Can’t stand toddlers high pitched cries anymore!!

Noise cancelling headphones. Have a podcast/audiobook on low, so you can still hear but it takes the edge off. Eventually when they see that the noise makes no difference they’ll try another, less annoying tactic for attention

When my toddler screeches like that, I say to her "I'm sorry, I can't understand you when you use that voice. Try again with a calmer voice". If she needs help regulating, I will hold her hands and do deep breaths with her to help her calm down. And then we try again.. until the next time 😂

Thanks, but these are her crying noises. She screech cries, when she’s very upset or throwing a tantrum. I generally try various ways to calm her down and help her self regulate, but sometimes she’ll just cry because she’s tired or upset that she can’t do something. It happens all day long (terrible twos), I can’t really wear headphones as I need to engage with her to talk her down/calm her but often she’s in such a state she doesn’t even hear me and I have to try hold her/sit with her. It’s even worse when I have to hold her and she cries in my ear, I feel like my ears are going to bleed 😂🫣

A couple of things to try- ask her what she can see, what she can smell, so like sensory things to try and stop it in its tracks. When she’s calm and relaxed and no where near a tantrum- Could you mimic her screech after doing something yourself and then say out loud ‘oh, there’s a better way for me to show how I feel’ and model it a few times then say you’re proud of yourself for doing it that way. ‘Well done mummy/clap yourself’ Repeating this a couple times a day might help her try a different technique/way. I cuddle and carry my lg outside and ask her what she can hear, see etc. i point to the trees, birds and explain what they are ( after asking her if she’s okay and validating her feelings) She does like to tell me on occasions now that she needs to go outside, it seems to reset her.