2 year old keeps screaming and squealing

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DD has just turned 2, she has always been very energetic, hyper and dramatic. Lately when excited she scream with excitement, when she’s scared she screams, even just playing happily she’ll shout and scream. She is well behaved and does understand when I tell her no, however this is something that seems to be happening more often lately, we went to a playgroup yesterday and I had to keep asking her to stop screaming, it was pretty quiet in there, children all around her age and none of them were as vocal as she was. What do I do in this situation?

Have you actually asked her why she’s screaming? Get her to think about and answer that question,

Yes she just does it again and laughs

Can you just ignore the screaming? I know it’s going to be hard but it sounds as though she’s getting a reaction when she does scream and most DC like attention, whether it’s good or bad.

I can, do you think that will work as I don’t think she does it for my attention I think she’s just a very theatrical girl in general and hyper, I just want her to learn how to behave in certain situations like she can’t be doing that in class once she goes to school, I guess I can try ignoring to see if it makes a difference. Hopefully it’s just a phase

If she’s only two I wouldn’t worry too much about screaming in class just yet. It’s quite a while off yet

Thankyou, I don’t know why but I have it in my head that 2,3 & 4 are the most important to teach how to behave to ensure this follows through the rest of the years, might not be true to be fair

Well yes I do agree that you lay the foundations of behaviour and manners early on but just because she’s screaming now, doesn’t mean that she’ll be doing it in school or even next week

How have you got on with ignoring the screaming?

It doesn’t change anything she still does it

Ok I would still ignore the screaming but I would think about doing https://progress-checker.speechandlanguage.org.uk/ this simple progress checker, just to see if her language and communication are where they should be

Thankyou, yes there’s no issues at all with her speech, she can say exactly what she wants, she talks and knows more words than the children her age at the groups we go to

That is brilliant but is still recommend doing the progress checker, it’s just that, a check to see that she has appropriate communication for her age and it covers more than just how many words she has