Absolute exhaustion!!!!

[mimi]

At two the kids know what basic social behaviors are not acceptable. I had a two year old boy who would scream at the top of his lungs intermittantly for half hour at a time. Of course trying to get them to stop in almost impossible so I showed him that when he wants to scream he will do so in his bed. When he stops he can rejoin his friends and I. If he starts up again, back to bed. This is not teaching him bed is for punishment because I explain to him he can come out anytime he stops - his choice. After about a week (he's f/t) there isn't anymore screaming fits.

[clep]

She has an area kind around the corner in a very short hallway that leads to another room to go to. She will take herself there when she starts to scream, and will come out when she is ready. It has been about 20 - 30 times in the morning alone that she will go there. I won't let her go to bed because she will just stay there all day, literally. When she has to go around the corner, at least she get some interaction with us in between the screams after the initial first three hours.