Advice please - my 7 mo old seems v angry at times

[roxytoff]

I have a very sociable, very active and mainly happy baby. In the last month she has started to get very angry, impatient and either screams or shouts out. Its getting to the point where I worry she may have a behavioural problem and she can get very loud and angry when we are out in groups at 'baby bounce' or music groups and its embarressing. Its as if she's started the terrible twos early! Has anyone else experienced this? Any advice??

It doesn't sound like she has any problem, I think she's just getting frustrated at things and this is her only way of telling you about it, or making you change things.

It may be that she wants something - food, water, nappy, toy, sleep - or that she doesn't want whatever is happening. If it tends to be in group activities, she's maybe finding them a bit overwhelming. But if there's no real pattern to it, I'm afraid you just have to guess what might be annoying her and try to fix it - but that can feel a lot like the bafflement with a new baby where you try everything in turn until they stop crying!

It does get better as they get older, even before they can talk, as they get better at pointing at things.

Ah thank you! I do agree with you I think its just frustration and impatience (which she may have got from me!!). Its just worrying as I haven't seen it in other babies her age. Its just her way of expressing herself I suppose!!!

Well, they all have their own personalities, but if you tend to be a bit impatient it's not surprising if she turns out to be the same. And at this age they have no "politeness" to stop them expressing it forcefully . I suspect you'll find other babies at your groups will do the same thing soon enough.

My 7mo DD is exactly the same. And she also decides to practise her shouting at 4am just in case we'd forgotten about her during the night or something.