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I LOVE Sam-N-Tony's suggestion!!!
Playing little marco polo type games can help too if your ears and patience aren't too worn out. We started with Sweet Pea saying boo! and then disappearing for a quick second and coming back. Then we'd disappear again and peek back and say boo-boo! which she thought was HILARIOUS so she started saying boo-boo back. When I got busy with one of the kids and she'd start getting riled up I'd hollar boo! at her and then she'd come back with a boo-boo and start giggling hysterically. We'd go back and forth like that for as long as it took to keep her calm. It helped when I had to do things like pee, or run down stairs to throw a load of laundry in. That way I was still engaging her but it freed me up to do other things at the same time.
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