Screaming...
Just curious how some of you mama's would handle a 28 month old toddler who is adorable and funny and very active, but very tempermental - to the point that he screams - high pitched, top of his lungs, blood curdling screams that I swear is gonna pop ear drums eventually. It HURTS when he screams. He does it out of frustration because he's not talking much yet (working on getting him to use more words, the dang binkie is slowing his speech down) and has a hard time communicating his wants and needs. Right now we just use distraction to get him quiet ASAP and try to figure out what he wants and teach him the correct words for that (as well as try to explain that this screaming hurts other's ears), but it's going on 6 months of this screaming and I'm losing my patience. My older 2 never did this. Thanks :D
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Our situation isn't exactly the same, as my now 3yo screams just for fun sometimes (not for any particular reason that I know of :lol ). When he does, I tell him he may not scream where he is because it hurts my ears, but he may go in his room and scream if he wants to. This actually has worked quite well -- he either stops, or he runs happily to his room (where he usually forgets about the screaming altogether and starts playing with toys). Occasionally he doesn't stop, in which case I carry him to his room and tell him if he wants to keep screaming he can do it in here. I don't see this as a timeout, as he can come out whenever he wants.
If we're out in public, I tell him we can go outside and he can scream. This doesn't really help with your getting away from the screaming, but at least some of the time he'll hopefully decide he wants to stay where he is instead of going outside.
Good luck!
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^_^:
Our situation isn't exactly the same, as my now 3yo screams just for fun sometimes (not for any particular reason that I know of :lol ). When he does, I tell him he may not scream where he is because it hurts my ears, but he may go in his room and scream if he wants to. This actually has worked quite well -- he either stops, or he runs happily to his room (where he usually forgets about the screaming altogether and starts playing with toys). Occasionally he doesn't stop, in which case I carry him to his room and tell him if he wants to keep screaming he can do it in here. I don't see this as a timeout, as he can come out whenever he wants.
If we're out in public, I tell him we can go outside and he can scream. This doesn't really help with your getting away from the screaming, but at least some of the time he'll hopefully decide he wants to stay where he is instead of going outside.
Good luck!
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