20 mo DS shouting "aargh!"

[happygelfling]

I'm sure it's "just a phase", but I would really welcome any ideas that might help... please!
20mo DS is shouting "aargh!" as loudly as he can... repeatedly... through out the day...
I know that he is uncomfortable with teething, and he is pretty non-verbal, which I'm sure he is also frustrated about, so I'm trying not to get cross about it.
I would really welcome any ideas that might help us get through this phase asap.
At the moment we're just trying to speak softly when he does it, not give him extra attention (which is difficult) or make a fuss.
Thanks for any suggestions.

Can you see any pattern in his "argh-ing"? Is it when he's doing a particular thing? Or at any other noticeable time?

I know you say he's pretty non verbal but can he make himself understood enough to ask for a drink for eg? And does he understand if you ask him to do something like fetch a particular toy or his shoes?

Thanks House. I've been trying to observe... Sometimes it starts as roaring (tiger hand puppet), sometimes I think it starts when his big sister is shouting about something (he's perhaps copying her, or maybe getting angsty because she is), sometimes when he is frustrated or uncomfortable (needs a clean nappy), sometimes definitely just wanting attention (in a cafe yesterday... I could feel all the judgey stares!).

He's got about 6 words, including "more", "yeh" and "no", and he's good at pointing, so we can usually work out what he wants. His big sister was chattering away by this age so I suspect that my expectations of his language development were not realistic!

Thanks for your response. While I realise that there are plenty of worse things he could be doing, I'm a quiet type and am finding all this noise quite draining.

I think you will find that when his language comes in more, it will stop