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Hi, I would like to ask the MoM’s what their experiences are with loud toddlers. My son is very vocal, but doesn’t seem to have an in between volume. He can be either silent (or very quiet) or extremely loud and nothing in between! I just wanted to know if others have experienced this and if so, how did they encourage their children to talk quietly?? I am guessing that it is a phase, but wondered if anyone had an tips! Thanks

Posted by Claire, 5/7/2013

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  • Each child is different sometimes children go through this phase . tell him to cool down a bit


  • Give it time Maybe he will get over it


  • Is tough if you are not use to loud children!


  • Some kids just have a loud personality


  • As suggested have his hearing tested, I have mild hearing loss but some days I can get loud and not realise it. My son also gets loud when his is excited so I lower my voice and try and quieten him down a little. He needs his ears checked again though as he get wax build up.


  • Have you had His hearing tested


  • Definitely as suggested before, explain the difference between inside voices and outside voices. If he is in a noisy environment he may also feel like he needs to be loud to be heard, so if this is the case maybe reducing some of the noise around him may help.
    On a side note, speaking quietly definitely does encourage kids to do the same. In the past my mum lost most of her voice for a very long time (several years) and it was fascinating to see most toddlers would whisper to her when talking.


  • Hopefully they will grow out of it


  • Talking quietly yourself or even if you have other children tell them to quieten down as that example has got to be set good luck hope it all works out perfectly 😉


  • remind your toddler that it’s okay to squeal but it must be an “inside squeal” and provide a quiet example by whispering.

    And when we’re outside you might say something loudly and give him permission to “outside squeal” too. The whispering (or at least giving an example by speaking very quietly yourself) really does seem to work.


  • I would try sitting down with them and practicing different volumes in the was we talk or play we did this with our son and it worked great you can give the different volumes names like mouse for quiet and lion for loud and kitty for normal, even monkey for a high pitch ect and teach them the difference and use those words when he gets too loud and that should help


  • I always used to have the old “inside voice’trick,discuss with them the times it is good tobe LOUD (ie sports game etc) and ask when its good to be quiet (library etc) when the tot is getting to loud softly and gently remind them that they need to use their inside voice, it becomes habit after awhile:)


  • Give it time he will get quieter


  • We use our baby mouse voice when daddys sleeping..


  • Awww mine was very loud too, did the hearing test etc, they found nothing. In her case it’s just her loud little personality, now that she is getting a little older she knows she needs to tone it down a bit.


  • My daughter does this too but I think in her case she has just found her lungs! Hopefully its just a phase and he grows out of it soon!


  • explain different tones are used gfor different things outside/inside voices


  • I would also do what mums have said and maybe get a hearing test done also. If he has blocked ear tubes then he wont know he I yelling


  • Oh Cheeky Toddlers mine is very Loud too!! No Tips I wish I knew lol


  • it may be just a stage but maybe get ears tested just incase


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