My DS is 9,5 months and is a true mommy's boy. He loves his daddy and excitedly crawls to meet him at the door every night when he comes home from work, but at bedtime and naptime too, only mommy is allowed to put him to bed. Some days are a little easier, but most are not and I'm at a point of a breakdown:(..
He feeds to sleep, which of course is wrong, I know, but I don't know how to stop it. Recently I've managed to feed him sitting on the bed with him and then he will shake his head from side to side until he falls asleep and I put him down. But after that I'll be back in the room in about 10 minutes to shush him back to sleep (after having picked him up again, as he will not have me just patting him..) and thereafter sometimes another 10 times before I finally give in and just go to sleep myself. We co-sleep with him. It's F-R-U-S-T-R-A-T-I-N-G!! If DH tries to go in the bedroom to try and put him back to sleep, DS will get absolutely hysterical and will cry until he basically either loses his voice or throws up ! Nothing helps, but seeing mommy, and not even just seeing mommy, mommy has to hold baby and preferably breastfeed him too:(.. During the day I also have to always be where he can see me.
So I've gathered this is separation anxiety, but how can I make it a bit easier for DS, and myself? And when does it typically "end"? Since I had DS I've never had the luxury of going out for a bit in the evenings, even just to the gym or something, because most classes at my gym that I used to love going to coincide with DS' bedtime. Until now I've just tried to accept it, but I've hit the point where I feel I really need some me-time at least once or twice a week...
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9 months old, separation anxiety?
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Marabou · 01/03/2012 13:23
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