I am getting to the end of my tether with my DS2 and am desperate for any suggestions on how to manage this . He screams .. High pitched top of his lungs screaming! He screams when he wants to get up (which is usually around 5.30 am and is still so tired he goes back to bed at 8 or I have to drop him off at the childminders half asleep , he stays awake till 9 then when he has a good 2 hour snooze) he screams when i put him to bed and I have to stay with him also to be screamed at. He screams when he is tired and also when I am doing something else at home and not paying him the required amount of attention . My eardrums are hurting from this and I'm constantly on edge waiting for the next bout of screaming. I have tried ignoring him and he just keeps going, saying no gets no response apart from sometimes a laugh! I can occasionally redirect him to something else but then it's back to . He is actually doing it at me right now as I dare to post on here and ignore him! Apparently he doesn't do it at the childminders although he does whine and whinge there . I think half of it is he is tired as its a battle to get him to sleep and he wakes so early then is playing catch up on sleep all day .
Has anyone else experienced this ( please say its a phase :-). ) and any ideas on how to deal with him . I'm also sure my neighbours must be getting heartily sick of him too as I have had the windows and patio doors open all week so he can scream to the world!