Questions tagged [crying]
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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3 month old suddenly very fussy
Our son will turn 12 weeks old on September 17th, 2023. He's always been a little fussy but nothing that we couldn't manage. Matter of fact, there was a brief period after he turned 9 weeks old or so ...
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2 1/2 year old still crying after a year at daycare drop off [duplicate]
My 2.5 year old is still crying every day I drop him off at daycare. They tell me he stops after 2-5 minutes of me leaving but now he has to move up to pre school class and the crying is even worse.
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1.5 year old daughter is afraid of strangers
My daughter who is 1.5 years old is afraid of strangers. I thought its normal. But she is crying when she meet anyone whom she is not familiar with. Is it normal? I took her to a nearby nursery school....
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4-month old wants to be outside carried all time
My 4-month old wants constantly being held outside? I have a hard time keeping him interested indoors even though we have a baby play-mat, baby inclined seat, baby hammock. Nothing works more than ...
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Baby Suddenly Wakes And Cries When Almost Asleep At 9 Months
My 9-month old son has developed a new and frightening habit.
When he is about to fall asleep for the night, or when he is being comforted to fall asleep after waking up at night, he will suddenly ...
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Baby begins crying forcefully when Fed, extremely irritated when held, but calms down when put down
We've recently experienced a new phenomena with our almost-6 month old, and nothing I see online explains it.
Sometimes, usually when he has just woken up from a nap, we will try to feed our baby, and ...
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How to deal with 2 years old climbing the cot and refuse to sleep?
Our 2 years old twin girls used to sleep in their cots since they were 6 months and it was completely fine. From time to time there were some sleep regressions which didn't last for more than a couple ...
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My baby won’t stop crying while I am at work
I returned to work a few weeks ago. My husband looks after my eight month old boy whilst I am away. Usually he is ok for the first few hours but after that he goes into a crying fit and won’t stop ...
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I'm in deep trouble with a family [closed]
We are still in high school and very immature, we say lewd jokes about our friend's gfs to tease our friends or piss them of. I have said it in some of my messages, examples of what I said were, &...
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Two year old crying asking to carry him
My two year old crys hard asking to carry him. It used to be after the evening nap. Recently he got the common cold. Me and my wife used to carry him during that time. The fellas got a bit of flem ...
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Baby distressed by one parent [closed]
(Not sure if this should be on the Biology.SE or even the Psychology.SE)
Someone I know is currently in the process of getting a divorce, because (or so they tell me) they have a baby who's distressed ...
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5 year old is very prone to emotional outbursts - especially when he doesn't get his way
My 5 year old son is really kind, smart, he's an excellent communicator, and he's even tough when it comes to bumps and bruises. Overall he's a great kid. However, he really struggles with making ...
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How to tell to my 4 years daughter that she should not to be scared of a specific person?
My daughter seems to be scared of my younger brother in law, let's call him Alex. Alex has a quite large posture. He said that he even teased my daughter a little, like winking at her or staring at ...
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Baby started to cry at daycare
My son is going to daycare since 3.5 months old 3 days per week.
He has been happy and behaving very well.
He is now 8 months old.
He never cries when I leave him, but since a couple of weeks he ...
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Why does my 16 month old daughter cry when we imitate animal sounds?
My daughter is a very curious, interested, and active young girl. She loves animals whether they're in a picture book or real life. She goes nuts when she sees them or hears them (in real life). Some ...
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1 month baby crying since last night
Our baby turned one month and some days old. He had been giving us a hard time all night. Crying and being unsettling, crying. He likes someone rocking his bouncy all the time. But we can't shake his ...
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Fear of DAD and leaving [closed]
I'm 26 years but i still stay with my Dad because in a typical african home its a taboo for a lady to leave her fathers and live alone. They see it as her being wayward and she will not have chances ...
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How to help my my 18-month-old daughter who may have night terrors?
I have an 18-month-old daughter. For the past few months, she has been going to bed at 8 pm. At around 12 or so she will start crying and screaming like something was wrong, but she is still asleep, ...
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How to make my pre-schooler stop trying to make his friends follow the instructions given to him?
My son is 3 years and 8 months old. He starts to cry when any of his friends in school makes any mistake. For example, if his friends make any mistake in writing, he starts to cry. If his friends are ...
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How to help my 3.5-year-old daughter who's suddenly much more attached to me and cries for everything?
My 3.5-year-old daughter has suddenly become more attached to me. She also is crying for everything. Recently, she has gone on a trip with her grandmother 1.5 months back and she used to cry there and ...
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Why does my 3-year-old cry when someone laughs?
My 3-year-old cries or throws a tantrum when anyone laughs. She will actually tell us to stop laughing. If it’s strangers she will say to me "mom they’re laughing" while she starts to cry. I would ...
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How to deal with a 3.5-year-old who starts to cry when someone speaks louder to him?
My 3.5-year-old son simply cries when someone talks or gives commands in higher volume. He stops crying when I hug him again. But this is new behaviour in him. In school, staff informed me that he ...
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How to make my 8-year-old son stop crying over the most simple things?
My 8-year-old son has ADHD and has been on the same medication for 3 years. Anytime he doesn't get something he wants, has to do something he doesn't want to do (homework, chores, stop playing his ...
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Does "Crying it Out" with a 9 month old make sense when in a hotel for a few days?
We went to the pediatrician today for our 9 month old's checkup, and based on his current sleep schedule (sleeping from ~7:30PM to 5:30AM, with multiple 30min to 1hr wakeups), the pediatrician told us ...
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How to make my toddler stop crying every night?
