my little guy (8 mo) has been acting weird in a few different departments in the last couple of weeks and i can't put my finger on what's going on. he's normally a little apprehensive but usually very happy and above all quite independent. lately he has been whining, unwilling to play by himself, and needing to be picked up (he's never been like that!)
this sounds like separation anxiety to me, but here's the thing: he goes to day care 3x per week (relatively new, only about a month) and is the same way with the group leaders there, even the ones he doesn't really know. when one of them walks away from them, even when in full view, he crawls over to them and pulls on their pants desperately, the same way he does with me. he doesn't cry or even really look up when i (or dh) leaves him there.
... as an additional note, he went from sleeping beautifully through the night since 4.5 mo, and now to the last 3/4 weeks waking up most nights sometime around 2 or 3 am screaming for about an hour! there is little if anything that can be done to console him. this might be something entirely different (though is probably not helping w/ his crankiness
TIA for any help, thoughts, suggestions, etc!