11 month old shrieking/high pitched screams

My son (11mths) developed a habit about 5 weeks ago of high pitched screaming at the top of his lungs. It mostly happens when he’s in a pushchair, high chair or supermarket trolley. He’s not in pain, hungry or looking for attention. It will just start out of the blue and he can keep doing it for hours. At first I thought it was him “finding his voice” and discovering he can do it and it’s turned into a wee habit. But it’s quite distressing now as he won’t stop - I try every distraction, telling him off, talking to him. My health visitor has advised to ignore it, but I’m at my wits end and worried there’s something else wrong. Any advice or similar stories would be really appreciated 🩷

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My boy is the same he just loves to scream! He’s 9 and a half months ! I wouldn’t worry about it x

Totally normal around this age. They love seeing how strong their voice is and the reaction it gets.

Mine keeps screeching too, it’s like she’s excited or if I’m on the phone she does it too because I think she wants to be heard, it’s ear piercing and so high pitched x

I feel like after about ten weeks of it my LG has finally stopped screeching ! I was concerned as well that it wasn’t going to end .

Oh I’m not alone!!! Phew!! Mine has been screaming since the day he was born… he got a bad throat on the second day of his life 🤣🤣 I’m serious I was so scared then but well 11 months later we’re still doing the same thing…

Thank you all so much for taking the time to respond, feel much better about it now. Hopefully he grows out of it soon! 🩷

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