screamer

[natasha]

ANyone know how to stop my DD from screaming when she doesnt get what she wants?? If i take her dinner away when she hasn't finished she just gives out this high pitched scream till i put it back!!:eek: She does it in the shops, at home, at the park. I know its because she is frustrated/angry and doesn't know how to tell me (she's 18 months)......but it's really embarressing when we are out. It seems to carry miles, just this really high pitched scream!! She doesn't cry when she does it, she looks me dead on in the eyes and does it.

I have tried ignoring it, i tried that for about a week, but i have started saying "NO" when ever she does it and putting her on the floor and ignoring her. But this just makes her throw a tantrum for half an hour!
I was doing so well up until this point......:o :( Makes me wonder where i went wrong!

Has anyone experienced this with their little one round a similair age??

How did you cope with it?? Me and DH are at our wits end.

[SweetSerenity]

Natasha...Peters doing the exact same thing!
I too would like to know how to deal with it...so i can only offer sympathy!
Must be an age thing maybe as peters only a month older than your miss haha

[mum23girls]

Just ignor it!! It may sound mean, but just turn you back on the child and walk away. If you are in the shops do it, but still looking over your shoulder not at the child though, but having the child in your sight (IYKWIM).

They will soon get the message that you are not interested in the commotion and hopefully it will settle down!!

:fingerscrossed:

[natasha]

I have tried ignoring it for weeks......it doesnt seem to help at all.:( Do you really think it's just a phase?

If i ignore her it just seems to make her worse.......

[pixiesmums]

Hi,

I just posted a thread in Dec 2004 bubs about similar issues. my DD does the same thing. She has that really high pitched scream and does it when something doesn't go her way and it's becoming more frequent. I have tried ignoring it too. It works to some extent but will carry on later doing it again. Frustrating!!!!!

[mumma_jessy]

Why don't you try a bit of soft dicipline? Like a naughty chair of something for a minute.

Neither of mine have done it, but a few friends babies have and ignoring it uaually works for them, you've just got to be strong and not give in, becuause if you do they will know that you will eventually give them what they want... and in a way that makes then do it more, becuase they know it works!!

Good luck!

[Mum&bubs]

Oh gosh your DD sounds exactly like mine! My daughter never 'cried' she only just SCREAMED from the day she was born but now with her tantrums it has been getting worse....so ill be watching this thread very closely...good luck to the two of us :fingerscrossed: