Quote Originally Posted by Momof4 View Post
I see several things in your post that I would like to mention but I don't want to upset you, just trying to help,
Oh my god, none of that made me upset. I totally agree with everything you said. I should have mentioned that I don't allow the boys to take toys away from each other. Usually, the little boy would either take it back immediately or walk away, but I would intervene and say, please share the toys. But before I can even get there, the little boy is crying. Like, my son touches him and he's crying. But then other points in the day, they hold hands and share toys. A lot of the time, I allow them to sort it out themselves. I watch the situation closely to make sure nothing is getting out of hand, but I think it's important that they learn to sort things out for themselves without always intervening.

As for what Reggio said, he IS teething. He's getting two molars, but they've been coming in for over a month now, they've popped through already. This seems excessive. Even his mom noticed today when she picked him up. He just seems genuinely unhappy. Like, he didn't even get excited when she picked him up.

Usually I don't pick them up when they're crying. Even my son - especially my son. But my son doesn't cry - he has this new fall where he basically does a summer sault, and he doesn't cry. So I think that's why I have such a hard time handling this constant crying. But the little boy comes over and he tugs like he's absolutely desperate. I let him go today, I said "that's enough. There's is no reason to be crying. Be a big boy okay?" and he just kept crying, walking around the room balling his eyes out. I ended up putting him in the lazy boy alone and he stopped crying and just watched tv for twenty minutes before nap. Mom picks him up and coddles him, and I think he's expecting the same thing from me. I thought we were past that but I guess now