My almost 2 year old will have moments of inconsolable crying for an hour straight. She has been constipated but I just had her at the Dr today and her Dr said she’s doing a lot better. My question is has anyone else experienced this? I am feeling like a failure because she can’t tell me what’s wrong. I’m not sure if something hurts or not. She isn’t kicking around like she was with the belly pains. Please help.
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You are deff not a failure. Little ones have big feelings - made worse by not being able to tell you in words. My little guy has moments like that. Especially when tired.
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Maybe she needs mommy’s cuddles and love.
Don’t feed into it. She might just need to let out stress. I always would let them do that for a bit in a dim cool room with their favorite movie on. After awhile if the tears stop offer a nice cold milk shake and maybe another age appropriate snack. If they decline the treats see if doing a favorite outing works.
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Not getting enough sleep or maybe needs more.
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My son cried every single day from the time he was about 13 months until he was a little over 2. It started every day at around 3:30. He’d just walk around and cry. He didn’t want to be held, fed or anything else. Just needed to cry it out.
Growing pains, cutting molars, overtired, overstimulated?
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Is there a pattern , b4 or after doing something, going somewhere? Is your attention on someone or something else ?
You are not a failure. Our granbaby would get sick but the only way we knew something was off was when she would get cranky and crying. Then we’d have to guess what’s wrong. Your instinct as a mother is telling you somethings off. If it were me I’d take her back to the doctors or got to the ER. Children at that age don’t have the words. You could also say things like show mommy what hurts. Does this hurt and point to different body parts. You can ask her is she sad and show her a sad smiley face and so on.
Sometimes they just need to cry. My last two kids were an example. My daughter would scream and cry from 5p.m. Until 7 every afternoon. My son did the same from 2 a.m. until 4 a.m. I made sure they weren’t sick, wet, hungry etc. They would even cry if I held them. Never figured out why. After a month or so it quit.
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