Why do toddlers cry???

Why do toddlers cry???

Does ANYONE have an answer to this??? It’s a complete mystery sometimes. Why is she crying? Like why? Just why? You keep asking yourself the question and more often than not, you don’t have an answer. How I wish babies came with an instruction manual with a sure shot ‘nuskha’. Like a troubleshooting page…. when toddler cries try the following

  1. Give favourite toy
  2. Switch on favourite TV show
  3. Give sugar to eat
  4. Show some videos on your smartphone
  5. Allow toddler to lie down on the floor and throw around hands and legs
  6. Wait patiently till toddler stops crying. 
  7. Just give the toddler what he or she wants 
  8. Finally…. if none of the above work just switch off the crying button. 

Hah! You wish the last one was possible! No matter what I do she still cries. So what do I ACTUALLY do? I actually just do No 6. Wait patiently till she is done crying. Coz no matter what I do she cries even louder and I have no clue why.


Many times there are other reasons not very evident. Like she might be hungry or she might be sleepy. Sometimes we are unable to catch these and the littlest of thing triggers crying and bawling. I sometimes think back in the day and see. Did she wake up early today morning? Or did she take a shorter nap in the afternoon? When was the last time she ate something? And quite a few of the times I’m able to figure out the problem. But yes… inspite of these…. there are times when I just don’t know WHY????

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