It is a fairly recurrent fact, to observe that a baby when he begins to develop his communication system is to scream. It stands to reason that cannot communicate through speech and that is why I do it through babbling and some screaming.
Our communication system develops over time. Since we are born we can do it with language through gestures or through some kind of babbling that will be formalized over the years to become verbal language. Throughout this process, it is completely normal for us to observe that a baby wants to communicate by shouting.
Why does my baby cry a lot?
A baby can cry during its development With some frequency. Your way of expressing your emotions will be one of the reasons why you can express your joy, rage or anger. Later when the baby wants to communicate and can barely get a word out, that's when she wants to express herself by loud noises and even screaming.
The child you can see when your screams are effective and thus be able to maintain more effective communication. If you do it this way you will realize that your requests or wishes, or calls for attention, are fulfilled by the parent. In this way he knows that through the cries his demands are met.
It is only necessary to observe that these cries can be extrapolated when they become constant and distended with the baby angry and in a bad mood. Perhaps the environment that occurs at home can be excessive to loud noises and a lot of anger, then the child only acts by imitation.
Communication stages of a baby
A newborn communicates by crying. It is their way of communicating or externalizing their emotions, including hunger, sleep, discomfort...etc. Later when the baby turns 1 month and up to 3 months begins to scream and vocalize sounds.
Between the 4 to 6 months babies already begin to pronounce their first consonants, at this time they are more aware of their communication and know when it is time to shout, laugh and even imitate a sound.
From the 6 months until the birthday already begins to pronounce some small words. They love to hear their own voice and modulate the way they do it even by shouting. When the baby raises her voice, it is because she already knows how to get attention, they will know how to empower her to resort to what she wants. There is no doubt that the child will know when to use shouting, often as a resource.
How to teach the baby to modulate his voice
The boy or the girl They must be raised in a calm environment. A family that likes to mouth and where there are always loud noises will be the key so that they know that they can scream without any problem.
- Speak to your child calmly and quietly. Tension must be avoided so that they can get used to and imitate all calm and low noise behavior.
- If the child is too young, you have to prepare the outings covering all their needs and so on. do not get irritated with any punctual fact that you need. This way he won't get angry and you can avoid some of the yelling.
- Yes it is too capricious and asks for things shouting, You have to modulate the moment, behave neutrally, be delicate, speak low and above all teach him that things are requested without shouting. Patience is one of the virtues that must be born within us and we must derive this moment to events like this, where safety and trust between parents and children prevail. You can read our “Resources to work emotions with children”.
Practicing children's emotions is a difficult task, especially when we have to do it in front of people and in a public place. At this point we must also control our own emotions and know how to control the moment. Before the attentive gaze of many people, it is better to try to continue with your project, not think that there are people and stand firm.