My daughter is almost 1 year old and I left her overnight for the first time on the weekend (with DH) while I went on a girls weekend away.
One of the other girls has a baby ever so slightly younger and she was saying how worried she was about leaving her DD as she gets upset when she leaves the room and will only settle for her generally. Sure enough her boyfriend was texting during the weekend saying she seemed a bit distressed and was hard to settle.
My DD on the other hand was absolutely fine, DH sent me a few photos of them having a lovely time. My friend made a really offhand comment about how her and her DD have a really close bond hence her babies reaction to her absence and honestly even tho I'm so pleased DD had a good weekend it has made me feel so shit. Is it normal for a baby her age to have no separation anxiety from their mother?? I'm freaking out now that we aren't properly attached.
For what it's worth DD is generally a very happy, smiley and sociable baby with us and other adults/children. I thought this was a good thing but now I'm wondering if its normal that she doesnt have a massive preference for me? Or her dad? When I got back from my weekend she was full of smiles and wanted to sit on my lap but then my in laws came over and she was exactly the same with them.
She is pretty independent, crawls off to her toy box in the mornings and plays with her toys happily but always shows me things and loves it when I play games with her but happy playing alone too.
Am I being completely ridiculous??