Extremely clingy 2 year old

[Stargazer2404]

He is 2 years old, he says a few words. We got told not to worry until he is 3, but the fact that he doesnt talk makes this harder

What is worrying me the most is that i cant even go into the kitchen for 2 minutes without him running behind me and screaming/crying.

If i even go from one side of the living room, to the other, he will get up and run after me and grab my leg and wont stop till i sit down with him

He started pre-school a month ago, because we figured that might help him to be social but the teachers have just said he picks one teacher to stick with, and wont let that teacher go to anyone else

Im struggling to cope because i can no longer do anything in the house anymore. I cant go to the bathroom, without him pulling me, i cant change my daughters nappy or go make her food without him screaming the place down, i cant cook even though i sit him in the kitchen on his table and chair - because he just wants me right next to him

I spoke to the health visitor, she said 'thats normal for some kids' .. but im really concerned because ive never seen a child be this clingy.

I dropped him off at the childminders last week for 2 hours because i had to go have my meeting before starting work, and she said he cried the entire 2 hours, upsetting other kids

The health visitor is not worried, there may be nothing wrong but i dont know how to cope or what to do to help him anymore

Has anyone else experienced this with their child?

Clingyness usually stems from insecurity so I would try love bombing him - loads and loads of attention and affection, playing together with full attention then building up to say 5 mins playing alone and try and increase it from there. I appreciate if youre going back to work soon that may not work quick enough though. Hopefully someone will be along with better advice, I'm just going by what I did with clingy kids when I worked in early years

My youngest was like that and now runs into school without a sideways glance. So it won’t last forever, even though it feels like it.
I think I just learned to accept it, I had sidekick at all times, it made it easier then fighting it/getting annoyed at solutions that didn’t work. It helped at pre-school that they had a teacher they attached to and did the same...I wonder if childminder isn’t letting them cling to them as much so struggling there?