Hi ladies

Hope u are all enjoying your friday night. Well Isabella is 8 months, and 4 the past 2 weeks she has become really clingy, when i leave the room she screams hysterically, or if she cant c me she goes mad. Also, she is having tantrums and wants 2 b played with all the time, its hard 2 even go the toilet sometimes!

Anyone have any advice, will be appreciated!

xx

I'm sure it's a phase hun.
Ruby did the same and it went on for a couple of months I'm afraid. Then she learnt to walk and now just follows me everywhere which is much better for her!
She still cries though if i shut the gate on the lounge door on her and go into the kitchen to get something for a second! More in anger though as she likes to come in the kitchen as well but its not always safe (if the oven is on for example).
The clinginess is much better and now it's only really if she's tired,
Otherwise, she hates being picked up as she wants to walk everywhere by herself!!
She is 11 months.

x

[Modified by: marathon bar on July 03, 2009 10:26 PM]

Crikey I know the feeling, my 7 month old has just started it this week. She used to be happy playing and rolling about, now as soon as I'm out of sight she screams the house down!! I think all lo's go through a phase like this around this age. I remember my eldest doing it for a good month or so. I've got no advice from first time round, I tried everything from talking to her when I was out of the room, sneaking out while she was distracted but nothing really worked. She did eventually grow out of that phase and I'm sure our lo's will too. These phases are a pain while they last though!! xx

no advise really but wanted to say its normal. Daisy is 16 months old and still clingy but it definitely started at 8 months.i went back to work when she was 8 months too after having 10 months mat leave and i thought it was cus i was leaving her. i realse now it was her age. (i only work saturdays too) the only advise id give is just tell her what you are doing all the time. i never sneak out to work i ask her to wave me off to work no matter how heartbreaking it is. so she learns that you are going but you will be back. i still tell her now everything im doing. mummy is just putting washing upstairs etc. she is still hysterical if i leave the room and is a real mummys girl but im with her all day every day apart from saturdays. distraction is the best thing daddy plays with her when im in kitchen cooking eventually she gets bored of crying and ends up playing but if she in a bad mood or tired i sometimes end up giving in and picking her up as she will get that upset shes sick. you will get through it i actually think it can be harder on your oh tbh i think mine would get upset that she didnt want to go to him xx

no advise really but wanted to say its normal. Daisy is 16 months old and still clingy but it definitely started at 8 months.i went back to work when she was 8 months too after having 10 months mat leave and i thought it was cus i was leaving her. i realse now it was her age. (i only work saturdays too) the only advise id give is just tell her what you are doing all the time. i never sneak out to work i ask her to wave me off to work no matter how heartbreaking it is. so she learns that you are going but you will be back. i still tell her now everything im doing. mummy is just putting washing upstairs etc. she is still hysterical if i leave the room and is a real mummys girl but im with her all day every day apart from saturdays. distraction is the best thing daddy plays with her when im in kitchen cooking eventually she gets bored of crying and ends up playing but if she in a bad mood or tired i sometimes end up giving in and picking her up as she will get that upset shes sick. you will get through it i actually think it can be harder on your oh tbh i think mine would get upset that she didnt want to go to him xx