12 month old gone from passive to always crying, Normal or not??

[Fifilottie]

Hi there,

My lovely DD has gone from being quite a passive, calm baby to being very wingy one. If she sees anything she wants she points at it and starts crying, if I carry her out of a room for one reason or another and she doesn't want that she cries, nif I touch her beakere and try to help her drink from it..she cries....Basically she has started to use crying continously as a way of communicating..but it seems to be one of the only ways. Is this just a crying phase where they are trying to assert a bit of control or something. Just wondered if anyone had any advice on how I should react to her..I guess just giving her anything she wants so she stops the winging is just positively reinforcing the cries IYKWIM. Any advice would be much appreiciated. I understand I mayu be worring about nothing...as usual

yeah i think its likely to be as you say trying to assert a bit of control, if she is wanting to become more independant but doesn't have the words to express things then gets frustrated, this seems to be quite common in that age range. i've seen similar in both of mine. i wouldn't worry too much about giving in and reinforcing the cries, she's only a baby still so its not really like an older toddler whining to get their own way imo? its not manipulative its frustration due to something not going their own way and not having the words to express their feelings in another way