DS (18 months) has begun to emit supersonic screams....earsplitting. He has a handful of words (baba, dada, mama, bus, babbit, bebra) and can do a noise for practically every jungle animal (every child needs a party repertoire right?) - but is not yet speaking.
Suspect he is on the verge, which is where the frustration comes in...but what do you do? I have discovered (publicly) that saying anything akin to No screaming please (or even mentioning the word screaming) results in more screaming so have been taking the path of least resistance and ignoring but even when I am blanking my face I know he knows how annoying it is and he can, if he feels the urge, continue long enough to have to be removed from anywhere public and taken outside. My public humiliation levels (and other people's dining tolerance) is down to one scream and out at the moment. I have once screamed back (not in anger - just to see what would happen) and he jumped and didn't like it so obviously won't be trying that again and would only lead to competitive screaming in any event (he would undoubtedly win).
Anyone else had a screamer? Any useful tips please? Did it stop when they get a bit of language? He talks continuously in what sounds like a previously unknown dialect of Turkish and is very cross when I cannot make a good guess at what he is on about (Turkish friend has much more luck.)
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High-pitched screaming from 18 month old - ignore or....what?
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HellAtWork · 18/06/2011 23:23
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