Hell is probably a toddler crying as you have to make dinner but it lasts forever.

How do you handle constant crying when your world can’t stop?

I have a 19 month old and a 7 yr old. They are so different. My 7 yr old was a super late walker and had a severe speech delay (later diagnosed ASD) but she was the easiest baby/toddler. She would go to anyone to the point it almost hurt my feelings, she wasn’t clingy at all, could play on her own. Was a good sleeper.

My 19 month old is picking picking up language very easily. She walked at 10.5 months. Shes not a great sleeper and is very up everyday at 530. She is insanely attached to me. I think she’d crawl in my skin if she could. She doesn’t want anyone else, not even dad. She started daycare around 15 months and from the hours of 5-8, she’s just like a ticking time bomb. Some nights it feels like she cries non stop. Ya she’ll stop if I’m holding her, but the second i put her down, hell. Nothing except being held makes her happy and on the rare chance that she’s content and not attached to me I’m almost afraid to make eye contact with her. I know that sounds dramatic.

She can communicate fine enough. She can say her favorite foods, she can say milk/juice, more, or if she’s trying to go she can tell us poop. She knows mine and give me. Basic enough stuff that if it was merely a food or thirst or pain, she could communicate it.

What do I do? I can’t just cater to her all night. I have another kid, there’s homework, there’s dinner, and other various responsibilities. I want her to feel secure but also I can’t give in all night.

Also, it’s just so crazy because at daycare they tell me she’s the chillest kid they have.