Crying Time – Regina's emotional barometer

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After rewatching the episode, I noticed that baby Henry’s crying is tied to Regina’s emotions. Specifically:
1. When Regina first holds Henry, he is not crying.
2. He starts to cry when Regina mentions her father’s death. And keeps crying until…
3. He stops when Mary Margaret holds him. (Everybody expected that scene, I think).
4. He immediately starts to cry when Regina takes him back.
5. He finally stops crying when Regina says to him, “Just give me chance” and kisses him. This is what she refers to later when she says to him, “You were the only one in all the realms who believed in me.”

[RumplesGirl]

After rewatching the episode, I noticed that baby Henry’s crying is tied to Regina’s emotions. Specifically:
1. When Regina first holds Henry, he is not crying.
2. He starts to cry when Regina mentions her father’s death. And keeps crying until…
3. He stops when Mary Margaret holds him. (Everybody expected that scene, I think).
4. He immediately starts to cry when Regina takes him back.
5. He finally stops crying when Regina says to him, “Just give me chance” and kisses him. This is what she refers to later when she says to him, “You were the only one in all the realms who believed in me.”

Babies pick up on emotions. They can sense when someone is unhappy and their only option is be unhappy and cry because they don’t have to cognative ability to reason out what is happening. So yes I think it makes perfect sense that as Regina became more and more frazzled and stressed, Henry’s cried and cried. Dr. Whale was right, 10 CCs of Motherly Love. Be calm, hold him, and just relax.

"He was a lot of things to me" "The only conclusion was love"

[PriceofMagic]

Also Regina held him wrong a lot of the time, she should’ve had his head supported in the crook of her arm.

All magic comes with a price!

Keeper of Felix

[swanning-off]

she was always supporting his head and neck. As long as you do that, there’s no right or wrong way to hold babies.

The crying stuff was more just to emphasise that Regina seemed to expect that because she got what she wanted (a baby to *love her*) then the baby would just play his part appropriately. She got the crash course that many parents get: i.e. it’s not actually about you mate. It’s about them.

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