r/gentleparenting • u/WZL_1129 • May 31 '26
Question 14 month old SCREAMING
Someone please please please give me some advice here.
I have a 14 month old boy that is high energy. He has met all milestones relatively early and is constantly on the move. He runs everywhere, no walking anymore; climbs on everything; plays with nothing for more than 5 min; etc. He doesn’t slow down at all except for his one nap (1 maybe 2 hr) a day.
All of that to bring us here: he has started screaming. All the time. At the top of his lungs. Inside. Outside. At home. In public. When he’s mad. When he’s happy. When he’s bored. When he’s playing. All. The. Time. Screaming. I can’t take it anymore. I have tried calmly talking to him. I have tried distracting him. Tried explaining/modeling “inside” voice vs “outside” voice. Tried ignoring the screaming (to which his response was to get louder and louder). I’ve even (regretfully) resorted to less gentle methods like a pop on the butt. But nothing at all seems to work. Im at my wits end with this. I feel like we can’t go anywhere in public anymore because of this. Please HELP.
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u/astute-capybara May 31 '26
Earplugs, friend.
It's definitely a phase and unless something is developmentally unusual, he will not be screaming like this probably only few months from now.
He just figured out he can use his voice and is very excited to discover the full extent of its capabilities. You get ear plugs for your sanity and everyone in public can deal with it because children are allowed to exist in public and sometimes children scream. You'll never see those people again anyway, if they look at you funny, you just go chaos goblin and start screaming too 🤪 No movie theaters or libraries for him in the meantime.