far as the parade, the sudden noise from the firetrucks and police sirens would bother more than the fireworks did.
The boys like parades with all the sirens and trucks and such. As for the fireworks, they saw their first display last year at almost 3 years old (summer birthday). The local baseball team always has a display after their home games, so my DH took the boys to a bunch of them. Now, we love to go, but we have to take hearing protection for two of the 3 kids because they don't really like the loud noises, but they will watch if yo cover their ears. Get the ear muff kind because it works better.
Our son was 10.5 months adjusted last 4th of July. We watched the fireworks from the backyard of a friend's house. He liked them. We were far enough away where sound wasn't a problem.
If a child has demonstrated that s/he may have some sound sensory issues, then it would probably be best to stay away from the fireworks (at least from the sound of the fireworks).
Hi my daughter is 3 yrs old now and we started taking her when she was about 1 1/2 yrs old. We didn't take her the first year she was born because she was only 5 months old and had only been out of the NICU for two months and I was just nervous about germs. but the next year we stayed in the car and tried to make it a possitive experience. She seemed a little jittery about the big booms but overall she really liked it and she has always been scared of loud noises. So each year we just remind her that they are pretty but loud and she does really good.
I was reading through the posts and read someone asking about parades... My daughter didn't like the parade last year when she was 2. She did get upset at the loud noises and so we had to leave. This year we went and she really liked it... plugged her ears some but enjoyed it and says she want to see another one :) I think with all things it's just something you have to see for yourself how your child will handle it. My daughter does have some issues with loud noises or unexpected noises but I'm trying to handle it as normal as possible and if she isn't ready for whatever it is then I take her out of the situation and I try again later. My niece who is now 13 was a FT baby with no issues whatsoever and she has been terrified of fireworks since she was little and she was born on the 4th of July lol
You can always use good quality ear plugs for ear protection!
Well, we went to the parade, and they really enjoyed the bands and the sirens! We're skipping out on the fireworks after noting their "less than stellar" behavior today - fact is, they can't sit still for longer than 10 minutes, and won't hold your hand, so it would be a disaster. maybe next year! Hope you all have a great 4th!!
My son's only 2, but last year he saw some fireworks and they scared him. So, I'm hesitant to take him this year. We may just watch them on TV so they won't be so overwhelming. But there will be a fireworks show only 2 blocks from our apartment, so he may be scared anyway. If we do watch them, it will be from a distance. I'll probably try to take his mind off of how loud they are by asking what color they are, since he's so into telling me what color everything is now.
Good news! He LOVED watching fireworks this year! We watched them from our front yard...and yes, he told me what color all of them were. It worked! He wasn't afraid. He even clapped and laughed! For the finale, I put my hands over his ears because it was so loud that I felt it pounding in my chest so I knew it had to be REALLY loud for him. (We were only about 2 blocks away from them.) When we came back into the apartment, he was still telling me all the colors they were and saying "fyfirks" (his word for "fireworks").
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