Many people have questions about what amount of crying is normal, what is excessive, how to influence the frequency, or how to respond to a crying child.
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How do you teach a child to call for help?
We have a relatively large house. Our kids are always in earshot, but not usually in sight. The problem with this is our 4 year-old son doesn't know how to call out for help appropriately. On the ...
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Is it okay to let a baby cry at bedtime?
My 4-month-old has a set bedtime routine and will generally go happily to sleep - but occasionally (for no particular reason) he'll work himself up into a fit and cry for long periods of time, ...
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Why is my baby crying?
What's a good sorted list of potential causes to check when my baby cries and I don't know why? I need something I can print out in advance because I can't think very clearly once the crying starts.
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Should I respond to “fussing” the same as crying in an infant?
During the night my 7-week-old will fuss in his sleep (grunt, flail, etc...). This fussing rarely proceeds to crying but he usually will not settle on his own. When I pick him up he will usually ...
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Is the “cry it out” approach harmful?
We have several questions on this site that deal with infants and toddlers who cry a lot, for various reasons. Here is an example question and example answer, another answer. The topic was raised on ...
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Why does the baby consistently fuss at nightfall?
My daughter (2 months old) consistently fusses or screams around sundown/nightfall regardless of the sky is overcast, the lights in the house are on, or apparently any other factor.
Is this common, ...
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OK for parent to cry in front of kids?
Sometimes a parent may be feeling sad (for whatever reason) and needs to cry.
Is it harmful, or could it even be good, to cry sometimes in front of your children? What does research say?
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Why won't our infant stop crying when in the car seat?
We have a 2-month-old baby that will start crying as soon as we put her in the car seat and absolutely will not stop until she is out of it. She could be fed and asleep with a new diaper before the ...
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How to direct my one-year old baby not to do bad things
I have a one-year old baby, she is smart and loves to try everything and anything, including putting her fingers in the electricity and tasting every possible thing she finds :)
How can I tell my ...
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Is there any benefit to not responding immediately to a crying infant?
Crying is a newborn's favorite activity. They cry whenever they feel hungry, unsafe, or uncomfortable.
But sometimes I prefer to not respond to crying as quickly as possible, in order to teach my ...
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Controlled crying isn't working at night. What are my options?
We used controlled crying to help our daughter get to sleep easier at 6 months. This was hard work at the time but now, at 10 months, we can reliably put her down at the end of her bed time routine ...
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Why is my newborn crying constantly?
my 4 week old daughter will not stop crying. We've tried everything from sucking, both on pacifiers and fingers to breastfeeding, white noise, movement, diaper is clean she doesn't seem to have a ...
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Any suggestions on how to control yelling and negativity on our part, and also teach my 8 yr old son to not feel so helpless and cry so easily?
This is about my 8-year old son, who cries easily and helplessly, mostly in response to our enforcing discipline and routine or refusing things he wants.
I understand that he should not expect to be ...
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Can I figure out what my baby wants by the sound it makes when it cries?
Can I figure out what my baby needs from its crying?
According to Dunstan Baby Language, the sound used before hysterical baby crying gives information on what the baby needs. The Dunstan website ...
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How to stop my 8 year old to cry every time she's frustrated
My 8 years old daughters is usually very good.
Although in the last few months she started to cry more and more each time she can't have something she wants. The odd thing is that it's something she ...
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How can we get our newborn to sleep at night as soundly as he does in the day?
We've just had a new arrival- a little boy, now 7 days old.
During the day he sleeps like a dream. As I write this, he has been asleep for around 4 hours without really stirring at all.
The only ...
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What to do when the pinky is the only way to soothe a newborn?
My question is: Is there any way to soothe a crying baby in the middle of the night other than inserting my pinky?
Summery:
Pinky method = only successful soothing found
Tried the following other ...
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How can I protect my ears when the baby cries?
I'm suffering from tinnitus. In my case, this is a constant, high-pitched whine. The volume is insignificant when I'm relaxed in quiet surroundings, but stress and loud noise can instantly increase ...
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Does a baby cry inside the womb?
Considering Music for gestation - what should baby be hearing while in the womb? that babies can hear sounds inside the womb, I also expect myself to hear the baby crying or making sounds inside the ...
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How do you address a child who cries and wants to play with everything?
When we have dinner, our daughter will sit on her chair for 1 minute, and then she will go up to desk and start to play with plates and forks and food and ...
When we want to watch film or TV, she ...
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8yo has crazy mood swings and gets mad over nothing [closed]
My 8 year old sister gets crazy and starts crying over "nothing". My parents agree that this is a problem, but they have no clue what to do. Luckily I know about SE :)
I'm not sure if this is ...
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My 1yr 3month old daughter crying every night
Don't know what could it be but my daughter keeps on crying every night.
She's sleeping and suddenly she starts crying.
Hungry ? (She drinks her last bottle of milk around 8pm.)
Maybe teething? (every ...
