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3.5 yr ds taken to screaming - how can I get him to stop??

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Jazzi · 26/06/2006 21:13

He can be in the middle of doing something and suddenly stops and lets out an ear piercing scream. His favourite place is in the car, which can be a little distracting. How can I stop him from doing it??

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Jazzi · 26/06/2006 21:26

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Jazzi · 27/06/2006 14:11

Has anyone got any ideas as he is driving me mad!!!!

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jamsambam · 27/06/2006 14:13

scream back

fatbetty · 27/06/2006 14:16

My DS will do used to do that and still does occasionally. I think he does it to get to me. I find ignoring it worked well in the car. He eventually would stop. Not much help, I know.

MrsBigD · 27/06/2006 14:33

Jazzi, the best bet is to ignore it because if he's anything like my dd he's using it to get attention/get a reaction. If he doesn't he might eventually just stop.

I did the 'scream back' once that jamsambam suggested [bad mother alert] as I was very tired and very on edge, never again though, dd went into hysterics! Saying that she did scream less after that.

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