2 non-related questions

Turtle143

I've been wondering about other babies.

Do your LOs cry when they get up in the morning or naps. Liv always does. There was a period when she was younger when she didn't and she would just babble to herself but I feel like she's always mostly been this way. Just wondering if it's just her personality or are we doing something wrong here?

Also, do your LOs come to you when you call them? Liv doesn't also. I thought toddlers always go to their parents when called. I guess not? Instead she runs away or even when she is upset (either because we took something away from her or what not) we would try to console her by approaching her with a hug but she runs away. Is this just tantrum? Do your LOs do this?

DaisyJanie

1. He wakes cheerfully if he sleeps til 7:15, which is about half the time. Other days he wakes a little earlier, and is grumpy until he nurses and gets more awake. How does she sleep? If she wakes up a lot, maybe she's not waking up rested. Or maybe she's just not a morning person.

2. He definitely looks at me when I call, but doesn't always come. Usually I'm calling to him ecause he's about to do something he's not supposed to, so I guess I can see why he wouldn't. 

M&M227

Naps are hit or miss.  Sometimes she wakes up happy, usually she wakes up fussy.  She just started walking and standing in her crib, so the minute her eyes open she's standing up.  I think she's just not ready to be up but decided walking around is more fun.

For the first time today I realized that she will come when  called.  She was crawling around our dining room while I was cooking.  We just got an elliptical a few weeks ago and it's in there, she started exploring it, I told her to come back to me and she did actually crawl over.  I'm not sure if this is normal or not.  I would assume not, I would think LOs have their own agenda and wouldn't really listen. 

march2008

It seems like my DD only seems to cry or fuss if she wakes up too early in the morning or after a nap. When she's fully rested, she wakes up and babbles.

She only comes when I call her when she feels like it! She just started walking 2 weeks ago and seems to be enjoying her new found independence very much! She looks at me when I ask for her to come to me, but if she's doing something she is really into, then she definitely does not come to me.

nfrtny

In the AM DS doesn't cry right away. He stretches, yawns, and rubs his eyes for a bit, then starts kinda yelling for me, and if I don't hear him for a while then he'll start crying. Naps though, if he doesn't get enough sleep, he cries right away, if he does get enough sleep (when he sleeps with me on the couch or my bed) then he doesn't cry. 

He does come when I call him, especially if I kneel down. But, sometimes he gets that look in his eye, and that little grin like come chase me lol 

lovebugkim

In the morning they wake up & just talk to each other or babble away. After a nap they almost always wake up crying. They are usually in a bad mood after a nap & usually takes a good 30 minutes for them to get out of that funk.

Most of the time they come when we call their names, but when they are in trouble or have something they know they shouldn't, they run in the opposite direction. 

mesr

dd2 does often whimper after she wakes up.  she's started getting off the bed on her own now sometimes, so occasionally, she'll go looking for me instead of sitting there crying.

as for her name, like pp she definitely recognizes when i call her and turns to look.  however, she only comes if she wants to. 

LollyBug18

1. I posted about this a couple months ago (? I've lost all track of time...) because it makes for such a rough start to our morning. Emma wakes up ridiculously early and almost always carrying on like a banshee until someone comes to get her. I've actually been letting her CIO a little in hopes that she learns she doesn't need to be so dramatic and it seems to helping some. Now, for at least a couple days a week, she'll wake up and not do that. Instead she'll just chatter to herself or her lovey until we get her. Naps are pretty much the same way but not as bad. And I don't think it's an issue of not enough sleep - she sleeps well during the night and naps, she just doesn't usually wake up all happy from them. And, really, I can't blame her, I don't like waking up either! But I'm old enough to understand that that doesn't mean I get to be a total crab.

2. Emma comes when I call her most of the time but I think it may help that she's one of the older ones on here and that she thinks it's a fun game to charge at me and get a huge hug when she gets to me.  

Edit: Reading that again, for 2. I meant that a month ago she wasn't coming. She's gotten really good at it with time.

MammaBear81

1) I think it's more of a 70/30 split.  He wakes up happy a lot, but if he didn't get a long enough nap he wakes up crying, and sometimes he's just in a funky mood when he wakes up.

2) He turns his head towards me when I call his name, so I know he knows it, but he doesn't consistently come to me when I call him (neither does my 2 year old if she's doing something she shouldn't).  At this point it's a "come when he wants to" type of reaction, but if I call all the kids to come upstairs he usually follows, nice to have great examples to follow!

Syncronicity09

Ash has been waking up crying for a few months now occasionally there's no crying but it has become the norm.

He does come when called...sometimes. He picks and chooses when he wants to respond.

amberpro

1.  He doesn't wake up fussy, but does cry when he wakes up most of the time.  It's more like a "come get me, mom" yell.

2.  He comes most of the time.  Especially when I get down and hold my arms out.  I am also pretty sure he understands, "come on".  However, if he's doing something he really wants to be doing, he'll stare at me and think for awhile before he comes/if he comes.   

MommaA117

1. sometimes. Depends on her mood. Some wakings shes really happy, others not.

2. occasionally. If she wants to. lol