Screaming

[treeholm]

I had one who did this for the first two weeks, including screaming for the entire two-hour nap. And I do mean screaming!! ear-piercing-how-the-heck-does-she-not-have-laryngitis-type screaming. I'm glad I stuck it out though, because she hasn't screamed in 6 months, and is an absolutely delightful 2-year old now. I just ignored her screaming, so she had to stop. I made sure to put her in a room at the far end of the house for nap time so her screams wouldn't disturb the other children. I thought I would lose my mind the first few days.... she would scream if she was in the highchair and I went to the kitchen to get something... kitchen is attached to eating area, but I was sometimes out of sight for a second... I would say give it a week and see if there is any improvement. It took two weeks for her to stop screaming, but after a week, I could tell it was getting better.