Emotional toddler.

Glad to hear we are not the only ones. My daughter will now cry for all and everything. It seems to have gotten worse after she was sick last week. I couldn’t figure out she is just gotten used to manipulate us with it or if she is is just really upset but reading here yes she has had a few episodes where it’s not just about the shoe in the wrong foot kind of thing but just super emotional at everything. She will say she is sad and also assign emotions to others which must be part of the milestone somehow... it’s quite the challenge this one !

I actually was just talking with someone about how our son has been more emotional lately also. I guess this is a common thing at this age.

My daughter has been this way a couple months. I always ask her to stop crying and use her words to tell me what's wrong so I can help. It has really been a life saver because now most the time she will cry, I will do that, and she will actually explain what's wrong and we can fix it and move on. Unfortunately, I'm not a big cuddle mom for unprecedented crying, I just am so stressed at the sound of crying I can't help it 😬😩 It's my biggest shortcoming but she seems to still be thriving with what I do with her so could try 🤷

We have noticed this as well! My husband and I actually spoke about our son today and how emotional hes been. Things that would never bother him before has been causing full on meltdowns and lots of crying. Boots on the wrong foot...toy not where he left it. Instead of just getting frustrated, he cries and is very hard to console. He has asked for more snuggles which I'm enjoying, but seeing him react to things this way makes me feel bad. I know it's a phase. Hes not as rational as he was, his emotions take over and it's hard for him to reel it back in. Weve had to ban his tv shows and tablet for now because he will hysterically cry when they end. Hope this is over soon! Seeing him sad makes me sad!

Mine will do that, but I usually can figure out a reason. Randomly today in the car he was kinda whining so I asked what’s wrong and he said I’m upset. We asked why and he didn’t give an answer 🤷🏻‍♀️ He is just now figuring out what it means to be happy vs sad etc

Mine gets emotional but there are usually triggers I can point to. Lots and LOTS of tears in our house right now. I’m working on teaching her emotional intelligence (since my parents utterly failed me in that area). It sounds like you’re doing a great job!