thread: Squealing is driving me crazy!

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  1. #1
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    Oct 2006
    Sydney
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    Ah. I reckon if it's a tired sign then that's preferable to it being a tanty noise. I would try to ignore/distract and use calming sounds like shhhhhh-ing and singing quiet songs (my fave "calm down, you freak!" song is that haydee, haydee-ho, the great big elephant is so slow... etc. Is engaging without being too stimulating.
    Hope this phase is short-lived.

  2. #2
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    Jan 2007
    WA
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    Someone in my mothers group was talking about this yesterday and her little girl (5 mths) is doing it. Apparently they were out and this horrible woman was staring at her and told her that it wasn't normal behaviour - what a COW!!

    Snacks - when I first read your post I thought you meant you sang a song with the words "Calm down, you freak" - ha ha ha!

  3. #3
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    Oct 2006
    Sydney
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    Mrs P, I have been known to sing those very words to my child. Have definitely said them
    Nowhere near as effective as the elephant song though.