8 month old screeching.

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we have all had quite a bad cold since friday with sore throats and high temps. ds2 (8months) had it too and the first day his throat was quite sore and he was crying quite alot with it. as he was sick, i just kept him with me the whole day, bfeeding him and letting him sleep on my shoulder. but now he hasnt had a high temperature since sat and is back to his normal routine and eating habits but he seems to want me to hold him all the time now and is screeching whenevr i put him down or in his playcentre or playpen. it is a really piercing screech. i'm worried i might have created a bad habit. and now i cant seem to stop it. we cant ignore him, he is too young to understand and it is sooo loud.

what should i do?

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DS (9 months) has started doing this to get our attention, or when he's happy, and it's driving me mad!
At the moment we're ignoring or distracting (with limited success), because if we react to it in anyway he gets worse. He thinks it's hilarious, I'm less amused. I'm also making a bit fuss when he says 'mum mum mum', or communicates in any other way, so he associates making those noises with getting a positive reaction.
Obviously I wouldn't ignore him if I thought he was in pain or genuinely upset, but it does seem like he's doing it just to see what kind of reaction he can get.
Sorry I've not been helpful at all, but I didn't want your post to go unanswered, and to let you know that you're not alone in needing earplugs!

It passes, believe me. My ds (10mths) has been through periods of doing this from about four months, SO loud I worried what the neighbours were thinking!

I think it is just part of practising making noises and "talking" as well as seeing if he gets a reaction. Distraction may work bit, I tend to say "don't do that" and then do something else with him. I know he doesn't really understand but I too was woried about him getting into a habit and he doesn't do it all the time. He was mad for it a couple of weeks ago and yet back to normal again this week!

thank you both. it does help. i had wondered if it was one of those ages and stages things. i cant remember ds1 doing it but maybe he did. it is soo hard to ignore but i dont want to encourage it by lifting him every time.

both mine did it. Dh used to refer to it as ds's "dolphin noises". Funnily enough I forgot alll about it, til dd started