DS is 9 months. I guess you could say he has always been quite a clingy baby. Whenever grandparents visit or we go to them, he always cries pretty much uncontrollably. He maybe comforted briefly by a cuddle, but generally wimpers the whole time. Sometimes they only have to walk through the door and he bursts into tears. He is like a different baby once he is alone with DH and I, smiley and happy.
We have read about separation anxiety, the fear they are going to be left or taken away from us.
The concern is that I reluctantly return to work in 1 week and grandparents are going to be looking after him for 3 days. DH works from home so will be around, although his ability to assist will be limited due to work.
Furthermore, I am probably going to have to return full time in a month, so will mean leaving him with a childminder, I'm trying not to consider how he will be at that point just yet!
My question is how best to handle it, are we better spending time with him with the grandparents here, or leaving him alone with them to "get used to it". We are doing a mixture of the two currently and he seems equally distressed with both situations.
Any experiences or advice would be greatly received.