Can anyone offer any advice or tales of similar experiences with their child. Our 1 year old DS is making us deaf with his screaming. I don't think he is in pain as he just screams very loudly whenever any other child would cry - ie if his sister takes something from him, if I walk out of the room/put him down, if he's tired, hungry, nappy change etc. It may be that he just cries like that (I really hope not!) but the screaming is SO loud that it really does make your ears hum sometimes and you can see people flinching when they hear it. I hate the looks that people give me when we're out but I can deal with that. The worst aspect of it is that my DD aged 2 and a half is really fed up with it now and obviously doesn't understand why it is going on.
As far as I'm concerned (may be wrong), if DS was just crying and not screaming I woudn't be worried. He doesn't do it all day and as I said he just does it in place of regular crying. The thing I'm concerned about is the volume of the scream - about 10 times louder than all his peers. Am I worrying over nothing? Could he have something wrong with his ears? Any comments (suggestions for earplugs notwithstanding)greatly accepted!
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VERY loud screaming driving us all mad!
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kp5 · 28/04/2006 19:41
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