Squealing is driving me crazy!

[HotI]

My DD has this high pitched squeal thing going at the moment and it is horrible. Please tell me it is a very very short stage

[helle]

My DD has this high pitched squeal thing going at the moment and it is horrible. Please tell me it is a very very short stage

Ds has been doing it since he was about six months old. He's 1 now and still does occasionally bust it out but it's starting to become less frequent.

[Party-of-five]

DD2 does it and it horrible! its so loud and we get the stare when out in public. Ive just been ignoring it because if we make a fuss she thinks its funny and does it some more

[Arimeh]

Errr..... well DD1 does it less now than she used to, but sometimes still comes out with it - and she's 2.5...... its been going a LONG time.

And to make it even worse... when she does it... DS chimes in too and so does DD2. Sometimes you just gotta leave the room and lock yourself in the toilet.

[YoYo]

Yes, someone, please say it doesn't last...I'm about to go from Perth to London and I'm scared someone is going to sue me for busting their eardrums LOL! It sure does hurt!

[~Hestia~]

Oh no! It's a frustrating stage but I found it didn't last long.

Moo went through this around 4 or 5 months and it did our heads in. The funny thing is now his little friends are doing it and he hasn't started up again, I'm hoping he got it out of his system!

[human bean]

We went through about a month of it a few weeks ago, seems to have died down heaps now. The best is waiting behind people with DD sitting quietly in the pram, then she just bursts out an ear piercing squeal that frightens the crap out of who's in front of her. It is quite funny really....

[Snacks]

Is it a frustration thing or a gee-this-is-a-funny/interesting-noise-to-make thing do you think?
If it's the latter, I reckon it will be very short-lived, especially if you ignore it.
The former is harder to get through, especially when they're so young. P screams out of frustration and because our neighbours complain (a lot) I can't just ignore it, so have been trying to teach her not to scream which is tough. She is a bit older though and her language is better (ie she can understand when I ask her not to scream). However it is a delicate balance between teaching her that screaming isn't acceptable to me but also not paying too much attention to the negative behaviour. I am still trying to work out the best way to tackle it.
Hope your LO gets through the phase very quickly for you.

[HotI]

Is it a frustration thing or a gee-this-is-a-funny/interesting-noise-to-make thing do you think?

Not sure, still trying to work it out. She has just gone down for a sleep though (extremely rare for her to sleep during the day especially this early) so maybe a frustration-i'm tired squeal? The other day squeals were at dinnertime- which could have been tired one too.... mmm, might be on to something.

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Not sure, still trying to work it out. She has just gone down for a sleep though (extremely rare for her to sleep during the day especially this early) so maybe a frustration-i'm tired squeal? The other day squeals were at dinnertime- which could have been tired one too.... mmm, might be on to something.

I was about to pop in and say maybe it's an over tired sign?
Both girls of mine kind of sing to themselves when they are really tired and every now and then Z stil does that weird squeal almost like she's trying to scare herself into staying awake

[sloane]

Moo went through this around 4 or 5 months and it did our heads in.

same here, didn't last too long though.

[helle]

We went through about a month of it a few weeks ago, seems to have died down heaps now. The best is waiting behind people with DD sitting quietly in the pram, then she just bursts out an ear piercing squeal that frightens the crap out of who's in front of her. It is quite funny really....

Haha yep been there!! I've also been walking and Ds has squealed and on the way past someone will ask me if I heard that awful noise, not realizing who it was.

And does it really die down, or do we get used to it?

[Snacks]

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.

[Mrs P]

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!

[Snacks]

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.