I have two boys, 18 month old & 25 month old who are both screamers just for fun. Ok, I must be a real b*#Tch because I put a stop to screaming immediately! I tell them to stop and that they can be really noisy when we go outside, which is every morning.

Sometimes it still carries over when we come back inside and I just have to remind them that they have to change to their inside voices so they don't hurt all of our ears. It's unbelievably ear-splitting when they are loud, absolutely unbelievable how much it hurts my ears! There's no way I would let them continue to do that inside. They know I mean what I say or there is a consequence so they do stop. You always have to follow through on a time out or whatever you use as your punishment, never give in. Then they will know that whatever you say you mean.