My ds is 8 months old, He is a sociable little chap, he likes "chatting" to people on the bus and he enjoys spending time with other babies.
He understands object permanance, he will look to the floor to find and object that he has dropped from his highchair.
Comapared to the other babies we know he has to fear of strangers and he doesn't seem to react to other babies emotions. The other babies cry when each other cry and my ds just sits in the middke of them all looking baffled. He doesn't cry when I leave the room and he seems to have nearly no stranger anxiety. He doesn't like it if people get right in his face as soon as they meet him but once he has been in the same room as someone for a few mins he is happy to go to them for a cuddle.
I have hardly ever been away from him, dp has taken ds to the park alone maybe 3 times otherwise I have constantly been with ds, we co-sleep and I ebf for the 1st 6 months and now breastfeed and we give real food.
The only time ds really wants mummy is when he wakes in the evening, if dp goes into him to try and settle him ds screams and screams.
I love my ds's confidence and friendly personality but I wonder if such a lack of stranger anxiety could be a sign that he isn't very attached to me his mummy?
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8 month old not shy at all, no tears when mummy leaves the room.
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froken · 26/08/2013 14:40
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