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Ok, I never expected this - ds2 (baby) SHOUTS all the time!!!

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FlightAttendant · 22/10/2007 18:43

He is such a sweet, good, laid back baby, and has hardly ever really cried - a few times maybe in his four months.
Thought I was onto a winner with that, but suddenly he has started to shout, really loudly, I mean my ears hurt!!
He does it when he is biting something (teething I guess?) and also when bored and wanting to be picked up. Which is actually rather a lot at the moment.

I don't mind picking him up but the noise is awful, he will just sit there (or lie there) shouting merry hell, seemingly quite happy, and I don't know why.

Is he just testing vocal skills? Does anyone else's do this? I need cotton wool in my ears.

(he also sings, quietly, in tune to his mobile which is much nicer!)

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BreeVanDerCampLGJ · 22/10/2007 18:50

Sorry no idea, but you made me smile.

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FlightAttendant · 22/10/2007 19:04

Thankyou Bree. I am quietly accepting that we have a weird one here

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constancereader · 22/10/2007 19:07

Mine did that, but only in restaurants.
The phase passed.

Impressed at the singing in tune! Obviously has inherited your musical ability.

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FlightAttendant · 22/10/2007 19:10

Hee hee, well one of them had to, Ds1 is amazingly unmusical, it's hilarious!

I have taped it, it's lovely (the singing not the yelling)

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DoctorAficionadoDelArse · 22/10/2007 19:10

DD did it aged 5 months, in church, at a funeral! Needless to say I took her out, only to discover that the accoustics in the vestibule were even better!

She actually cheered everyone up on what was an awfully sad day.

sleepycat · 22/10/2007 22:35

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jellybelly25 · 22/10/2007 23:00

Mine did/still does this!! Screeching and squealing and all sorts!

Blu · 22/10/2007 23:04

LOL

DS did this.

From very early on - about 3 weeks. He would lie there waving his arms about going 'aaaah! aaaaaaaaaaaaah! aah!' for ages. I used to call it his 'address to the nation' because it sounded as if he was expounding at great volume, and very imperiously.

Then when he went to nursery (at 4m, bad mummy) he would shout very loudly at the other babies. His diary for the day would read 'shouting at X', 'shouting at y', shouting at z'.

scurrymurry · 22/10/2007 23:20

yes. My DS2 does this. Such a lovely laid back baby, just like yours, but takes great delight in yelling his head off. He's been doing this for months. I often ask him "what's up?" (like he's going to answer me at 8 months )and he just smiles at me and laughs his head off!!

Xavielli · 22/10/2007 23:34

I swear my DS only every cried if he was hurt the rest was just shouting, really really loud. From about 4 weeks. Nightmare lol

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Tortington · 22/10/2007 23:58

What did yer expect?

twentypence · 23/10/2007 00:00

Could the shouting be his way of telling you he wants something to sing along to? ie is he quiet whenever it's on and not the rest of the time?

harrisey · 23/10/2007 00:25

My ds did this from early on and is still shouting age 5 and a half years - though more coherently now!

For the noisiest child I know he has a really low tolerance level for loud noise and freaks out at fireworks/drums etc ...

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FlightAttendant · 23/10/2007 08:06

I am falling about at these replies. Glad to know it ain't just us!!!

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Bumperlicious · 23/10/2007 08:46

Yep, DD is a shouter, especially when she is hungry, it's like she is telling you off!

jellybelly25 · 23/10/2007 12:24

Love the 'shouting at everyone in a cafe whilst trying to bf subtly, drawing attention to naked waving nipple' one too.

She was doing it repeatedly in the middle of the damn night last night too

HysterSister · 23/10/2007 14:33

Mine blows really loud, really juicy raspberries.

Doesn't half tickle when she's feeding.

sparkybabe · 23/10/2007 14:40

your baby sounds really lovely - exuberant and happy! Maybe he is just trying out the vocal chords. Try making sure that the bckground noise is at a minimum, so he doesn't need to shout over it. Also get his hearing checked?

mishymoo · 23/10/2007 14:42

My DS did this alot - especially round the supermarket. Gave the old dears a bit of a smile though!

EffiePerine · 23/10/2007 14:44

DS shouts a LOT, esp in the supermarket. They recognise him now

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FlightAttendant · 23/10/2007 17:05

Oh god, I hadn't thought about hearing.

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lilospell · 25/10/2007 10:33

Would second suggestion re hearing check. We had similar with my DS when he was 4, he did have significant hearing loss (fixed by having his adenoids out and grommets).Best to rule that out first.

jumpyjan · 25/10/2007 10:37

DD went through a phase of doing this. I think she had just discovered she could shout so did it all the time! She grew out of it fairly quickly though so hope yours does too.

sheepgomeep · 25/10/2007 10:58

Oooh I've got a shouter and a squealer too (dd2 aged 5 months)

She thinks its great when shes got an audience like babyclub or on the bus.

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