Hey

Just wondering if anyone else is goin through the same thing.

Ever since Tiarna turned bout 8 months old, she was fine up until then. She wouldnt care if i left the room to hang the washing, or if i went to the toilet or went into the kitchen to make some food (for her mind u).

NOW its a whole new story. Cries as soon as she sees me go out of the room. Always wants to be held. Doesnt wanna go to anyone else,except me. Not even Daddy. Poor daddy.

Anyone else going through this>? When does it end? Im not stop holding her cuz all she does is whinge ARGhh!

Cheers
JESS
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Hi Jess

My nephew has started doing this too and he is 8 months old as well. Except with him it is mum or dad as usually only one of them is home with him. as soon as they leave the room he starts crying. I think a lot of bubs go through this stage of separation anxiety

Sorry I cant help but at least you are not alone

i have a beautiful baby girl who is 5 months and she is doing the exact same thing as ur DD. she is so attched to me that i can not leave the room or else she cries and screams and she hates to be put down. she ALWAYS wants to be carried and cries otherwise..... however the only other person she does go to is her daddy. there were times where my mum looked after her for a couple of hous and she gets hystrical and i have to cut my day/nite early to come home to settle her down.

althought i love the fact that shes attached to me i am now feeling extremely tired and tied down as i am unable to get anything in the house done etc..

im not really sure what to do..... hoping someone else has some suggestions for us.

GOODLUCK

Hello Jess

My bub is nine months old and is doing exactly same thing she is so clingy and has been like this for few months its driving me nuts.She is fine when i am in the room with her and she can see me but if i leave she cracks up crying.If someone tries to pick her up she carries on and gets worse until i take her and then she settles.Even tried calling her name if not in same room but it doesn't work.Another one is like last night i went to the gym and left her with daddy and daddy was getting ready to feed her in the highchair and i came in the door she started crying and carrying on but before that hubby said she was all smiles and ready to be fed,it drives me crazy.Also it makes it hard hubby comes home and i haven't done anything because i haven't been able to.Although sometimes if it has to be done i sit her on the floor and go and do what i have to do i also have two other kids and then when finished i will pick her back up.

Hi,

I understand how you all fell i have a nearly 18 month old girl that is so clingy to, she has been like this since she was 8 months old and it has just gotten worse to the point where it has driven me to depression becuase i can not do anything as long as she is awaken. I am in the process of trying to recover from the depression, the only thing i can suggest to all of you is to not let your children get used to being able to just cry and get you to pick them up cause it will only make the situation worse and trust me thats the last thing that you want cause not only will it drag you down it could affect your relationship with your partner as it has with be to the point where when me and my partner try and cuddle our duaghter trys to get in between because she wants me to be cuddling her instead.

Some times it may be hard to just let your child cry when they want you but in the end they need to learn that they can not always have you, it WILL just get worse.

Jess

my dd is actualy the same she is 7 months it only started 3 weeks ago already driving me insane and making daddy feel so bad he used to put her to bed every night now he can't get her to settle i love that she loves being with me but would love to be able to get some housework and have time to myself. smile

Hey there,
Both my children went through stages of clingyness from about 8 months until they could walk, it is a stage and it will pass, as we speak both my 1.5 yr old and 12 month old r in different rooms of the house as neither of them want to b with daggy mum but please, please, please dont let your baby just cry it out all this is going to teach her is that when she cry's mummy isnt there for her and while you see her fears of being separated to you as being ridiculous they are after all real to her, sit and play with her and reassure her that your there then if u need to leave the room you announce mummy just needs to go for a second and ill b right back, u leave and then when u came back in pick her up give her a cuddle and get right back to playing, if you have a few things to do i would highly suggest investing in a ergo carrier and strapping her to your back and getting the house work done together, she will love doing things with you and you will love being able to get things done without having to listen to her cry the whole time.

Same thing happening here. Has been since she was around 5months and has just gotten worse over the last couple of days to the point that she cries when I stand up to leave the room. If I have to do something important I either take her with me to the other room or if its only real quick I keep talking to her while in the other room. The talking to her part doesnt help much but hoping in the future it might.

We learnt that separation anxiety is a normal developmental stage and most babies will go through it. It starts around 6 months.