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| my son screams and it drives me crazy!!!! |
| I need help!!! My 11 month old son still doesnt sleep though the night. Hasn't once. But i've come to terms with the fact that i'll never sleep through the night ever ever again. haha. Anyway, now he's on this kick where he screams on the top of his lungs. He does it night and day. During the day i try to discipline him and tell him no. he just looks at me and then continues to scream. I tried looking online for ways to "punish" him or atleast get him to stop screaming but they say 1. to take things away from him: that doesnt work because there's nothing hes actually screaming about for me to take away. 2. tell him no and say that i understand hes feeling frustrated but yadda yadda yadda. This doesnt work because the way he acts when i say no, i honostly think he doesnt know what the word means! and i know the books all say theyre suppose to know what "no" means by 8 months. And 3. it said not to give him what hes screaming for but he isnt screaming for anything at all!!! hes just screaming to scream. (except during the night when he wakes up several times i know hes screaming because he wants to get out and play or something). What the heck do i do??? |
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| See also: sleeping, screaming, pa state |
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are you sure he is not hurting? heartburn or anything like that can do it.
I went to this group that said try using words with "more" meaning instead of no try "stop" or "don't"
Good luck I hope it's just a phase that passes soon |
| posted by Kristhal on 10/25/2008 |
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| OKAY, I need to get my husband to read this because our two year old does that! The same thing, she just screams at the top of her lungs and she doesn't appear to want anything, she doesn't have anything I can take away and saying no is pointless because I really doubt if she could even hear me say it. ANYWAY, I get down eye to eye with her and say, "Stop Crying", she keeps crying so I walk out of the room until she stops. I don't know what to do either, sometimes I put her in her bed and walk out of the room, but generally I just walk away from her and don't acknowledge that she's doing it. She only does it now and then, so i don't know if what i'm doing is working or not. |
| posted by Crystal on 10/26/2008 |
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| I agree...there might be a medical reason you should investigate. Also, read the book Conscious Discipline...the key is to empathize first. Let her know you understand she is upset and try to feel what she is feeling. But also...when they get this emotional you will not be able to reason with them. My 14 month old is having tantrums and I lay her on the floor and sit beside her. Eventually she calms down a bit and comes to me. I tell her I love her, distract her in another direction, then move on. |
| posted by Lisa on 10/26/2008 |
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| He may just be screaming to get your attention. My daughter has gone through a couple of phases like that -- attention demanding behavior. The best thing you cn do is absolutely ignore it -- don't look at him, talk to him, etc. Just keep going about your business as if he weren't screaming at all. This worked with my daughter. It nearly drove me crazy as I couldn't stand the sound of her screams and I worried something was wrong. But, at my husband's insistance, I gave it a try and it worked!! |
| posted by Dana on 10/28/2008 |
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