tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4933578155315124556.post1729943835880937589..comments2023-09-04T04:02:55.141-07:00Comments on ...and twins make four!: Shouts of joy Sarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14901039640927938545noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4933578155315124556.post-40344384271815872382013-07-09T14:11:37.615-07:002013-07-09T14:11:37.615-07:00Bringing up Bébé is a terrible book full of terrib...Bringing up Bébé is a terrible book full of terrible advice. Children sometimes shriek. If we, as parents, always ignore the shrieking, we are sending the wrong message. When my daughter shrieks, I explain to her why she cannot shriek in public. If she continues to do so, we leave.Parenting Patchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07056734441037561306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4933578155315124556.post-69349482714869433292013-06-02T05:28:29.978-07:002013-06-02T05:28:29.978-07:00Thank you for this post! My son is 23 months old. ...Thank you for this post! My son is 23 months old. When he was about 20 months old, he went through this phase where he would SHRIEK, too! It was a happy shriek, or he'd shriek his words he'd just learned. I think he was experimenting with his voice and the fact his vocabulary had a huge increase seemingly overnight! My husband works crazy hours and so my son, Ethan, is my errand buddy: pharmacy, grocery store, etc. We had stopped in for lunch one day with a friend to this restaurant that is super kids friendly -- as in, they ALWAYS have kids eat free days each week, balloon artists, clowns, face painting, etc. This particular day was Take Your Child To Work Day, so many of the waiters and waitresses had children tagging along with them. It was raining so we opted to eat indoors instead of outside where Ethan usually likes to sit to watch the water fountain. He was shrieking while he was eating "MMM BEANS! EAT BEANS!" and I was trying to explain to him as best as one can rationalize with a 20 month old that we do not shriek, we use our inside voices, etc. Our friend we were eating with had a 3 year old who thought this was hilarious, and her cracking up just made the whole thing worse. A waitress laughed and said "I remember that age!" and I felt mortified but THEN -- THEN! -- some woman walks up to our table, points at Ethan and my friend's child and says "these children are animals. Did no one teach you how to be parents? I have kids, and grandkids, and they would never behave this way because my kids know how to be parents. These kids are disgusting! Look at what animals they are!" I sat there and felt tears welling in my eyes but my friend started arguing back that the woman was being ungodly levels of rude, but she wouldn't stop! "They disgust me, these kids! Animals! Filthy animals!" Ugh, I don't think I wanted to leave my house for a month after that.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18101932639543215210noreply@blogger.com