1 year old has started screaming when he isn’t happy

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I think it could be his teeth bothering him but not entirely sure.

My son is 13 months and for the last few days he’s taken to screaming if he’s unhappy.

Screaming if I move him away from the stairs, screaming if he can’t have our food, screaming if we say “no” to something. When he’s not screaming (when he’s got what he wants) he’s full of laughter and happiness.

He screams loud and almost growl like which is completely new, to the point where he makes himself cough. If we give him whatever it is he wants, he stops crying and screaming immediately.

It’s really tough because most of the things he wants, he can’t have. Like constant access to the stairs or the cat food.

Anyone else going through something similar?

I had this problem with my middle son he was only about 6months but he would let out the most blood curdling high pitched screams for hours at a time, it nearly broke me and went on for months. I think he enjoyed it, didn't seem to be related to getting his own way. He just stopped eventually, hope your son grows out of it soon. Maybe you are best just removing him from the situation by putting him somewhere safe (cot maybe) and leaving him for a few minutes rather than rewarding the behaviour by giving hime what he wants. Good luck.

I'm sorry but I laughed reading your post 🤣 my DS is almost exactly the same! He's 9 months and this started about 2/3 weeks ago. He doesn't scream but he makes such a whiney noise and growls (whilst running backwards in his Walker) when he doesn't get what he wants (our food, the cats food, my laptop, etc.). I think it's just their personality coming out. They're obviously frustrated and can't really express it any other way. DS's facial expressions when he doesn't get what he wants are hilarious. I just try to distract him with something else (I usually start dancing or do something to make him laugh). It works 9/10.

It s communication and it works. Teach him signs if he doesn't have words or to point at pictures of what he wants

@Embracelife it sounds like it's clear what he wants, he just isn't allowed them.

Haha yes, I do find myself laughing sometimes as the faces he pulls are quite something.

He did have his MMR about 3 weeks ago and I’ve just read that one of them can affect him about now so maybe he’s just feeling a bit crap!