Deborah Harrell wrote:
>
> --- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> <snip>
> > In the last 2 or 3 months of my pregnancy with
> > Sammy, it seemed that the
> > doorbell rang quite often, and the dogs would charge
> > to the door,
> > barking. Miranda would sometimes bark *before* the
> > doorbell rang, with
> > absolutely no warning, causing me to almost jump out
> > of my skin a number
> > of times. :) After Sammy was born, the sudden bark
> > of Miranda's would
> > jolt everyone else -- but not him. Considering how
> > often Miranda went
> > off when he was sleeping, that was a blessing.
>
> Ooh ooh! Habituation! You have your own tiny study
> of confirmation! (I'm not sure which is more noxious
> -- a car horn, or a loudly barking dog...) ;)
Car horn. At least, on a residential street. In traffic, maybe the
dog. :)
Oh, and music at a particular decibel level as you're sleeping is
nowhere near as bad as someone with a megaphone at comparable volume.
(Found *that* one out this weekend.)
Julia
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