My son is 15m old and since last 2 months he has been continuously screaming like the moment he wakes up he will scream, i take him yo Early On centers initially he will play but again he wud start screaming. If he wants something he will scream, I dont know if this is normal? I went to 2 pediatricians to get him checked for potentially ear infection or something but everything seems to be fine. I am so lost and feel super tired and frustrated all day. The only time he will not scream is while asleep or in car seat rest all day he will shout. Please let me know if anyone has experienced something like this and if there is anything i should do to help him with this.
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Mine doesn’t scream literally all day but he definitely screams a lot and he’s 16 months old. Honestly I think it’s just the developemental stage they are in. They want to articulate their hat they need and want but get very frustrated because they can’t. Mine does have bouts where he wakes up screaming and just doesn’t stop unless I’m carrying him around for like an hour.
I’m not a doctor or anything so really I can’t say if maybe there is something wrong but this is just my experience.
I have found taking my son outside everyday for a few hours is really helpful. He’s much easier to manage when I do that and seems happier.
I don’t know if that helps but I hope it does 💖

My girl used to scream when she wanted something but we taught her to say "help" and that seems to have reduced her screaming.

That’s the age of screaming as I call it lol. Mine screamed a lot - it’s like they have found their voice but don’t know volume setting can be lower.
Toddlerhood is tough for them as they are learning about emotions and their own independence from caregiver. It’s perfectly normal and just try and redirect their attention.
I found with mine, the more you tell them to “stop screaming” or bring attention to it, the more it encouraged the behaviour.
Try to redirect to a fav activity or fav food or fav toy etc so they forget the reason why they were screaming.