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Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
My 17 mo old and his piercing scream - advice?
In the past month my son has started to scream when he doesn't get what he wants...which is usually all the time. Like an angry, ear-piercing, head-splitting scream. Normally I would just ignore this as part of the Early Terrible Twos even though I don't remember my daughter doing it as badly as Evan does. The problem is we are about to move into an apartment since we are in between homes. I'm convinced that we are going to kicked out because of his screaming. I understand that he can't communicate and that's a big reason he gets frustrated. However, he screams when he can't do things like go outside at night, or climb on the furniture, or crawl into the dishwasher. THings he can't do out of basic safety.
Any hints? I feel like he's too young for time-outs. DH tried to scold him tonight, but that made him cry. I don't know that he understand's the scolding, but he definitely reacts to being scolded at with Dh's angry voice. OUr future apartment neighbors are going to HATE us!
Any advice is much appreciated. My community's eardrums thank you.
Any hints? I feel like he's too young for time-outs. DH tried to scold him tonight, but that made him cry. I don't know that he understand's the scolding, but he definitely reacts to being scolded at with Dh's angry voice. OUr future apartment neighbors are going to HATE us!
Any advice is much appreciated. My community's eardrums thank you.
I'm not crazy, I've just been a very bad mood for the last 40 years!
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Re: My 17 mo old and his piercing scream - advice?
AEs have really gone downhill lately.
But he wants to do things he can't do, like climb things and open hot ovens, or get dressed when he still wants to play. When I tell him no and try to redirect, that's when he screams.
That's fine. It's the piercing screams when he doesn't get what he wants. He randomly screams too. I think it's part of being 17 months old, but I just know we're going to be living in a van down by the river because of his screaming and I'm wondering if there is anything I can try.
No, I mean what's bad about him crying when your Dh chastizes him for screaming?
We don't give into DS when he does this, and we do our best to ignore it. Its hard to wince your eyes even when those screams occur, especially in a public venue.
But its Toddlerhood, and he needs to understand he can't get everything he wants all the time. Even if he doesn't understand, I try to explain to him why he can't have it too.