To wonder how old your child was when they made it through a whole day without crying?

[CryMeARiverOrTwo]

Honestly need to know there is some light at the end of the tunnel.

I fel like I like I live with a ticking time bomb of a toddler who erupts into spontaneous tears approximately every 3 seconds periodically throughout the day and I need to know it will get better. For clarity I appreciate tantrums are normal but mostly the tears are not tantrums and this is by no means a new issue the child in question has always cried a lot ever since they were newborn.

We've been up since 5am and I'm not exaggerating when I say at least 45 minutes of that hour have been spent sobbing.

I know in this instance they are probably still tired but they won't go back to bed and even when they do sleep well the tears are still just as relentless. Please tell me it gets better.

Ah so when he can talk more coherently he may still cry often. I suppose that's also reassuring to know. I'm sure sometimes some children are just emotional and more prone to tears.

He has a great consistent routine and is given notice of anything new happening which does mitigate some of the tears but as they are often completely out of no where I'm not sure I could preempt all of them.

I don't recall ds ever being much of a crier tbh, so reckon he must have been 18 months to 2yo - as others have said, aligned with being able to speak to communicate wants and needs.

Dd though is 5 and I don't think we've gone a day without tears. She was an early talker, and in many ways met or exceeded milestones. But she's neuro diverse so even now struggles to explain what she's feeling and why and just erupts instead. With her it's linked to anxiety though, and her behaviour makes us all cry some days! We're getting there but I'd consider we'd had an excellent day if we got through it without her crying.