at what age do they stop using screaming as a form of communication?

[Ozziehoffy]

Lol gotta say I laughed too.... I HEAR ya LOUD and clear!! My 19 month old thinks that screaming and throwing himself onto the beanbag is how it's done. If there's no beanbag or lounge around he'll bend over and put his head on the floor/ground...lol. He grunts and indicates but if he's being nice and quiet, he'll come and take your hand to take you where he wants to show you something.... BUT if you don't give him what he wants, then he screams to communicate his unhappiness about it!

Kaz... pmsl that made me laugh and I've done that before too!

[Nai]

I share your pain! We have progressed to a combination of screaming and squealing.... my eardrums are not impressed! Miss J has started to also yell at the top of her voice "MUMMYMUMMYMUMMYMUMMY!!!!!!!" until I say "yes" then she speaks in gibberish to me. She normally does this while I am mid-conversation or on the phone. I am hanging out for this phase to pass!

[Maruschke]

Lol gotta say I laughed too.... I HEAR ya LOUD and clear!! My 19 month old thinks that screaming and throwing himself onto the beanbag is how it's done. If there's no beanbag or lounge around he'll bend over and put his head on the floor/ground...lol. He grunts and indicates but if he's being nice and quiet, he'll come and take your hand to take you where he wants to show you something.... BUT if you don't give him what he wants, then he screams to communicate his unhappiness about it!

Kaz... pmsl that made me laugh and I've done that before too!

haha my DD1 does that! She throws a tantrum, but has learned that flopping on the ground head first hurts! So now she gently lowers her head to the ground, looks between her legs, and cracks it. Incredibly funny to watch .

[Shanti]

My 21 mth old is a fantastic talker and communicates so well with her language YET she still gets so frustrated at times she just screams too.....I think it's just the age I'm afraid!!!

[Feijoa Mum]

My DS is 2 1/2 and although he has great language, he still chooses to scream his frustrations.

Its always at the ear piercing pitch, you know the one that goes straight through and makes the hairs on your arms stand on end

I just hope this wonderfully trying stage is nearly at the end of its course. Im sure my neighbours must wonder what is happening somedays, with his screaming then my screaming at him to stop screaming (not helping I know) it makes for a very noisy house.

[Mum2SweetCs]

DD is 2.5yrs, speaks perfect english, was never a screamer until she saw my friends son do it, and now she does it to grab attention. And you can tell when she is going to start too because she takes the deepest breath and then starts.

I hear ya! (well maybe not for long if DD continues to scream like this!)

[Just Me]

My initial thoughts on your question 'what age do they stop using screaming form communication?' was sometime after puberty if we are lucky

I have screamers too - it does my head in some days. DD1 mostly uses her words now but I ignore her or tell her I don't know what she wants if she doesn't use her words. DS (who is currently 2 and a bit) is getting better - I tell him to stop screaming and use his words. I respond ASAP to DS when he does use his words at the moment just to reinforce the message where I tend to ignore and redirect his screaming. With DD1, I am at the stage where I explain to her that I am doing xyz at the moment and I will help her out as soon as I am finished but because I am trying to send a message to DS about using words, I am giving him instant responses for the moment so he can make a nice strong link between effective communication and action.

DS has a scream on him that makes you want to rip your own ears off. It is just the wrong pitch and thankfully it is getting better but I have my moments when I can't deal with it.

[Early Kids]

I have one of each... Brendan is LOUD LOUD LOUD and Tristan is like a mouse, I lose him because he's so quiet