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.
I ...
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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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