Parents of screamers, please tell me it gets better?

[misdee]

dde4 is a screamer. dawn til dusk and at night.

she doesnt sleep much. when she does sleep its not for long.

if i'm out of her sight, even in the car when i'm driving, she screams. most kids tire themselves out and give up by 30mins surely? she keeps going.

as soon as she is back with me she stops. well most of the time. last nigth she screamed on and off for 2hours. she swcreams in the bath, she screams out of the bath, she screams dressed or undressed.

she is 10months old, has milk, egg and nut allergies, suffers refquent ear infections, and screams. is breastfed, and i carry her most places as otherwise she screams.

i cant leave with anyone, not even dh as she will scream and scream. have tried it.

she is utterly miserable, and i dont know why.

hi Allets, more clues needed to old name as i have no brain atm.

had a better day today, but she has been playing at my feet all afternoon, and trying to stand by pulling on my knees. she has still been screaming as i leave the room though, and clung on really tight when grandma entered the room. i am torn between trying to get her used to other people, and wanting just to keep her with me to stop her screaming.

am not brave enough to try a nursery or childminder, just because i know how loud she can yell. its earpeircing.

she is asleep now, so am just sitting down for 5mins then have ironing to do.

I ended up putting DD in a back carrier and going about my day with her on my back. I could never taker her shopping because she screamed herself purple in the face in the car, and after getting her calmed down, would start up all over again in the supermarket (I think she hated the lights and the muzak, possibly the detergent-y smell). I often abandoned the groceries and left.. In the end, I had to do my shopping at late night places after she had (finally) fallen asleep. She was very attached to me, hated interacting with other people, actually looked away and avoided eye contact with people she didn't know, and as she got older, refused to respond verbally. But speech made a difference for her at home, and gradually they drew her out at school, although she tends to be very shy and self-conscious (wish she had had some of that as a baby ). I always laugh when teachers tell me she's so quiet and co-operative...

I went with the flow, as far as her temperament was concerned, in the teeth of much advice about treating her sternly, blah blah.

Allets, are you Stella from my lurking days?