Head phones and/or Ear Plugs?

[RIDisneyFan]

We're going back to WDW again in Sept (we also went last Sept with the free dining). My DD8 does not like loud noises. We were in the front row for the Beauty and the Beast show. She really liked it but had her fingers in her ears the whole time. She did the same thing at the Lion King show and when we were watching the fireworks. I thought I had seen a post several months ago about either ear plugs or head phones that parents had bought for their kids who were sensitive to loud noises, but I can't find it. Anyone have any suggestions?

 

[juligrl]

Our DD(then 2 almost 3) had the same reaction to noise. Since we didn't have anything with us, we just used cotton balls for her ears. That seemed to work. But I would love to know what anyone else has used or uses when they find out their kid is "sound sensitive".

 

[mommyceratops]

I bought my DS5 ear muffs they didn't really cut the sound out but he thought they did and that worked?

 

[Barak's Disney]

Very good idea. Might have to investigate ear coverings for our next trip.

 

[jayhjay]

You can buy disposable ear plugs at the drug store/grocery store. The ones we have look like little cylindrical packing peanuts. They fit about halfway inside your ear. You can resuse them, but I wouldn't share among people. My DH got some when he sat up close at a car race and they work great for my kids at fireworks and loud shows. They also sell the swim kind that are sort of molded putty that you could presumably use also.

 

[jj1403]

I asked the same question a while back and another DISer suggested Peltor Kids ear defender. I found someone on ebay that sells them and I bought them for our next trip to Disney.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Peltor-Kids-Ear...goryZ294QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

If you click on sellers other items they are also available in green as well as the pink.

 

[scouthawkk]

This is what we use for our ds3:

http://earplugstore.stores.yahoo.net/macsilearplu.html

They don't actually go in to the ears, but spread out over the opening. Blocks out the loud noises of fireworks and sporting events (we're big hockey fans) as well as keeping water out for swimming. He won't go anywhere loud without them, and he isn't comfortable with the kind that actually go into the ears. We actually started using the adult kind after he had tubes put in his ears at 16 months, just split each one big one in half. Then he saw the bright orange ones, and fell in love. (I have also seen the kid's sized ones in bright green.) And rather than taking the big case along (well, not big, it would fit in a small bag or pocket) we put one set in a contact lense case, one in each side. much more comfortable if we have to stick it in a pocket...