Does anyone else have a VERY emotional 1 year old?

Question

My daughter Julianne, who just turned one a week ago, is so emotional that if anyone ( especially me) cries in front of her she breaks down and cries and wants to be held close. Also if I yell at her she cried as if someone broke her little heart! It is so sad and it is hard to keep my emotions in check at all times! Then when I cried the other day in front of her ( sometimes there are just no choices) she cried so hard and so pitifully that it was hard for me to stop crying because it made me all sad all over again. Ugh...lol. I guess she gets it from me...but do you have one with this issue as well?

Answer 1

hmmm .... I try really hard not to cry in front of my kids - I think I would try to check that. I am not saying there is anything wrong with crying - in fact I think it is good - but not in front of kids - they really see you as security - and if you are crying they will become unsure of their own security.  I also have a one year old (boy) and he is very vocal about all his needs/emotions - so I hear you!

Answer 2

no, my  cousin cries at cats.

Answer 3

I have a couple of emotional kids, but they are a little older.

My Tobias (3 in September) has always been like that. He is very much his mother's son. I cried a lot during my last pregnancy and he would always cry with me. I have Bipolar as well, which sometimes will knock me about, and I will cry over snow falling. He is always there with me.

As he has grown, he has *toughened* up a bit, but he is incredibly soft hearted.

Answer 4

yes, she cries like when she sees other people crying. i think it is just because she has a big heart and she does not like to see other people that are sad. you were blessed with a caring child!

Answer 5

It's a sign of compassion, which is pretty important. I have always been very emotional, and I feel the pain (and the happiness as well) of pretty much everyone around me, even people I see on the news.

I "toughened up" pretty early on. Actually I sort of shut down my outward displays of emotion for the most part when in public, which maybe wasn't so healthy.

Now, at seventeen, I still feel everything, but I don't break down. Usually I don't show much of a reaction. It's just a matter of learning control, which is one of those things that will come naturally as life goes on.

Especially at one year old, I wouldn't worry. It's hard I know, especially if you are the same way. Just be there for her, and comfort her when she cries.

If it get's really bad, or you're worried that it's too much, make up a "healing" dance, or a "feel better" dance. It's basically just a really silly dance (preferably with really idiotic looking waving and wiggling, maybe with a funny commentary) that distracts from pain - emotional or physical.

We usually use ours for physical injuries, such as scraped knees, but it's a laughter thing, and laughing can cure all kinds of pain.