My 14 month old and other children

[EmmaPoppysMum]

My daughter is such a sweet funny little thing but
Recently when I've taken her to see a couple of friends
Withs babies the same age she's practically cried the whole time. She seems
Scared when they scream or make loud noises and breaks down. They both are fairly screechy screamy kids but aren't most babies... She isn't like that.do
Do you think this is something she'll get used to? X

Yes, she will get used to it.

In fact the more you get out and about with her, toddler groups, friends etc, the more confident she will be around other children.

She still only little so give her time.

Yeah i'm going to see if there is an over 1's group at the Sure Start Centre down the road. I'm not sure how to deal with it, whether to cuddle her (which is what she wants) or to tell her not to be silly and distract her... thoughts?? x have obviously been cuddling her thus far.

She wont understand you telling her she is silly!
Just give her a cuddle to reassure her then distract her with a toy.
Sure start centre is a good idea, you will meet other mums there and you will see not all children are boisterous and confident.

someone else just posted a similar Q a few days ago, I say the same to you as I did to them: My DS (2 last week) did exactly this, between 10-13m, he used to jump out of his skin if another child screeched (even if their shout was in joy!) and cry if anothe baby cried etc., I think its quite common - he was very hit and miss at 'groups' therefore as I often had to take him out of the group to calm down as he seemed genuinely scared, but I persisted in taking him and he stopped doing reacting this gradually, he just had to get used to other kids noise! probably as he doesn't have siblings at home ? funnily enough, adult noise has never frightened him, as he has noisy parents :) he never jumps at other children's screeches now and he loves other children + their noise, and is pretty noisy himself... you can distract them and be comforting, I gradually stopped removing him from the noise and he slowly realised they meant no harm. maybe take her to another part of the room and show her a book, that kind of thing. They don't really know what other people/kids are at this stage so some kids get frightened/upset, it passes :)

Seasidesister .. Obviously she doesn't understand 'silly' she is 14 months! But she does understand Mummy's smiling face saying 'don't be silly' it's actions rather than word meanings!!

Brightonbleach - thanks hun will see how she goes x

I think it maybe quite normal. My ds who is an only child would shake with fear and cry when around a group of boisterous children. He's better now at 2, but obviously used to our quiet, calm home environment and can be very jumpy with sudden loud noises or a baby suddenly screaming. He doesn't shake though - it just shocks him. He handles group situations much better now - it just came with time and him getting used to it.