Originally Posted by SandeeAR:
I know how you feel. I even removed a reply on one thread, b/c I thought I had offended folks with my reply. Lots of looks, but no replies after mine.
As for the squeller, I have a now almost yr old, that did that as a 5 or 6month old. Each time kiddo did it, I lightly, and I do mean lightly, tapped her on the mouth with my first two fingers and said NO SCREAM, very firmly. After about a month, she stopped. Hasn't done it since.
My squealer probably wasn't as constant as the OPs but I assure you it was no less irritating. I have done something similar to you SandeeAR in that I take the child's own hand and put it over their mouth and say "No Scream". Ater about 2 weeks of doing this all I had to do was say it and it worked. It stopped completely after about a month or so.