[braedensmommy]

For the last two-three weeks, Braeden has cried NON STOP. When he is at my babysitter's house, he is fine. He plays and has a great time, but as soon as we get home, he cries ALL night unless I hold him. Even when I hold him, he will cry if I change positions or try to sit down with him. He wants me stand in one position and just hold him. I have tried EVERYTHING that I can think of. I try to play with him, distract him with music, put him down and just let him cry, took him to the dr. to make sure that he is not sick, bought him new "exciting" toys, books, t.v., etc. The dr. and my family are making light of it saying "Welcome to the terrible twos" but this does not seem normal at all.
If I ignore him he will literally just lay on the ground and cry all night.
His eating is pretty good, sleep is fine, teething may be possible (he only has 6 teeth and is almost two).
PLEASE HELP!!!

[gwenrenee007]

Not much advice, but how about some teething medication? I give dd Motrin, Tylenol, or the little teether tablets. Of course not all at the same time Just a thought.

I hope you figure it out - it must be difficult

[ej-momtobe]

When DS needed to be held a lot or cry when he was first home, I used an Ergo carrier so I could carry him around the house as i did things and accomodate it...have you tried that? Then he outgrew that phase. Not sure that helps your because for us it was around 1 year, and shortly after he got home, which is not really your case.

[kjhoopin]

My son does almost the same thing. I think it is part of the attachment process. I think that he worries that I am going to leave him (leave the room, go run an errand). I have to remain in the same spot or he gets very stressed and starts whining.

If I am around, he does not want anyone else to hold him either. If they try, he will either cry or whine until I take him back.

I don't have any advice except to say hang in there.

(My son's name is Braeden also-- spelled the same too!!)

Good Luck,
Kendra

[jules17]

Luke has been doing this more as well. I could not set him down this morning without major tears. For him, I think it is a combination of teething (no teeth yet!) and being too tired.

The only thing that *really* seems to work when our boys get going on a crying jag is to get them out of the house and take them for an outing.

Good luck - I know it must be hard.

[maak]

That seems like a long time to cry for just teething or the terrible twos although the 2 yo molars can come in about now. My dd eye teeth were the absolute worst but she would be fussy for 2 or 3 days in periods not constant crying. Are you sure everything is ok at the baby sitters? Is there anything new at all? Could he be in pain? Could separation anxiety or attachment issues be surfacing? I don't have advise except to hold him alot for now and hopefully he will get better. Poor thing too bad he cant tell you what is wrong. Hang in there this does sound hard.

[beejay]

My ds does this -- he will go into crying fits that last 30 - 40 minutes. No reason, when he first wakes up I can't put him down or he screams -- if I to somewhere without him -- he tortures me in return by not letting me put him down and by not sleeping that night. SO I know if I run an errand without him I'm in for a looong night. :-))

My DD did this also and she outgrew it. My DS is just slower at outgrowing it. I might add my DS has been home for 13 months, he just must need longer to adjust or something.

My mom says just hold him and let him outgrow it on his own.

I wanted to add that DS is fine with my husband and my mom, he only acts up for ME!! He does the same exact thing you are describing. Maybe it is a boy thing!!!!!

[luv2teach2]

I would definitely check into the babysitters. Kids that age can't express what is going on and if he is crying when he gets home from the babysitters, to me that would be a red flag. He may be trying to tell you something....Hope everything is alright.

[waitingforIsabel]

Could he be hungry? Isabel is 15 months, but did this for 3 nights straight last week. Finally in exasperation, I warmed up a bottle of milk and thought if nothing else it would be in her mouth and she wouldn't cry ! It worked and she slept for th ewhole night. FOr the last several nights I have been giving her a bigger dinner and later than usual. It seems to be working. I hope you figure it out! It was pure torture - for everyone!!!

[braedensmommy]

Thanks, everyone.
Beejay, Braeden is the exact same way! He will be fine with my husband but will cry the SECOND he sees me. We had back to school night the other night and my husband said he was fine all night but when I got back, Braeden cried hysterically clinging to me like Ihad left him for a year.

I know that nothing is going on at the babysitters. He is with my sister-in-law who loves him and cares for him wonderfully so I don't have one second of doubt about that. He is with his cousin, too, who is his age and they adore eachother. I spend LOTS of time over there and see how he interacts with them with me there.

[maak]

I looked at your blog and am I right that you had surgery a few weeks ago? You are very very important to him and he seems worried about losing you? Kids are very smart and there are reasons for their behavior. Were you gone for awhile or could not hold him? Were you off work or school this summer and the schedule has changed? He could be reacting to this and you many need advise about attachment parenting. Try Pming angelkisses as she seems to often have good advise about these issues or else repost with the word attachment in the title. My dd naps went out the window and she became very very fussy until I figured out that it was not helpful for me to sneak out of the house while she slept-she woke up once to find I wasnt there and from that point on wouldnt take a nap. I had to stay with her in the room for awhile until she again felt I would be there for her.