I have a 15-month-old daughter. Since birth, she has been crying every night around the same time with her eyes closed. I haven't had a real good sleep at night since she's been here. I've had ...
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1yo cries almost non-stop when her mother is present - driving my wife to a breakdown
We have a fairly high energy toddler and a 3yo son. Our daughter is usually friendly and high-energy, but could rarely self-entertain. We've slowly gotten to a place where she will fuss or cry 80% of ...
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How much crying is OK for a newborn child?
My child is just a week old and I've noticed that he is crying all the time when he is awake and we are not holding him.
If we hold him he usually calms down but the longer we don't hold him the ...
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What to do about my 2-year-old crying and screaming at daycare?
My daughter is 2 years old and in daycare where I work. She started there when she was 13 months old. It took her about a week to adjust to that room which was to be expected. I have worked in daycare ...
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My 2-year-old son is crying at midnight and keeps crying every five minutes till early morning
For the past three days my 2-year-old boy keeps crying at midnight till early morning 6 or 7 am every five minutes and not opening his eyes.
We were really worried what could be the reason. He keeps ...
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How to make my oversensitive 4-year-old stop crying so he won't be targeted by bullies later?
My 4-year-old son is very sensitive and cries for anything. For example, when visiting one of his cousins, he would say it's time for my son to go home and my son would start crying.
There are a lot ...
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What to do with a 20 month (1.5 years) old baby who wants her mother to hold her all the time?
My wife is now pregnant with a second baby, this I think makes my first baby (20 months old) very jealous. As a result the first baby would want her mom to hold her all the time. If her mom refuses, ...
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Sleeping Less with Merlín Magic suit?
My almost 10 week old is not yet on a schedule though I’d like to be (first baby). We just transitioned from sleeping in the rock and play to sleeping in the pack and play to try to get to a flat ...
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How to react when a child cried due to interaction with other children?
When in a public library, another child who was older than my daughter came to and took a book from my daughter's hands, then my daughter started crying.
My daughter is 15 months old, cannot fully ...
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What to do with tantrums if screaming it out is not possible?
Our daughter is a bit above 3 years old and she's having tantrums multiple times a day, whenever she doesn't get what she wants. Lots of screaming and shouting.
We as parents understand that this is ...
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What to do about my toddler's fixation on the smell of her mother’s hair?
I would like to help my 2-year-old daughter sleep without smelling and pulling my wife's hair. Every night, my wife gets nervous and headaches, as our daughter pulls her hair for at least 30 minutes. ...
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How to deal with an 11-month-old child crying during/after eating?
My 11-month-old son has so far always been a good eater, although he has often had a habit of crying when his milk was finished, or at the end of meals. This has generally been ok to deal with.
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Should I be concerned about my 6-year-old daughter resolving most of things with crying or yelling?
My 6-year-old daughter is generally a very optimistic, probably happy, smiling kid which likes to play with her sister and others. But... only until everything goes according to her expectations.
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My 2.5 year old child can only be calmed by mother
My 2.5-year-old daughter is a good educated child that hasn't many bad behaviors. Sometimes she turns out to be more the defensive type than the aggressive one, but all in normal frames.
When she ...
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2-month-old baby has panic attacks
Since about 10 days ago, our 2-month-old baby started to have some sort of panic attack in the evening. After his evening feed (6pm), he will initially fall asleep or relax, but after a while suddenly ...
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What to do with a crying 1-year-old
My little girl just turned 13 months. She cries all the time with me (mother). I'm at home with her all the time. They only thing I can do to settle her is giving her food. I know this is a bad habit ...
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What to do about 13-month-old who cries and whines all the time?
My 13-month-old daughter was very well behaved up until about 11.5 months. I guess it's separation anxiety but I've come to a point where I don't know what to do. It's making me miserable, exhausted, ...
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How to make our 3-year-old stop crying when we want to leave the house with him?
My three-year-old cries when he goes to daycare, but now he cries when we go anywhere, to church or wal-mart. I know he is dealing with separation anxiety because he spent his first three years at ...
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Baby crying till breathless
Some time babies use to cry till breathless. And it take few seconds to start inhale. Seems this activity panicking. Is it natural or do we need to take any action if it go for few seconds?
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Baby suddenly cries a lot at 3 months
My 3.5 months old baby suddenly cries very hard. A little bit of background:
The baby is currently 3.5 months old
Her fussy hour started at 1 month and tapered down when 2 months old
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Toddler crying at lunch during school
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Our girl, 19 months old, goes to day care 3 days a week. She has started becoming fussy about eating most things (as toddlers do). My wife and I have been feeding her some more simple ...
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How can I get my toddler(s) to stop (fake) crying
Seems like it might be a common question, so if it is I apologize, but here we go.
I am trying to come up with a way to stop my two toddler boys (2 and 3 years old) from "fake" crying.
I understand ...
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My almost 3yr is crying for just about nothing
My son will be 3 yr old soon and it's been a turmoil. I feel emotionally overwhelmed by his crying out of the blue, when he doesn't want anything he's crying, breakfast time, lunch ... And he's not ...
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My child starts crying in the middle of night
When our 15-month-old child goes to sleep without playing enough or when she sleeps after crying, she cries in the middle of the night.
I don't know if the mentioned cause are probable to be exact or ...
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My newborn does not want to sleep at night
My 10-day-old daughter is having big problems with sleeping on early evening and night. Whenever she get put down in her bassinet after getting fed she starts crying. Sometimes she needs to be changed....
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Is it okay for a parent to cry in front of their children? [duplicate]
If it's okay for a parent to cry in fron of their children, when and in what circumstances will it not affect their children in a negative way?
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