Screaming Tantrum!!

She is supposed to do this. Blowing gently on her face may works well to stop her in her tracks and distract her. Then explain in a soft voice "I can't understand you when you scream, honey". If the tantrum continues, don't give any attention to her until she calms down. This will reinforce that negative behavior does not gain attention. Praise her profusely when she requests things calmly to reinforce that positive requests merits positive attention. Good luck, you're just starting down the long road of toddlerhood where it's a rollercoaster ride as they gain control of themselves.

I am going through the same thing but it is a whining thing. I tell her in a calm, normal volume/or low volume that I can't hear her when she is whining, or screaming and tell her that I will be in the den/kitchen/wherever, when she is calm she can come talk to me.. sometimes I take her to her room and shut the door and tell her when she is quiet, I will come get her. This is working but it takes a week or two for it to really start to register for them.

Hi N.!
My oldest son did the same things at that age. The only thing that we could do was walk away. Sounds silly, but it worked. Once he realized that the screaming & stomping wasn't getting him the attention that he was seeking it stopped. It's hard to do, just walk away but believe me, it works! Good luck & congrats on the 8 year anniversary last month! My hubby & I will be hitting our 13th this June. Have a great day!! S. G.

My daughter also did this. She has grown out of it, for the most part (she's 15 months old). We firmly told her "No" when she did it & tried to ignore her until she stopped, but a couple of times we had to give her a one minute time-out. That seemed to work pretty well, but the thing that really made it stop was helping her learn new words. Most of her screaming came from being frustrated at not being able to get her point across, so when she learned how to tell us what she wanted it relieved a lot of that frustration.

Hi N.! My son did the same thing - and still does every once in a while. Depending on the situation I would do one of four things (and they may sound a little weird). Either (1) scream back (this is usually when he was playing - it would shock him into being quiet)
(2) get down at his level and make him look at me and explain that I understand that he is mad, but I can not help him if he doesn't calm down (sounds like something you would say to an adult, but I think maybe my calm voice helped him)
(3) ignore him
(4) whisper. It almost never failed because he wanted so desperately to know what secret I was sharing. Plus, it made him whisper, too!

Keep your head up, things will change!

N.

What I did with my kids was calmly say I can't help you when you're making all that noise. I'd incourage them to calm down so we could figure it out together. As they got older and started to talk a bit I'd incourage them to "say it with words not screams". It all helped some and they now rarely scream when they are frustrated (13, 5, 4 and 2). It does get better as they learn more language. Good Luck!

I agree with the other mom's here. I have three boys myself. The older two have worked their way out of screaming but my youngest still does it when he doesn't get his way. I simply take him to his room, put him in bed and walk away explaining to him that when he calms down he can come out. School backs me up with this (they have a "volcano room" where he can be by himself) and it's working well. Good luck - S.