My 18 month old daughter loves to scream. How can she be stopped?

Question

She makes it sound like she is being killed. Usually when I take something away from her or try re-directing her, she screams bloody murder. Sometimes she justs does it for no reason. I tell her no and try to not feed into, but I just do not know what to do anymore!

Answer 1

My five month old does this aaaaaaalllllllll the time and it drives me insane after a while, I don't know what to do either. I will be watching this. Good luck!

Answer 2

food...XD

Answer 3

My friends kid would scream when she was with her mum. The minute the kid was with me, she would keep shut. It starts out with "discovering the voice" and ends up being attention grabbing tantrum.

Distractions are only a temporary solution. I know 18month olds may seem too young for time outs, but try disciplining her with it. You will be glad you did!

Answer 4

Scream with her, I did with my kids.  At first they thought that it was a game and tried to keep going.  Right now she may be just trying to see what she can get away with.  When she starts screaming, scream with her.  Eventually it will not be very much fun throwing the fit when you play along and beat her at the game.

Answer 5

Tranquilizer. Fixes it no problem.

But seriously, some babies just do that. It may be something that you don't know such as hunger, attention or insecurity. Otherwise, sometimes you just have to distract them with something else. Yes it sounds cheap, but it works.

Otherwise, just let her scream for a bit but stay nearby so as to let her know you haven't abandoned her.

Answer 6

Ignoring her will help even if it breaks your heart, although you have to make sure that she is not screaming out of pain or hunger.    When she stops screaming, then praise her and play with her to show her that screaming will not be tolerated while good behavior will be praised.  They will try tantrums to get our attention and even manipulate us.  It is at that age that they will start trying to know their limits.  Do not underestimate your baby.  She will try as much as she can, unknowingly, to wrap you around her fingers and they learn early to be "users," if you let them.   Distracting her as suggested above will also help.

Answer 7

ignore it dont put up with it time out.