oh she does a lot of "talking" to, so mabe she is just exploring her voice. Thankfully, she never does it when we're out and she hasn't done it in her sleep since either. Still want to know how she did it an remained asleep lol

I'm ignoring her as best I can be refusing to be in the same room or even acknowledging she's there when she starts. I've told her many times to shhhh lol

thanks ladies, glad to know I'm not the only one whos got a shriek the ogre at home pmsl!!

my lo did this when she was about 4.5 months.. unfortunatley it lasted about 2 months for us!.  Thankfully she's now grown out of it, but i have to admit, it used to do my head in.  Especially when we were out.  i knew the noise was a happy noise but it didn't sound like it.. so when we were out people used to look as if to say, see to that poor baby she's obviously not happy!

I can only hope your squealing and shrieking doesn't last as long as ours did.  Fortunately we very rarely get it now.. she's more interested in 'talking' now. 

my lo was doing this, but would describe it as more of a high pitched shriek, an d when she was happy, very loud very painful, and all day, she's 8.5 months and did it alot for about 3 weeks, thankfully she's eased up a bit now, going back to babbling (she gets more attention for that). we thought she was just exploring hrer voice, would say shh, sometimes put her down, but otherwise ignore it. hth a little.

my ds is 10 months old and he too squeals its horrible especially when were out shopping, i tend to try and ignore him or give him something to keep him occuppied 
(sp) if i tell him no he knows he's getting a reaction (he laughs) gonna be tough to ignore it i know but has to be done.... sorry cant help lol x x

My HV also says its a behaviour thing........... if they shout and you react ( go to them ) they know to do it everytime! She says if u just go to them and say no its bed time etc and walk out! its difficult but sometimes i feel i should just leave her to cry or shout but i cant!

Bear in mind my daughter still doesnt sleep through the night anyway!

it is very strange how she's started this. Am wondering if it's a combination of me going back to work and her punishing me and her teeth coming through at an alarming rate. She was late getting her 1st tooth and now they're appearing like they're going on to Noah's arc. 2 by 2 if you know what I mean. She's had really bad nappies for about 2 weeks and my HV has just put that down to teething too. Please pass, I want them plasticine poo's back lol

Have now got nothing to do today as too tired to move and my DH was on a night shift last night. He stayed up for 3 hours when he got home to allow me to try and get some sleep which just didn't work. He's now in bed and probably wont be up til about 7. All part of the fun of parenting. am definately going to try putting her to bed earlier. He usual bed time is 7:30 and she usually sleeps through until 7am. I just want her tummy back to normal, for her to start eating again, the squealing to stop and for a good night's slepp every night. I don't ask for too much do I?? pmsl!! (that was a joke by the way, before I get attacked!)

My dd is 9 months and she has a habit or squealing/shouting so loudly it goes right through you.... she tends to stand up in her cot and shout until you go to her!

Last night she was playing with her toys at 12 like it was day time or something, i was so tired! She then woke up at 6 and we have been up since!

May sound daft, but have you tried putting her to bed earlier? For example my ds was about 45 mins later going to sleep last night than normal and he got up about 45 mins earlier (5.30am)! If he goes to sleep more around 6.45pm he usually wakes around 6am or sometimes a little later even. (btw he hasn't always, had to do controlled crying at 9.5 months cos we were getting practically no sleep at all, and like you, had reach the very end of our tethers and were clinging on by fingernails!)

With the squealing, it may just be that she is seeing what she can do with her voice and (hopefully) will stop on her own soon. My ds goes through little phases of doing it loads (usually when he's got a tooth coming, strangely), then he forgets about it again for a few weeks before starting again.

Sorry can't be more help - but I do know how you feel, the tiredness is so difficult to deal with, especially when you don't even get time to recover in the day. Hope things improve soon.

Hi

Can anyone please help me resolve my daughter's new found habit of squealing. She was at it all night last night from 1:30am. She's still at it today. Doesn't seem ill or in pain, just seems to enjoy a really loud squeal and it's leaving me exhausted. She's 10 month old now and also has started waking early. It's driving me mad. I can put her to bed at 10pm and she's still up at 5 and not napping in the day.

I didn't sleep more than 3 hours last night before she was at it, even in her sleep and I'm beginning to reach the end of my tether with her and my DP who is less than understanding. He works nights so isn't at home whilst she's doing it, then expects to go straight to bed when he gets home.

Any ideas?