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I seem to of reared a squealer.....

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ludaloo · 04/12/2006 06:48

My dd2 is just 16 months and she is becomming unbearable!!!!!!!
She doesn't speak in any way, just squeals and screeches and screams!!!!
If she wants anything she just screams til she gets it! The whole house seems to duck and screw their eyes waiting for the noise to stop.

I have tried ignoring it, but it is painful! Someone ends up giving in to her just to keep the peace! She sqeals if she is stuck, if she wants something the other two have, if she wants a drink/food etc etc. She squeals first thing in the morning if you don't get her out the cot quick enough, which is becomming a nightmare in itself as she wakes the other two up at silly times in the morning.

I sit and encorage her to talk, when I have the patience, I ignore the screeches and say "no..."
But what do you say to a 16 month old to get them to stop! She doesn't understand that and gets even more stressed!

Any ideas, experience of the same???

TIA

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ludaloo · 04/12/2006 07:02

Here she goes again...sqealing til your ears bleed because she wants the cushion dd1 is sat on!

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Papillon · 04/12/2006 07:10

thats what I call ds... squealer! actually he is not so bad

sounds like she has 2nd child syndrome - I carry ds alot which helps reduce whinging / squealing

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ludaloo · 04/12/2006 07:12

hmm...she is actually my third... I do end up carrying her round a lot too. Its just getting really annoying!
If we are out anywhere she can actually make an entire shop stop and look!

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ernest · 04/12/2006 07:31

ludaloo. we have exactly this with our ds3. Thankfully he's stopped the blood curdling screaming but he still demands his own way, and too often someone will give in to him just to shut him up.

Actually caused a lot of problems with dh as at tmes it felt he almost hated him because he screamed so much and was so demanding and ruling the roost. Yet he was the one that caved in easiest because he is VERY noise sensitive and it caused him real physical pain to hear the screaming. He would just loose it and snatch a toy or whatever os ds1 or 2 just to shut him up

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ludaloo · 04/12/2006 07:53

its awful isn't it, it just drains everyone.
I get annoyed if the other two are winding her up because it is just unecessary squealing! (half the time they are not doing anything to warrant such a squeal!)

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Papillon · 04/12/2006 08:01

was just thinking that our babes are really at an age when they mimic alot, any raised voices from sibling or parent seems to get the squealer going.

have been trying to take a moment when feeling stressed so that i don´t squeal as well iykwim and set off my lo

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jabberwocky · 04/12/2006 08:12

Have you tried doing baby signs/sign language with her?

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jabberwocky · 04/12/2006 08:12

Have you tried doing baby signs/sign language with her?

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ludaloo · 04/12/2006 10:21

um...no!
how do you do that?

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jabberwocky · 04/12/2006 11:09

I like this book: Baby Signs (Paperback)
by Linda Acredolo, Susan Goodwyn b/c it gives suggestions on making up your own signs asa well as doing established ones. Some of the offivial signs can be hard or just not intuitive enough at this age.

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ludaloo · 04/12/2006 11:11

oooh thank you...would that be in the library do you think??

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jabberwocky · 04/12/2006 11:12

I'll bet so, it's been out for a while now.

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