ruohoo97:Ran1977:Hi parents,I want to as k if you have ever encountered this situation before - my 5yr old son is an extreme crybaby. Tell him can't do this - he cries; can't do that - he cries. for example, can't go playground - he cries; can't eat sweet now - he cries...It's not enough that he cries, he whines and complains over the littlest things (like just an old grandmother and he is ONLY 5!!!). Worse if he does a mistake he cries...yesterday he fought with a few friends in the bus and while the aunty bus told me, he ended up crying...even the aunty bus told him \"You made a mistake, why are u crying\"...he said that he knows that mummy will give him a punishment cos of this...How do any of you parent cope with this. I am a FTWM and am pulling hairs already cos of his attitude...after a hard day's work, it is very stressful taking care of such a kid...Any advice given will be extremely helpful.. :please:My DS3 was a crybaby, really bad one. He is P4 now, even now he still has tendency to whine over small matter, though much better.While I was tried to find out why he is so crybaby, I also came across many theories and advises... But one thing worked for me, NEVER encourage him being a crybaby, some says crybaby is very sensitive so we parents must be sensitive toward them, no, I found if I consoled him once, he would cry more often; I used to tell him that if he wants to get something by using crying, he will never get it. So I just hardened my heart let him CRY till he stopped.When he was a bit older, in primary school, I realized that sometime he cried because he could not express his feeling well. So I asked him to write it down, or draw a picture. I bought him a beautiful sketch book, and some cute stickers, like sad face, happy face, so on. Whenever something made him upset, I would signal him to write or draw. That worked wonder. He cried less and less, instead, I received many ANGER letters, mostly started with \"Dearest Mummy, I am very very sad because....\" Later by later, you know what, one day, I received a love letter from him. Now this young man, he writes me love letter regularly, so much MORE often than my DH. Wish your son be better soon.:celebrate:This is so sweet!My 4+ boy is not a cry baby, but on the occasions when he does cry, my DH and I will encourage him to articulate his feelings and why he cried after he calms down. Personally I feel it's important for kids' emotional growth to be able to express why they feel what they feel. Thanks for sharing Ruohoo! Yours is another avenue which we can explore with DS to express his feelings.