Always crying

My LG is going through a phase of crying a lot, being whingy etc. it doesn’t help that during the winter months, she’s never not unwell. And that’s actually not an exaggeration. She has a few days respite between bugs sometimes but most of the times she catches bugs back to back until the spring.

Anywhooo, it’s hard not to say “don’t be sad” or “please don’t cry.” I know these are phrases that shouldn’t be used but I don’t know what else to say. She’s just always sad all the time and I don’t know how to react to it. If I ignore it, it seems mean and she gets worse but if I pander to her it makes her worse. I even say things like “let’s just have a bit of a break from crying” or “wow you’ve cried a lot today, maybe let’s stop.” I just can’t deal with all this crying, I want to throw myself down a long flight of stairs to just not have to hear it anymore :(

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Please tell me kids stop crying at some point in their lives. Help me out hereeeeeeeee

Address the feeling and as to why she might be feeling sad. Then offer your understanding and agree. Then move on to what you can do to change the feeling to a more positive. I personally to this along side re directing asap

This could be from not wanting a certain plate makes her sad- which one would you like and use your words to tell mummy you'd like the peppa one because it is your favourite. As an example

Could have written this myself 🙈 I wish I had advice but I don’t 😢 I try addressing what’s making my daughter sad but it makes her cry more 🙈 she has happy spells and those are beautiful but when she’s in a grump oh my lord do I know about it!

I could have written this too.. and it’s so hard because I don’t like whining and crying at all… When I was little, I wasn’t like that but my brother was. I suppose all kids are different but I do wish I could help my lb with it. We are working on understanding feelings and exploring why he feels sad or frustrated and validating his feelings but so far it’s not working..keep at it and we’ll get there one day xx

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