My DS is 17 months old. He's generally a very happy little chap. He's prone to the odd toddler tantrum when he doesn't get his way or when we tell him off, which I guess it completely normal.
However, for the last 4-6 weeks he's become incredibly clingy and attached to me whenever I'm around. He's in creche 4 days a week (has been since he was 5 months old), so is used to being apart from me. But, whenever I'm around he seems to want to cling to me, etc. I've started devoting more time in the mornings to him, which has seemed to help a lot, and we play lots in the evening after creche/work. But, at the weekends he constantly tries to grab my leg if I leave the room (even just to go to the loo!), isn't interested in cuddles/attention from DH.
Now he's started doing the same if we go for a walk. We took him to the woods on Saturday, thinking that it would be a nice open space where he wouldn't need to worry about the road, etc (we live in the middle of Brussels, so it's quite built up). After about 100m of walking he stopped, cried and tried to grab my legs. When I refused to pick him up he started having a mega crying fit and either sat down or just stood stock still. We tried to coax him on, but when he wouldn't stop we gave up and went back to the car.
DH thinks that DS is a bit afraid of new/open places. It certainly seems a bit that way. if we go to a new house or something, he usually stands in the middle of the room until we get down on the floor with him and encourage him to move, etc. Does anyone else have this with their DC? Any ideas how to tackle it? We live in a flat, so really want/need to be able to take DS out to play in the park, woods etc. I just don't really know how to handle it.
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amyboo · 22/08/2011 09:01
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