Screaming Baby - Spring Hill,FL

First of all, just try to take a deep breath. Lots of kids go through these stages. It sounds like he is just testing you to see how far he can get. From everything that I have read and learned, the best thing to do it ignore him. 100% ignore him when he does this and walk away from him. Go into another room and if he follows you leave again. Just pay him no attention and dont even look at him when he does this. After awhile he will realize that he isnt even getting a rise out of you and it wont be so much fun to through a tantrum and scream. Hope it works!

I would try showing him basic signs (mom, dad, milk, etc) because he's likely in need/want of something and can't tell you what it is.

My little one just turned two and still is going through screaming for no reason. Some times he calms down enough to tell me what he wants other times I don't even think he knows. I started telling him that I don't want to hear his screaming to go to his room and when he is done he can come back to me. Usually he is mad I told him to go to his room but after a few minutes in there I hear nothing out of him and then he will come out like nothing was bothering him.
I read alot about children stages and it is normal for them to go through this, they are testing boundries and seeing what they can get away with. Just hang in there

Good Morning T.,

This sounds like a little person exhibiting extremely demanding behavior. He realizes that if he acts out like this he will get everything he wants. When we continue to fall into this trap, we are allowing them to control us. So, we do everything possible to accomodate them and before we know it, we are burned to the crisp make sure they are 'happy' and before you know it they are 12 and demanding everything they want.

I wrote a book about setting boundaries and being consistent. When children are young they learn to manipulate us. They see what works and what doesn't. What he is doing is working for him and driving you crazy. I describe it as a dog chasing its tail.....he never catches it and he ends up dizzy and exhausted.

Give it one more try. Tell him that his behavior is NOT ACCEPTABLE anymore. Do not start screaming at me for anything. I will not allow this to be a part of the way we act in this house. Should you decide you want to scream, you will sit in your bedroom until you decide you will not scream at me anymore and that you will ask for what it is you want.

Now T., this is where strong tough love comes in!! JUST DO IT!!! Be consistent and set boundaries. If you do not stop this right now, you will suffer tremendously as he gets older. Trust me I have walked in your shoes before! The outcome isn't good.

Get a copy of THE BOOK and read what happens when we are not consistent with our children.

Good luck!

L. Hein
Author
THE BOOK "I'm Doing The Best I Can!" (They won't always be cute and adorable)
www.lisarhein.com

I had that last year. My son who is now 2 1/2 would do that for no apparent reason what so ever. We have to remind ourselves that this is their only way of communication until they can accurately put together sentences. Sometimes my 11 yr old son, who was 10 then, would try to teach him stuff like that, and the little one would act just like his older sibling. Good luck with everything, and I hope the crazyness ends soon :)

T.,
I can completely relate to your frustration. I have a little girl that will turn 3 at the end of the month. She too has daily outbursts. The only thing that seems to work for me, is to place her in a "naughty spot" for 2 minutes (her age right now). I leave the room and set the timer for 2 minutes. She basically has a fit the entire 2 minutes. When the timer goes off, I go back to her. I have her walk over to me and ask her to apologize. Then I ask for a kiss and hug and tell her I love her and that she can't do that. She gets over it and moves on. I am hoping the more I do this, the less she will have fits. And maybe (eventually) the fits will stop completely. I also have a 12 year old and never experienced any behavior like this from her, which makes it harder. Good luck in your endeavor.

L. K
Winter Haven, FL

Try Raw Foods for awhile to see if it is allergy related. Many times it is.
D.

Wow, some of these are really good suggestions. We have the same thing going on in our house ... especially now because we also have a new baby. My daughter will be 2 in July and here is what we do and it seems to be working, well at least to us it keeps us from screaming all the time. We don't have a "time out" location yet ... we haven't needed one so far! What we do have is a "calm down chair" ... it's this chair that looks like over sized pillows, but it sits low to the ground so our daughter has made it her chair. When ever we can't get her to stop her tantrum for no reason (that we can figure out) with things like counting and asking her to tell us what she wants (pointing or signing) ... we take her over to the chair. sit her down and face her and tell her we love her and that when she stops crying we can figure out what she wants ... then while she has her fit, we calmly go through the possibilities of what she needs or what could be wrong. It's amazing, when you hit the right answer how quickly the tears stop ... patience ... and you are a great mommy ... you will figure this out!

Hi, T.

I think it's just the temper tantrum phase starting. I read _The Happiest Toddler on the Block_ book. The strategies suggested were a little much for me, but I have modified them for my own situation with my daughter and the whole philosophy and theory of the book was very helpful to me in understanding what the tantrums were about. Other than that, I've always heard to just try to ignore it rather than feeding into it. That's just my two cents. Good Luck.