How can I get my 3 year old to stop screaming about everything?

Question

She screams when she is happy, sad, mad, glad, whatever it is, she screams and it is driving me crazy!!

Answer 1

I have a two year old that does the same thing. When she screams, I pretend I can't hear her. At first, she just screamed louder, but then she realized that when she screamed, I wasn't giving her a reaction. And as soon as she stopped and talked normally, I snapped to attention as if nothing had happened. She eventually stopped.

Now, when she throws a fit and starts screaming, I pick her up, saying nothing to her, and put her on her "time out rug". I tell her she can get up when she stops throwing a fit. If she gets up while she's still screaming, I put her back and ignore her until she stops. Then I say, "Are you going to be a good girl now?" If she says yes, I make her apologize and then I kiss her.

I have lost my temper and spanked her, but this seems to work better. Time outs are few and far between now, but my method seems to work with my kid. Maybe it'll work for yours.

Answer 2

When she is screaming, shush her and tell her to use her inside voice. If she screams out, "WHAT'S AN INSIDE VOICE?" just say "it sounds like this," and say that in a whisper.

If that doesn't work, try making it into a game. While she's screaming, say, "let's play a game! We try to be really quiet, and whisper when we talk. Whoever screams or talks in a normal voice first loses." Call it the whisper game, and maybe offer a prize if she plays it for at least an hour.

She is still a little too young to reason with, so you can't expect her to get it when you say she doesn't need to scream that much. Try one of my suggestions; it might just work!

Answer 3

Boy does this bring back a memory!! My daughter used to do the same thing but in public more than at home. So in talking with my physician about it, I told him I had tried scolding her, I had resorted to spanking her (which I don't do until it's the final resort), I did everything I knew to do and the doctor told me: "when she screams, scream with her and the shock alone MAY stop her but don't let it be a game for her".... So the next time we went out to shop, she started screaming so I got in the floor on her eye level and started screaming WITH her. Yes, people thought I had lost it but she stopped immediately and has been less vocal since in that aspect. Of course she still talks non stop but at least she isn't screaming anymore. Sometimes I wonder if my doctor was joking with me about it cause when I told him what happened he just shook his head at me and laughed. It worked so that was all that mattered to me. She still talks about the time "Mom flipped out on her in the store".

Good luck and may God be with you on your journey through life.

Answer 4

For his age this sounds somewhat immediately ahead. My daughter is two and a 1/2 and she very commonly does this rather extreme-pitched scream even as she's excited. Now she covers her personal ears even as she does it LOL wager she realizes that it is kinda painful to the eardrum... And my older daughter is 6. She has NO volume administration nevertheless. each thing she says is as when you're in the different room, no longer a foot away. Her listening to is suitable besides, she merely doesn't comprehend how load she is! you may listen her "talking" from throughout the time of the abode. So even as i'm hoping that's something she will be able to outgrow, i visit't allow you to recognize it is going to end. As for eating places, attempt to convey something for him to do once you're waiting for food (coloring, e book, small quiet toy, inspite of he likes to do.) also, we merely attempt to known relatives-pleasant eating places. That way my screaming, excited toddler isn't the in uncomplicated words one in the position =)

Answer 5

She's just trying to call your attention and she probably realized that unless she screams, she won't get it. So, first of all, listen to her when she talks to you and tell her there is no need to scream for you to listen. Pay attention to her and always reassure her than you like it when she uses her inside voice instead of screaming.

Answer 6

Scream with her then maybe you'll make her feel the same so she will stop screaming.

Answer 7

ignore it.... when she screams just act like you don't hear it. she'll eventually get the hint that her screaming isn't going anywhere. also ask her to stop screaming...get down eye-level with her and ask her to quit screaming..

Answer 8

Be a patient mother.It is a way of expressing herself.Over time she will stop it so for now enjoy the stressful part of motherhood or parenting.

Answer 9

Go the opposite way when you interact with her. Be very quiet, almost whisper. It can have a big effect on screamers.

Answer 10

tune her out. tell her that you can't hear her when she screams. this will keep her from screaming so much