DS 2.4 seems to spend a large proportion of each day crying. I appreciate that he's a toddler and that everything is very frustrating, and I really try to anticipate and avoid/prevent conflict, I always give lots of warning when something is going to happen (bathtime, mealtimes, brushing teeth, putting on coats etc). But 9 times out of 10 he cries anyway.
It feels like he would spend all day long sitting on my lap if I let him, it seems to be what he is always crying for. Back story: I'm a SAHM and he gets lots of attention and time! Shared with his sister of course, although it feels like he gets more of my time. He seems so demanding. I'm finding it stressful, when he cries it can go on for ages and nothing will console him. He doesn't have tantrums as such, or are these crying fits a type of tantrum?
The least thing will set him off, and I know this is classic toddler behaviour. An example:
me: would you like some apple?
DS: cries
me: here's some apple
DS: cries, and throws the apple on the floor
grabs the apple, cries a lot, eventually eats the apple
I'm tearing my hair out.
But I'm also worried that there is something physically wrong with him. Should I see a doctor?
DH's attitude is pretty hard line, he sends him out of the room for excessive crying and tells him to calm down then return. It actually works a lot of the time, to calm him down, but it can happen 20 times a day.
I would say he has always been a big cryer (DS, not DH!), he was a miserable baby who turned out to have food allergies/eczema (now diagnosed, and we avoid those allergens). Other than that, a pretty strong healthy boy.
The crying has been worst since he turned two. Anyone else experienced crying like this and what did you do? Or will it pass by itself?