We're quiet little parents...

We've realized in the last week or so that we are very quiet people. Quinn is easily startled by noisy people because he's not used to it. He was startled by his cousin Emily during an animated soliloquy while we were in Nova Scotia, and he gets a little overwhelmed sometimes by his animated Aunt Caitlin. It's good though, for him to be exposed to it from family, people he knows and trusts. He'll get used to it. Vehicle and ambient noise (like appliances) don't bother him because he's always been exposed to them. We just never really thought about it until now, but we really don't speak loudly at all around the house. It's part of the whole house-as-sanctuary thing I guess. He's startled by other kids' shrieking and rattles (of all things) at playgroups, which made me think that perhaps we need to take steps to get him used to the noise of the real world.