11 month old's high pitched screaming is driving me effing INSANE

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Anyone else???? I don't know whether to ignore it and use earplugs or to do something (but what??) to try and make it stop. She does it all the time. I don't think she is upset, she's just learnt to do a new thing. But it is REALLY annoying and just about the only thing that makes me feel like I can't cope.

I used to put mine in another room and close the door - they soon got the message.

I might have to do that. And earplugs.

My 15 month old has a kind of droning whine. He can maintain it for ages. Or until he gets what it is he wants! Today he wanted his nappy bag full of crap. It went on for a looooooonnng time. It can escalate into high pitched screaming if something really pisses him off, such as the square not fitting into the round hole on the shape sorter. I am hoping my brain will learn to just filter it out before I actually go insane

Glad I'm not alone (although, sorry for your eardrums!).

My lo is 6 months and has been doing this for at least the last month, yes it does drive you insane. Like you I think she's just exploring new sounds although I worry other people won't see it that way! I was hoping she'd grow out of it soon and move onto other sounds, but maybe not!

Mine did around the same age too.

It was horrific. Thankfully grew out of it - just stretching her vocal cords. Brutal.

She's been doing it all day today. All. Day. Still going. How do they not lose their voices???? My hearing is definitely damaged.

A young baby cannot rationalise. It cannot think' Mummy will like me better if I am quiet and don't make a noise. It just responds to its environment with pure emotion.
As the only adults in the relationship it is up to the Parents to be as patient as possible. Personally I think putting a small baby into another room to cry itself into state of exhaustion, wouldn't be my way.
I used distraction. Yes, it takes more time and patience, but I wanted them to remember their childhood as being pleasant.
Now that they are grown up I know that my patience and kindness to them when they were young and vulnerable is being rewarded in shedloads.
When I am old and frail and in need of help, I hope they will remember me kindly. Not speak roughly to me and put me in another room to cry alone.