An Easy Hack to Instantly Improve Communication in Babies & Toddlers (No more screaming!)

This one is not trying to speak or tell me what she wants. She simply screams. Screams all the time. Screams when things don’t go her way. Screams to get things she wants and we didn’t get her. Screams to get into another room she’s not supposed to be in. Screams because it’s bedtime. Screams because she woke up. Scream. Screams. Screams. I watched this particular video hoping to learn how to get her to not scream so much.

Thank you!! I think this is what I’m doing wrong! My daughter is 9 months and still not babbling, so glad I know now where I’m going wrong

I found this video at just the right time. My almost 9 month old has taken to screaming quite a bit. Looking forward to seeing if this helps!

Hmm. This is great! But my tots are screaming for fun! I suggested they put their hand over their mouth and scream so it doesn’t hurt out ears so much!
What else might help?

Thanks!

14 month old is screaming when she needs something . I don’t know what to do . I feel I am not raising her up properly. People are telling me that’s because I am over caring her. Is that true.
I try following all your tips from the start, since my pregnancy period. You are really helping lots of mom who is taking care of babies without their grand parent support. Thanks Ema❤

Thank you so much for this

My baby is 19 month old. She has only 6 teeth now and she speaks only 5 words. However she communicates every smallest thing absolutely amazingly. Also, she does other milestone tasks perfectly fine. What do I do about her speech. Please help.

You are the best!!!

Thank u so much.. Watching ur videos regularly.. Love from India🇮🇳 ❤❤❤ Helps a lot..

F-T-M how long do we need to pause when talking to them? 5 sec? 1m?

What about speech delayed toddlers? I'm not sure mine knows what I'm saying.

Did you say there was a communication/talking developmental chart as well? I could only find the milestones on your site

Apply this concept to adults. How many adults lose basic skills due to excessive social media use. That’s a serious thing to think about.

You are so heaven sent!!!!!! I have a 14month old who screams everytime I leave him in his cot even to go to the restroom or fix something to eat in the kitchen where he can see me from the bedroom but because I anticipate screaming I put toys in his cot but they don't help as he still screams and now he screams almost the whole day when attention isn't on him, when I'm doing my own thing and randomly leaving me confused

What do we do if our toddler screams at our cats. He sees that they don't like it and I guess he finds that reaction very funny.. It is very hard to stop him screaming when he's in that scream crazy mode(

This is interesting to me, having grown up in a home with narcissistic abuse back in a time when we did not have the internet and this personality disorder and its generational formation with lack of communication due to neglect or interaction with parent's faces was known or known as well as it is now. Is there or has there been developed a study of infants and toddlers and the percentage of data of such a young age group: those who were raised in narcissistic families vs those who follow your advice here for healthy communication to be taught early on. I am curious since so many currently in their early 20s even ...after college have little to zero communication skills in the workplace. What happened?

my baby screams out loud and she wants me to carry her all the time. what should I do? she's only 5mons old

So helpful 🙏🙏 thanks so much, will definitely try to apply those techniques to improve communication with my 10 months old 🤗

So phantastisch und sehr gut für den Aufmerksamkeit 💞Danke

We are seeing total collapse of communication, because women are not patient enough anymore, nor they have time for that anymore, between one job second job at home.

I love having grandchildren and when they were little and i couldnt figure out what they want..i used to say show me...and i was shocked how young they were when they understood this and showed me

Wish I knew about these videos when I had my son but now I have another baby on the way I can fianlly put this into practice. Thank you!

Why do these always seem so obvious when they're explained?

Thank you. This is totally doable. But, my toddler only screams (really loudly) in excitement. Should I take that as him trying to communicate about what's making him happy?

What I really loved about this video is the huge amount of examples given for us to apply the technique. Very useful thank you!

Greay info but the Music is annoyingly intrusive.

What if toddler is screaming to get something which they shouldn't be touching?

Even I myself need a pause to respond to my wife’s questions. She thinks I wasn’t listening if I don’t answer quickly enough, but it’s just that I take a little longer than she does. So I can imagine how much more so for someone who is new to language, communication in general, and well… everything! Good advice! Often we don’t even give kids the opportunity to communicate. Without practice, how can they learn?

First time grandpa, I will watch this at least 5 more times, what great info!!!

I have 3 months old baby and he cries when he is hungry only when I put him down on the bed we always lay down to breastfeed. So he obviously connects the bed with food but is it normal to cry only then.

How do you teach a baby to come to you in a store? My baby thinks it’s a game that I chase after him.

So we got our toddler to use words to ask for things she wants, and we also encouraged her to speak calmly and say please. But the problem now, is when the answer is "no" or "wait", instead of understanding that we already answered, she assumes she asked in the wrong way and will continue asking for a good half hour, getting more and more frustrated as her attempts at adding please, etc. don't work.

My 16 month old doesn’t have a ton of words yet, but she can sign really well. She still yells at me all day for things. I do pause and wait for her to communicate what she’s needing, however it doesn’t prevent her from yelling about everything. Is this normal until she has more ability to communicate?

So helpful! Definitely going to try this out! 😊

I feel like you are talking straight to me. Lol My 3rd child is grunting and throwing fits...

When can we start using the techniques in this video?

I think you’re so right giving the advice to parents & guardians to pause. Sometimes, we’re just too busy with our babies that we forget to pause. I remember a few times when I just stay quiet, my 19 month old baby tells me what she wants to play with by going to the item, pointing, & using her words. She’s picked up simple sign language very well. Currently, we’re learning to label our feelings. The biggest is being frustrated, but I try to mix in labels such as happy, excited, sad, worried, etc so she’s not always “frustrated”. I also have a chart with faces of different emotions that she will point to or reenact to let me know how she feels. Another thing, when she’s frustrated, I will say, you seem a little frustrated & she’ll take a deep breath & count to four with her fingers (similar to Daniel Tiger). Then I will ask her if she feels better & her response is yes. After, we think of something smart to do. All of a sudden that frustration is gone. It’s like magic. 🙌🏻 (2nd day trying this method)

thank you😊

Not sure about no more screaming, my 2.5 year old screams all the time and I do all of these things 🤔 could it be that he’s just still really jealous of his new brother now 9 months old

Hello Emma Hubbard !!!Your videos are actually very beneficial…can you please make a video on chewing shirts of toddlers

Amazing video, thanks a lot!!! Everyone should know!

Emma, you are just so awesome! Thank you very much for your videos. They are always so helpful, informative, clear, and useful and you are always so sincere, sweet, kind and professional. THANK YOU!

Baby sign language helps also. We found that it was easier for our children to sign than speak. Example: more, drink, eat, and so on.

I just want to say you are a godsent.

I have high functioning autism and I was so scared that I wouldn't be a good mum that my hyper-focus completely over compensated by focusing on my baby and her needs. The first 9 months this was great but she ended up screaming - to the point of almost causing hearing damage - any time she wanted anything. My husband couldn't hear properly in one ear for two days because of her high pitched scream, it was that bad!

This content helps me to know what to expect in each phase and to mentally prepare for it. And now what I need to do - let go a little more, something I have trouble with. But knowing it's the right thing to do helps so much!

Because of you people are jealous of my daughter's sleep and wake routines and how relaxed she is in general. She's developing super fast and so smart. Thank you Emma, lots of love from the Netherlands.

First baby and I feel so lost sometimes lol this video was really helpful, thank you.

How do you handle a tantrum or screaming child 2 year old nonverbal and on mild autism spectrum .. no gestures ,pointing or proper eye contact, please help.

My 22 month old still isn't communicating were waiting on a speech and language therapy appointment now 🥲

Omg I do this without knowing but I need to do it more