Screaming kids anyone?

jarebearsmom · February 2012

DH asked me to bump (I was shocked too lol) you ladies and see if you have any problems with LO shrieking/screaming/yelling whatever for no apparent reason.

J started doing it this weekend and we have no idea why or where he got it from. I have a feeling he may have picked it up at DC but I am so ready for him to be out of this stage. We went to dinner with some friends tonight and all he did was shriek the whole time and then the whole way home.

Any thoughts?

lswivel · February 2012

Carter started doing this a couple weeks ago. I think he just does it bc he knows he can. Now he squeals very loudly out of the blue.

OhSewCrafty · February 2012

C "tests his voice" sometimes, but according to his therapist its a good thing. It apparently helps them learn things about the noises they can make and improves communication development.

I think he just likes hearing himself scream. Haha

utlawgirl · February 2012

Uh... only constantly. "Testing his voice" is right, I think. Nora has done this off and on since she first discovered the pterodactyl shriek at 6 months-ish.

--halo-- · February 2012

utlawgirl:
Uh... only constantly. "Testing his voice" is right, I think. Nora has done this off and on since she first discovered the pterodactyl shriek at 6 months-ish.

Pretty much this. :P

chrisncassie · February 2012

LO will when he's in a good mood, out of no where. the first time we were driving home and it scared the living crap out of me, I thought something was wrong, but DS#1 was like, "no mommy, he's smiling" ..super weird....but its cute. So I do it back when he does it. H tried to ...he sounds like a dying wildebeast or something.

He does however (the last 2 days) just flip the F out, out of no where. I think he's just SUPER tired, but then he doesn't want to go to sleep either. He woke up about 4 times last night. I feel like crying.

Strunella · February 2012

DS is a master shrieker. He screams REALLY loud...I think just to hear himself scream. Definitely not a cute stage to be in!

jarebearsmom · February 2012

chrisncassie:

LO will when he's in a good mood, out of no where. the first time we were driving home and it scared the living crap out of me, I thought something was wrong, but DS#1 was like, "no mommy, he's smiling" ..super weird....but its cute. So I do it back when he does it. H tried to ...he sounds like a dying wildebeast or something.

He does however (the last 2 days) just flip out, out of no where. I think he's just SUPER tired, but then he doesn't want to go to sleep either. He woke up about 4 times last night. I feel like crying.

J does this too. At dinner last night he flipped out for no reason whatsoever. I just don't get it

Rink08 · February 2012

Ari did this for what seemed like forever. He just stopped recently. He was doing it both randomly and to get attention and it drove us insane. We called it the pterodactyl screech because it was that ear-piercing kind of yell.