Baby's first ever rain fall

For the past few days, strong torrential rainfall was all over the country.  Being in the tropics, our country has always been visited by this weather disturbances.  Perhaps rain fall may have the same aspect as snow fall in other country, however in our Philippines, rain is much predominant in nature.  With warm temperature and big deposit of water along our archipelagic location, it is eminent that our country will continuously experience such phenomenon.  We have two major season annually, first is Rainy Season and the other one is Summer Season, both of which are precisely measured based on their effect on our livelihood.  

Our baby on the other hand, has not yet developed the idea of such event.  Two days ago, such rain gave my baby boy an unforgettable experience.  From our room, our boy started to develop a sort of fear in rain drops.  Every time the rain fell hard from our rooftop, our boy wakes up and try to make way on our side.  Its sweet, yes, but  seeing his face so frighten, worried me so much, because he might develop a kind of phobia in rain.  

" Rain rain go away come again another day" Daddy wants to play!

It was only that few days ago when he started to act differently when it rains, in fact during before, our boy really loves to see rain drops.  We even had him sit outside our doorway just for him to see the rain drops, but all those thing changed, when he heard the loud noise on our roof top when that rain fell really hard that night.  I believe for as parents, we should consider putting a sound proof room for our baby.  It's a good deterrent for loud noises such as horn, rain fall, thunder, even loud motorcycle who sometimes goes-bye in front of our houses without thinking that there is a baby inside our house.  This way, we can protect our baby from noise pollution and such a like.  Our baby's are vulnerable in developing fear of sounds, and for me as a dad, we should continuously monitor our kids growth and development.  We should always try to teach them not to be afraid of such sound or anything of the same kind, so that they will learn to appreciate sounds as they hear it.  Our baby rooms should be ready with necessary materials to protect and create our baby's psychological developments.  

There are things to consider in a baby room, including side walls, ceilings and doors.  Sound proofing a room may not cost too much if we can try looking at our surrounding.  Styrofoam is a cheap material which we can used to sound proof ceilings, specially if your roof top is made up of metal roofing.  This material absorbs sounds, which then makes the room more sound proof to loud noises within the room.  

This may sound exaggerated, but for me, early developmental stage of a child is essential.  As he or she develops confidence, we should be assure as parents, that our child will become more aware of his/her surrounding.  Now, that I am aware that our baby has this fear of raindrops, I am now seriously considering this matter.  

I would love to play with my boy in the rain.  Just like the old days were we play with our friends during rainy days.  Having a baby is such a responsibility, It might be costly, but I rather spend a bit of my cash rather than having a baby who has phobia on a wonderful sound of raindrops.  

Raindrops keep falling on my head

But that doesn't mean my eyes will soon be turnin' red
Crying's not for me
Cause I'm never gonna stop the rain by complainin'
Because I'm free
Nothing's worrying me.

Singing it really puts me in the mood to be a good dad for my baby.  

Jens Rich