15m old dd screams each time DP leaves room...

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I have one dd already (6) so would have thought I'd have come across this but don't remember it!

DD (15m) goes beserk if her father leaves the room, even if I'm still in the room with her. She screams and screams. If distracted she'll sometimes stop screaming after 3 or 4 minutes but other times she just keeps on

He's started carrying her all the time, when cooking, tidying, going to the toilet!!

At my parents at the weekend she had the attention of her gran/grandad/me/sister and still screamed the house down when DP went out to the car. She kept it up till 5 minutes later when he came back in and picked her up. The minute he picks her up she stops. If he leaves the room and shes on the floor she crawls after him screaming.

Has anyone else gone through this? She also screams if her sister sits on me when she is also on me, and hits her to try to get her off me. If dd(1) sits on DP dd(2) goes mad.

Interestingly she doesn't scream or get upset when dropped at nursery 3 days a week.

bump any thoughts?

I'm still desperate!! bump

Perhaps he is her fav person at the moment, separation anxiety. Bless her!

CJ - 'Bless her'! We want to kill her!

Its just the screaming and screaming. Maybe its a phase....

My DD (15 mths) is exactly the same with me - screams the place down when I am not with her, my poor DP! I find she does it more when she is tired or teething i.e needs an extra bit of comfort.

Don't think there is much you can do about it, except try to distract her when your DP leaves a room. Also, does your DD have a comfort blanket / toy? My DP finds that, her comfort blanket soothes her when she gets upset if I am not there.

Good luck!!!

DS goes through phases of this. It's worse when he's working on a developmental spurt. Occasionally he does it when I leave the room, but mostly it's when DH goes.

It helps if we always explain where DH is going, and when he'll see him again. I then keep talking about that once DH is out of the room. I find it also helps to really stop, look him in the eye (as much as you can while he's yelling) and acknowledge how he's feeling.

So the conversation is something like:

DH: I'm going upstairs now, but Mummy will stay with you and I'll see you at teatime.
DS: Waaaah!
Me: Daddy's going upstairs but we'll see him later.
DS: Waaaah!
Me: You're upset, aren't you, that Daddy's gone upstairs? I know, it's not much fun, but we'll see him again at teatime. Now, why don't we...

It doesn't stop the problem but it does seem to make it a bit better.