18 month old screaming

[Ella1979]

Over the past couple of weeks, my son has started screaming/crying (mostly on the screaming end) when he doesn't get his own way. This morning, I gave him his mid-morning snack as usual. Then he started screaming. I tried offering more food, more water etc. - still screaming and shaking his head. I took the tray off his highchair and he went to grab it back like he still wanted to sit there. I put it back on, offered more food/water - screaming. Took tray off, got him down - more screaming. In the end I opted for popping him upstairs in his cot - cue a few minutes of screaming which has now stopped.

Is this normal behaviour for an 18 month old? I'm sure my daughter didn't do this (although it's so horrific, I may have erased it from my memory if she had!). He doesn't have many words, so can't express need very well other than crying. I'm sure this doesn't help.

 

[cam]

It must be a boy thing as mone is the same age and has also mastered the great art of high pitched screaming when hes not happy. Annoying as it is i think ignoring will be best and hopefully it will stop as they learn to talk more. Until yhen im purchasing ear plugs lol x

 

[flisstebbs]

Jess is same age and same problem. She has about 30ish words now but finding communication hard and if she can't get across what she wants, it tends to be meltdown time. Its worse when she's tired or hungry, she has less patience for getting her point across!

I was looking at the communication cards you can get on amazon but her speech is coming so fast now I don't think we'd use them for long, but I know some people on here found them great.

 

[Ella1979]

I might have a look at the communication cards. Daniel doesn't have anywhere near 30 words, probably around 12. You can see the frustration. Thanks for the replies. I was glad to have two days at work and not have to deal with the screaming - although it appears he's fine at nursery!