my dd won't stop screaming

[sparklingshiraz]

My dd is only 10 mnths old so I don't know what to do. She is not distressed when she does it, it just seems to be a new noise she has discovered she can make. It would be ok if it wasn't so eardrum piercing. She did it all the way round the supermarket the other day and I spent the whole time apologising to people for her. I ended up coming home without half of the shopping.When she does it I give her a stern "no", but she doesn't understand no yet, she just smiles and screams again. Any ideas that may salvage our eardrums?

start singing - might distract her.

or duct tape? J O K E

I do actually try distraction and it works for about 30 seconds. She screams as she plays you see. It's not a distress thing, it seems to be a game. I think the duct tape is a cracking idea though

I do actually try distraction and it works for about 30 seconds. She screams as she plays you see. It's not a distress thing, it seems to be a game. I think the duct tape is a cracking idea though

My DD did this from around 5 months and now at 10 months she seems to be getting tired of it (Sorry, that's not what you want to hear i'm sure!). I didn't really find anything that worked, but I did spend ours whilst she was screaming "answering" her in a soft voice in the hope that she'd want to try that instead.... but no imediate solutions, i'm afraid!
You have all my sympathy, it's an absolutely rotten thing to go through!

I think she just likes the sound of her own voice - I think that's perfectly normal. Perhaps earplugs for you?

Not particularly helpful am I?

by shouting 'no' you are rewarding her with attention for her screaming. Ignore her. She'll soon learn that it's a boring thing to do. When she stops, or if she is playing quietly - reward her with lots of attention, laughs etc etc.

my dd2 has jusy started doing this (5 1/2 months) the first day I thought there was something terribly wrong but then I realised she was just realising the control she had over her own voice.

thanks everyone for the advice. I will try to ignore it. I do give her lots of attention when she is playing nicely but you are probably right that she gets more of a response when she screams. I guess that if that doesn't work I just need to wait it out