I feel for this mum and admit her question has me stumped. Can you help? my sweet cheerful son is 9 months old. hes very bright and super communicative, practicing and building a broad verbal vocabulary that includes some very loud yelling. to me, this seems like a pretty normal and necessary exploration of his voice and its (his) power. i usually respond by offering him some verbal or non-verbal attention; sometimes i just look and smile or mirror his own sort of surprised look, and other times i label it for him as a very loud sound or i say something like youre yelling! is there something you need from me? my question arises from the fact that my husband and i, and our son, live with his patents. while we are content to let our sweet boy go ahead and be noisy sometimes, my in-laws are less than pleased and often make comments about how they or other old-school parents they know would deal with this behaviour (awful things like dousing the baby with cold water or smacking him across the mouth - absolutely not gonna happen to my boy). Is there anything we can do thats gentle and respectful that might help bring the volume down when were all together in the same room, or when they want him to be quieter? i hate to think they might one day get so frustrated that theyd lash out at the baby somehow, but it is a fear that persists for me...any suggestions?
Posted on: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 04:54:02 +0000
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