8 month old not shy at all, no tears when mummy leaves the room.

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My ds is 8 months old, He is a sociable little chap, he likes "chatting" to people on the bus and he enjoys spending time with other babies.

He understands object permanance, he will look to the floor to find and object that he has dropped from his highchair.

Comapared to the other babies we know he has to fear of strangers and he doesn't seem to react to other babies emotions. The other babies cry when each other cry and my ds just sits in the middke of them all looking baffled. He doesn't cry when I leave the room and he seems to have nearly no stranger anxiety. He doesn't like it if people get right in his face as soon as they meet him but once he has been in the same room as someone for a few mins he is happy to go to them for a cuddle.

I have hardly ever been away from him, dp has taken ds to the park alone maybe 3 times otherwise I have constantly been with ds, we co-sleep and I ebf for the 1st 6 months and now breastfeed and we give real food.

The only time ds really wants mummy is when he wakes in the evening, if dp goes into him to try and settle him ds screams and screams.

I love my ds's confidence and friendly personality but I wonder if such a lack of stranger anxiety could be a sign that he isn't very attached to me his mummy?

My DS was like this. He sometimes cried when I left the room, but only because he thought I was doing something really interesting without him
He is now 3.8yo and the most confident and friendly child I know. He loves being with people and can make friends in an instant.

My son was like this. Incidentally I bottle fed, he was in nursery from 9mo with no tears beyond the first few days while he got to know his lady. and don't string me up but he slept in a separate room though with doors open from very early on

It is joyously easy having a non-clingy child, enjoy it for now and don't expect the next one to be the same!

My 9 month old doesn't either.....not worried.

DS was like this until about 1 then suddenly he turned into my stalker! He actually trys to climb onto my lap while I am on the loo and will scream for me if I leave him he's 18 months now and if i turn a corner and he doesn't see me for 3 seconds she starts shouting 'mum mum mum' like he's been abandoned and runs up and hugs my legs like I've been gone all day! This is the boy who wouldn't even sit on my knee to have a bottle and didn't bat an eyelid when I left for hours now i call him my shaddow.