What would you do?

My son recently started saying “owie” to everything. He slapped the cushion on our couch and burst into tears crying and asking for a kiss. I picked him up out of the car and his knee brushed my jeans and he started crying and saying owie. It’s every five minutes and there’s been only one time that he actually hit something that hurt him. He started this after he came back from his dad’s and I do not know what to do.

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Unless he’s actually hurt, I’d give little reaction to every time he says owie. He likely got some big reactions at dad’s house and enjoyed it lol. You can ask, are you ok? Awe you’re alright” and go on doing what you’re doing. It shouldn’t drag on for long.

My little boy has taken to saying help when my husband picks him up when he doesn't want him to 😐

I would tell him he's ok 🤷‍♀️ you know he's ok what else would you do. Even if he's hurt, don't be dramatic about it

Sometimes my daughter acts like she got hurt and whines a bit. Not usually to the extent of crying, but I can tell she’s just looking for comfort and attention. I’ll never tell her “you’re fine” because that’s undermining her feelings and idk, it feels rude. I always calmly say “are you okay?” even when she does get hurt. Sometimes she’ll hold her arm or whatever out to me and I’ll give it a kiss and then she’ll move on. Show love and comfort, just don’t have a strong reaction and you don’t have to be insensitive either. If he wants a hug, offer him that because it shows that no matter what, you’re there for him, regardless of how minor it might be to you.

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