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why is my son always the loudest ????

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runtus · 04/05/2007 13:21

Does anyone else have a child that is always shouting and yelling??? He is now almost 12 months but has done it for about 4 months now..............growling, shouting, yelling. Makes him sound hideous but he is really sweet - honest!

I just wish I could get him to play nice and quietly like all his friends - any tips???

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LittleEgg · 04/05/2007 13:23

Mine is 14 months and loves to shout. He shouts at people whilst I push him in his buggy, although he shouts in a "friendly" way, so most people smile. He was recently voted "most boisterous" at a party. TBH I like him being loud .

MuffinMclay · 04/05/2007 13:46

Mine (12 months) is like this too, especially when he's in the supermarket. People are always commenting on it. He does it much more with adults than to other children. I think it is a good thing - shows he's trying to vocalise his feelings. (Pain in the neck when I'm on the phone or trying to listen to the news though).

LittleEgg · 04/05/2007 14:03

I am with you on that Muffin! WHen I am on the phone he goes "aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh" in a shouty manner in the background, demanding the phone so he can chat (except he always cuts people off). He does like adult ladies in the supermarket best, and always tries to flirt.

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runtus · 04/05/2007 15:17

But he is SOOOOOOO loud I think I am going deaf sometimes!

I seriously can't hear myself think some days......

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rantinghousewife · 04/05/2007 15:40

FWiW, it won't last, my ds was always the loudest child in any room, now he's a teenager, he barely utters a word.. Used to have to walk him every day (just like a dog) cos he was so lively. Like children like that tbh, they do have their 'make you smile' moments.

Bananaknickers · 04/05/2007 15:43

no mine is the loudest. I challenge you to a duel runtus. He was loud from the minute he was born and he is now 10. I am always being asked if he is deaf by teachers. I have had him checked and no he is just loud

Pitchounette · 04/05/2007 16:35

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runtus · 04/05/2007 17:00

Thank god it's not only him then.........

I do hate it at toddler groups and things like that though, when other parents give you the 'pitying' look or even worse the 'what a horrid child' look. It's as if they think I ignore him or don't try to discipline him. As if you can discipline an 11 month old effectively. I have tried ignoring it, talking calmly and shhhing him gently right through to going "stop shouting!"

No difference!

I give up.

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LittleEgg · 04/05/2007 18:33

LOL ranting - I have to "walk" my DS morning and afternoon!

Nightynight · 04/05/2007 18:56

no, mine is the loudest...he is 7 and shouts, sings, makes strange noises etc, far too much.

wulfricsmummy · 06/05/2007 19:48

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mckenzie · 06/05/2007 19:54

nope, mine is the loudest. But we do have a volume switch that works sometimes. We use a hand to (pretend obviously) turn his ear round which controls the volume coming out of his mouth

MrsSpoon · 06/05/2007 19:58

My two, 4 and 8 are unbelievably loud. Yesterday they met two very loud similar aged friends in the play area of a garden centre and the dirty looks from parents of quiet children were hard to cope with.

twentypence · 06/05/2007 20:02

Here's something that will work best with an older child but is good to start now with a loud 12 month old.

Do the Jelly on a Plate chant - but first use your "low jelly" voice - your chest voice, go as low as you can. Then say the rhyme in a normal speaking voice, and then say it like a "little mouse, high squeaky jelly voice".

Repeat and repeat each day until they can imitate the 3 voices (I have one 4 year old in a group who can do a lovely baritone!).

Then next time they are loud say "low, jelly voice please" in a cheerful low voice. There is a limit to how loud a small child (or a woman) can talk in a low voice.

I love loud children in my classes - they are the ones that join in!

tigi · 06/05/2007 20:21

my 5 yo has a voice like a fog horn! Drives me potty! Took him to watch dh play footie yesterday, and ds was far and away noisier that any of the foul mouthed players! He out-yelled them easily. At least I'd never lose him! Funnily enough, older ds age 7 is very loud in his everyday talking, and i've had him checked for deafness lots of times, but ok. But little um shouts the loudest when he needs anything, and cries like a baby when he can't get own way. Been to a garden centre today with a playground, and between the pair of them they created hell! For a while I pretended they weren't mine! But I find myself trying to over yell them, which I know i shouldn't...

fairyjay · 06/05/2007 20:36

I always used to say that ds was born without a volume control. He now 15 - years not months! - and he is still very loud!

frances5 · 06/05/2007 21:54

My little boy is extremely loud at the age of 5. The problem is that he is hard of hearing so can't tell how loud he is.

He is even loud when asleep!

unknownrebelbang · 06/05/2007 21:57

My 8 year old is very loud, and I can hear him over a class full of children.....

In our case I think he just likes to be heard over his brothers, lol.

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runtus · 09/05/2007 19:38

Thank you all for making me feel like a normal person with a 'normal' child by sharing your stories! Was beginning to think that as he is the only one of the NCT group to be so lound, he must be a nightmare..........I know he's not really and he is just "expressive" shall we say, but the looks from others do get to you after a while don't they?

Having said that, he is also the first one to say a proper word ("green", would you believe?!), so I guess it is all for the good.

I'll keep telling myself that when I go deaf in one ear through his ranting and raving

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