The sounds of the season: Thanksgiving

Kids are noisy. A noisy child is usually a healthy child, so we pediatricians welcome noise. Today we give you Top Ten Sounds we are grateful for this Thanksgiving:

10. The sound of a six-month-old baby’s belly laugh.

9. The sound of a two year old trying to say “gobble, gobble, gobble.”

8. The sound of a three year old saying “why?” about 100 times a day.

7. The sound of a chatty first grader who tells you about her favorite part of her day in one gigantic run-on sentence.

6. The sound of a grade school orchestra concert (as heard through ear plugs).

5. The sound of a high school orchestra concert played by the same students you remember playing in their grade school concert.

4. The sound of a teenager confiding something very important during a check up and then answering “yes” to the question “Do your parents know about this?”

3. The sound of a high school senior saying he got into his first choice college.

2. The sound of children (and their pets) breathing as they sleep.

1. The sound of a child’s small voice at Thanksgiving dinner leading her family in thanks.

Wishing you all a noisy Thanksgiving.

Julie Kardos, MD and Naline Lai, MD