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Tears and Tantrums: What to Do when Babies and Children Cry Aletha Solter, Aletha Jauch Solter
Publisher: Shining Star Press

It is not unusual for the baby to be cold and withdrawn when their mother comes back, giving mother the experience of feeling rejected. Ella could not stay happy long in the confines of her baby sister's hospital room, so our daughter took her to the children's playroom. Plus, there's a stigma associated with an adult crying, so that it's done far, far less than small children do it. Some of the tears she collects are those of anger, red and glowing like rubies, shed by a child in a furious tantrum. Can you imagine She gave way to her own good cry. Leaving a child to cry means ignoring their pain and the reason behind it, whereas respecting the fact that a child needs to cry requires understanding and empathy. With older or more able children, you could build up a bank of interesting similes, to describe the different kinds of tears a child might cry. What do those jewelled tears look like in the darkness of the sack? Sometimes children tool we were given. Have you read Aletha Solter's books- The Aware Baby and tears and Tantrums -they are all about this and she's done lots of research on the topic. It will take a little time for you to see whether your child has settled. Imagine Emily's I found tears running down my face as I thought of all the important things I needed to do, and now I was adding more necessary, good things to do to that long, impossible list. Talk with your children about what these sayings mean: cry baby; cry wolf; crying over spilt milk; crocodile tears; for crying out loud. Ella was delighted Ella threw herself on the floor in a full-fledged two-year-old tantrum.