Boys are too loud!

Okay, it seems like the boys just get louder and louder and I am not sure how to get them to be more quiet! They seem to have to talk over themselves - but also they are loud in normal conversation. I whisper back to them to talk quieter but it is not working. Any strategies I should try?

 

My strategy? Get used to it!

With three boys, my house is noisy a lot more than it's ever quiet! Two of them know how to keep their voices down when it's really necessary (church, restaurants, etc.). One of them still can't quite figure that out. At home, it's pointless to ask for quiet. If they're not vocally loud, then they're playing instruments loud. Right now, they're in the other room watching the All Star Home Run Derby. But it's quickly morphing into a very loud wrestling match. (Doesn't everything??) That will be all fun and games until somebody gets hurt, and then I'll deal with yelling and crying. That's pretty much par for the course I think I'll send them off to get ready for bed. Separating them does help, at least for a while!

 

I just have one boy, and yes, he is much noisier than Sarah could ever think about being. I honestly don't think any part of it is deliberate, it just is. Whether it's a boy thing or just Timothy, I don't know. But he is louder and needs much more activity. But he's also a wonderful sport for trying anything new and when he laughs, the whole room just has to join him.

Marissa

 

What Amy said. Really. I think that's why I enjoy Peace and Quiet so much, when I do get it, because it's very rare. We have a very noisy household. Get these three boys together and look out!!

 

Earplugs! That's my professional, mom of many boys suggestion! LOL! :rotflmbo:
My boys are so loud at times I feel like I have to yell just to be heard. They aren't being loud fighting or anything (although then they get REALLY loud!) they just tend to speak more loudly than I like. Also, I think the age of your boys is one of the loudest. We have seriously had two of our boys ears tested at this age because we are CERTAIN something has to be wrong with their hearing. Why else would they speak so loudly and act as if you hadn't spoken to them when you had? I don't think I have done anything to help it get better, but it has become a bit better as they get older. My two oldest boys (11 and 8) now speak in pretty normal voices most of the time!

 

Yep, get used to it. I remind them to use their inside voices about a thousand times a day but the noise usually just drowns me out.

 

Oh no--mine still have three months to go before they hit 5. Hard to comprehend that they they might get louder than they are now!

 

Get used to it!
As long as they know how and when to be quiet, or at least are attempting to learn that, they're fine.
I used to insist they play quietly, and then "shush" them all the time after about 30 seconds of quiet, and I decided I was being unreasonable.
As they say on Dharma and Greg, you can't fault a giraffe for having a long neck. Or something like that.

For your sanity?? Try going into the next room, or going upstairs once they're ensconced in their "man cave" (which often turns out to be the video game room.)
Trust me, the boys and one tired Mom will be much happier for it!!

 

Turn the TV/Radio down and they have to be quiet to hear it. I have a strict rule on what number the volume can be set at and they know if they get rowdy the electronics go off first. This helps 90% of the time when I need peace and quiet. I do try to ignore it some times as I know they are boys but that's what outside time is for. Excess noise in my house means we are over due for a trip to the playground or a walk around the block. When they are loud at dinner or trying to talk over one another I ask them to raise their hands. Whomever can do so properly gets called on and the chance to speak first. Another good strategy is to lower your voice when speaking to them and they have to stop and really listen.

Otherwise they are boys and WOW can they be loud!!

 

I've lived with boys too long but I think I've grown to love the noise!! With three teen boys in the house, two percussionists and one guitar player, and their friends around, our house is always noisy. But it does grow on you!!