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VERY loud screaming driving us all mad!

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kp5 · 28/04/2006 19:41

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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MrsBigD · 28/04/2006 20:21

If you are really worried that his hearing might be the cause for his loud screaming I would suggest you go and have a chat with your GP :)

As for your dd getting annoyed I can so picture it...when ds was very little and obviously crying more dd kept saying 'please be quiet you're disturbing me' Grin

DS who's 19 months started to scream very loudly and I had to check his face to see whether he was crying or having fun. In his case fun. Not much help I know but some kids are just louder than others.

DD 4.5y has also recently started to be VERY loud be she happy or grumpy. I'm surprised the neighbours haven't called the police yet with accusations of child abuse Grin. there's abuse alrght... of my ears! This afternoon was so bad that I actually now have pheeping in my ears!

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kp5 · 28/04/2006 21:33

Thanks for that, MrsBigD. The GP/hv is next on my list. DS doesn't seem to be having much fun when he's screaming!

I have exactly the same thoughts about our neighbours too as we live in a terraced house with very thin walls! I have tinnitus anyway so my ears are definitely getting some abuse!

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MrsBigD · 28/04/2006 22:59

Hope you get some advice from the GP/HV to put your mind at ease. It's so frustrating when your lo screams and you don't know why.

DS for quite some time kept waking up in the night not with just his normal jammering but high pitched screams which we put down to wind or something, but when gp felt his tummy everything was fine and ds actually giggled because the pressure tickled him. To this date still don't know why he screamed... now he's gone back to normal crying/jammering.

DS also had a phase where he started screaming when we tried to change his nappy. No apparent reason either, ie. no rash or anything obvious that could hurt. He probably just didn't want to stop playing ... = frustration. Come to think of it he was about 13 months then.

Try and enjoy your weekend and I won't mention earplugs I PROmise Grin

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