Mowing the lawn

We've been inundated with rain lately and today was the first time Husband was able to get around to mowing the lawn.
Buddy watched from the windows for a bit and then we decided to go outside and see what was what.

One of the symptoms of Williams syndrome is hyperacusis -- ultra-sensitive hearing. I didn't think Buddy was experiencing this aspect of WS until a few months ago when he began putting his hands over his ears in various situations, which don't, to me, seem loud or auditorily annoying.

He walks into his daycare class with his hands over his ears, expecting the little girls in his class to be loud. When we stopped at a restaurant the other day, a little girl said, "I know that boy -- he goes to my daycare. He puts his hands over his ears like this [she demonstrated] when it gets too loud."

And this evening, he chased Husband and the mower with his hands over his ears.

Some WS kids wear a special type of earphones because their hyperacusis is so bad they can't handle the sounds of a normal day. I don't think we're quite there yet but we'll see what the future holds. In the meantime, Buddy did enjoy watching Husband and our neighbor mow their respective lawns, hands over ears and all.