What do you do when your child gets hurt?

I do pretty much the same thing. A lot of times I'll see my two year old take a big old spill, I wait to see if he's going to cry, and sometimes he just gets right back up and goes about his business. I think, however, a lot of parents don't do that. They see the hard fall or whatever and immediately go over and make a big fuss over it, and often the kid will start crying just because they figure if we're upset about it, they should be too. I can definitely tell with mine if it's a bigger thing. He's got a super hurt cry and I go to him immediately when I hear that one.

I agree. If it's a bigger thing, such as stubbing the toes and the whole toe nail being gone or getting a big lump on the head or bleeding, I would definitely pick them up and give them loves etc etc. But, what I was talking about is if it's just a simple thing like barely scraping a knee or getting a finger barely pinched in something etc. Something where you know it didn't hurt very bad at all. I think if you make a big deal out of a little thing, they'll learn to do the same and every little thing will cause a cry fest. I've seen this happen with other little kids I know.