A little advice / reassurance needed.
I have a 20 month old DS and he has always been high needs. Colicky as a new born, slow to crawl (12 months) and walk (17 months) and has around 15 words although they are coming more frequently of late. The issue is his emotional development.
My DS has never been a particularly cuddly or social baby but it's becoming more noticeable. He screams if his grand-dad, aunt or uncle even dare go near him. He is only happy with me, DH, his nana's and his nursery nurses, and his 3 year old cousin. He does like sitting on my lap and playing with me or DH, he has good eye contact and is starting to role-play. He does like to lead us to his toys but doesn't hand lead us to play with his toys just to get us to go with him.
He doesn't like anyone coming up to him and even friends can't hold or tickle him. We went for lunch with a group of friends and admittedly we did have to wake him from the car and he went straight into a big group but for the next 3 hours he screamed and wouldn't let anyone but me and DH go near him. I am just so worried about how to help him and I just want him to be happy. It's breaking my heart to see family want to interact with him and him totally rejecting them.
Anyone have similar experiences? Desperate for some advice.
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sjroberston · 17/09/2015 20:22
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