Mommy, I hear a noise...

Well, Anna has developed a fear of noises. It has been a slow progression but I think setting the smoke alarms off this past weekend helped seal the deal. Unfortunately, due to new electrical codes, we needed to have a wired smoke alarm system put in the entire house when we did the addition. Although they are for safety reasons, they are a real pain in the neck. They are very sensitive to smoke and when one senses smoke, the entire system goes off -and loud enough to wake the dead! There is no way to turn them off, they shut off on their own once the smoke dissipates. Anna is now terrified of them and any other noises she hears in her room. This afternoon for her nap, she made me take the fish out "because it was making a noise". Not sure what noise that was?!?!? I feel badly for her though because she is so scared of the noises and just freezes in fear when she hears something like the furnace come on or the house creak. Poor little thing.