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Depends what it is. If she bonks herself, I usually wait to see what her response is before reacting. She basically takes a ton of bumps and bruises and gets up, totally unphased now. I would probably sit next to her and pat or rub her back and comment on how she banged her head with a block. Sometimes she just cries out and goes back to doing her thing. If she put her arms up for me, i'd pick her up. That's just what we do. If shes upset and wants me, she definitely lets me know

@blackbird: I do the same thing. My kids are 3 and almost 21 months.

@LuLu Mom: yeah i know a few of those, lol. This mama ain't got time for that!

Usually I wait to see how they react. N will usually just get up and say uh-oh then move along. We are doing the same with E. If they do cry I still scoop them up and comfort them.

I rush to her side, scoop her up into my arms, say "there, there, there, poor baby, poor baby" and sometimes I cry myself; I pick the block up, smash it into a million pieces then sue Fisher Price for harming my precious child. That might be a slight exaggeration but I definitely have a problem!

@Cherrybee: LOL!

I wait to see how he does. He usually runs over to sit in my lap, sheds a few tears, then goes back to playing. He's been adventurous lately, so he's had some pretty hard knocks!

ETA: I don't immediately respond to obvious tantrums with a obvious causes. (Like, no, you cannot bang my iPhone into the ground to see what happens.) Certain things I don't give him any attention, and other things require a small explanation, then no attention.

One day he'll get annoyed at us singing, "It's the end of the world as we know it!"

I wait to see how he reacts (unless I can tell he's truly hurt himself). Usually he kinda whimpers, sees that I can see him and that he's ok, and then goes back to playing. If he did hurt himself I pick him up and whisper comforts to him and kiss the boo boo.

My LO is nearly 3, but I have kind of always taken the wait and see approach. She's not one to freak out, but I'm not sure if that's down to nature or nurture.

She is 8 mo. Depends why she is crying. Usually the only reason she does a real cry at this point is if she hurts herself. My kid is a daredevil and she falls down like 400 times/day, no joke. Whenever she falls down or hits her head or does whatever, we either ignore it or make happy sounds and don't do anything unless she starts crying on her own. If she does I pick her right up. I think she's a little too young to tell her to rub some dirt on it (and she isn't really a drama queen usually-- of the 400 falls per day she cries maybe 2 or 3 times). If she is doing her whiney cry because she gets frustrated or wants food I usually talk to her while I"m making her bottle or I try to distract her with something to make her happy. If she cries in her crib I give it 5 minutes unless I just saw her fall over and hurt herself.