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When do babies stop screaming for food?

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pag2020 · 27/03/2022 19:50

First time mum here!

To ask when did you babies stop screaming blue murder for their food?! DS is 8 months old and still goes from 0-100 very quickly for his food and he eats like a horse so he can't be starving! 🤣

Just wondering when all that calms down? I will assume it's when they can communicate more but I'm holding out hope it will be before then! 🤯😅

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User0ne · 27/03/2022 19:56

When they're full up 😂

Sorry my 5yr old still ends up stropping if "allowed" to get hungry

pag2020 · 27/03/2022 20:02

@user0ne oh bloody hell 😅😅 got a while to go then hahaha

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HardbackWriter · 27/03/2022 20:03

My three year old gets whingy and grumpy if he's hungry but he doesn't screech for it like his 13 month old baby brother does. I can't remember but I assume he stopped just screaming for food when he could talk?!

Soubriquet · 27/03/2022 20:04

Urm…never sorry

It goes from screaming to whining about being hungry.

Honestly the whining is worse Grin

HardbackWriter · 27/03/2022 20:05

I have a side-by-side comparison and I'd take the whinging any day, in case you're feeling too discouraged, OP!

pag2020 · 27/03/2022 20:12

Thanks guys! I can deal with the screaming just fine, I'm just running around like a headless chicken usually trying to grab his bottle or plate him up some food! Such an impatient little soul! Acts like he hasn't been fed for like 24 hours 😅 sounds all normal then! I will await the whinging stage 🙃

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RandomMess · 27/03/2022 20:17

Completely depends on the child. My 19 year still gets horrific hangry moments 🙄

Fridafever · 27/03/2022 20:18

Mine stopped screaming when he could sign “hungry” then stopped that when he could say it!

I remember quite fondly a phase when he was two or so when if he saw something promising like an ice cream van he would say “oh I am quite huuuuuungeeee”.

He’s 7 now and favours looking very sad like he’s posing for the Daily Mail and saying (while sighing) that he’s “very hungry”. I was just pointing out to him earlier that he could try “please may I have something to eat?” instead of going straight to distressed face. Or he could help himself.

So short answer - never apparently!

RandomMess · 27/03/2022 20:22

Her first "sentence" was signing more and grabbing hold of the high chair synthetic childminders 🤣

Fridafever · 27/03/2022 20:30

Mine could sign milk and he sometimes used to do it with both hands at me furiously, while wailing for added emphasis.

N0va · 27/03/2022 20:46

To be honest, I'm in my twenties and still get grumpy when I'm hungry Grin

pag2020 · 27/03/2022 22:27

Hahaha some of these replies are hilarious. The Daily Mail face had me cackling!!

He must get this trait from me as I very often get rather furious when zero food has passed these lips for a few hours

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