TODDLER GIRL SCREAMING - How I hate it!

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Anyone else with toddler girls that just SCREAM for no reason?

I cant cope with the high pitch, the constant noise, and the total ignoring of mummy saying "Please DONT scream"

Tactics for dealing with this welcome, before I walk out and never come back!

My dd1 was taught to scream by a friend's dd. I was so annoyed!

I tell mine (and i whisper when I do it) that the noise will make the fairies cross, And we don't want that do we.

Works every time.

My DD does this too. Its hard because she mostly does it with her little plas when they are excited and having fun (as opposed to pushing and snatching toy). TBH I sometimes just let it go, because my pleas for quiet are ignored anyone. I'm not even sure 'ignored' is the right word - sometimes I think she can't really help it and can't control her excitement. Not sure my friends agree though! I often feel like the bad permissive mummy .

Earplugs?

Well mine have only started since their cousins visited last weekend, and I cant cope with a 2.8yr old and 18mnth old screaming like banshees anymore!!!

Will try the upsetting fairies thing, gosh, ill try anything to stop the ringing in my ears!

plas? pals

My ds can scream for Britain. Shock to the system after having dd.

I try to speak to him calmly but it doesn't always work - if he wants to scream he will just go full tilt, the next second he starts laughing.

My dd would have been delighted to think she was making the fairies cross and would have screamed even more!

I'd ignore it, and I certainly wouldn't beg her to stop. She knows she can use it to wind you up and if you ignore it, she'll eventually get fed up of it.

Uuugh I hate it too, though ATM I just have a non-screaming boy
I was brought up NOT to scream and it was drummed into me so comprehensively that I sometimes wonder if I could actually scream if I had to!

I remember being very convinced by the "crying wolf" argument - screaming is for when you are hurt or in danger, so if you scream at other times everyone will ignore you when it matters (though I siuppose she might need to be a bit older to grasp this).

The other thing you could try is immediate consequences. If you scream one more time, I will putt xx toy away for a day / two days / switch the TV off until tomorrow / we will not be going to the party / whatever you know she wants to avoid. If and when she screams, calmly do whatever you said you'd do - and repeat ad nauseam until she gets it.

I suppose you do have to reinforce though that screaming is OK if you are badly hurt or being abducted or whatever!

This is my first time writing on this site - i am being driven to despair by my toddler boy. He is 20months and won't stop screaming. He has big big lungs and seems to do it just for the fun of it whether we are on a bus, in a crowded room or just at home by ourselves. Help - i've tried telling him off, shhshing and distracting but nothing is working. Does anyone have any other suggestions......

My neice did this a lot, then one day my brother left my dad in charge of her...dad was about 75 at the time.
When the screaming started my dad opened a book and read it (helps that he's a bit deaf). She went off on one apparently and he ignored it...when she finished and turned to see the effect of her performance, my dad said "you finished then?" and went back to his book.
Strangely she never did it to him again, and he did get a lot of requests to babysit her. He could stand it, he wasn't her mother...her mother was strung out by it and the girl knew!

We used to just walk out on our DD saying "we'll be back when you're quiet".

my 2 year old DS does it... piercing!