Message 4: I don’t like noise
Nobody likes noise, either does my baby.
One night, I washed dishes near the sink. The clashes of dishes, glasses, silverware, and pots struck up an unharmonious tune. I didn’t notice it until I felt baby moving restlessly in my tummy. I didn’t notice her movements when I washed dishes during the daytime. Probably the noise was more noticeable at night. Since then, I began to pay attention not to let noise bother my baby.
I try to lower the volume of vaccume, shredder, dish washer, or other household electronics. If I have to use those machines to do the housework, I try to add some intervals, rather than using them unstoppingly for a long time.
I only listen to soothing, soft and beautiful music. Each time I tune in a comfortable volume and only listen for no more than 20 minutes. When I watch TV with M, I always lower the volume and we only watch soft and funny programs. We deliberately avoid horror movies, rock music, or those noisy silly reality shows.
One time, I remembered it was the peak time of competition between Democratic candidates Hilary Clinton and Obama: both of them were fighting for the support of big states like Texas and Ohio. Everybody on TV was rattling on who was going to win, its consequence to Democatic party and the whole election as well, and the voting results were reported every 10 minutes. I was interested. So I turned on the volume a little bit in order to hear what they were saying.
Soon, I noticed my baby begin her actions in my tummy. She turned, rotated, pushed and kicked, all indicating she was not happy.
Did it mean my baby didn’t like politics? Obviouly, according to her categorization, politics means noise too…
Finally, I gave up and turned off the TV and went back to listen to the peaceful, melodious and non-political music.
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March 25, 2008 7:32 am | 
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