My 9 month DD is a big yap!

[dewmeadow]

I am bfing and co-sleeping my third baby and she is just sooo demanding.

She wont have anyone else but me (the odd time she'll accept daddy) and cries all day at the childminders on Friday - my one day of work.

If something annoys her, she throws her body about and shouts in a very unfeminine manner. Do you think its her personality - strong woman/badtempered wee bitch -or have I "ruined" her in some way (as they say here!)

Anyone else?

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Dew,she's just a baby and she needs you. Of course you haven't ruined her.it is fab that she has such a strong attachment to her.Very important for future mental health.

It is hard work but she will grow out of it.

She is a baby and loves her mummmy - yes probably a PITA at the moment but she really is paying you a compliment. You cannot ruin a baby.

I have the same problem with ds. He is a complete pig's bottom whenever he can't see me or dh. He is also very demanding but won't go to anyone else without screaming and getting distressed.

The way I see it is that if he wants me then I will gladly be there for him. (No matter how draining it is!) They are just babies and at this age they are nearly all clingy and demanding!

DS is nearly 8 months and also shouts/ grunts and is extremely loud in general.

Yes it knackers me out but this will hopefully pass and the more you give her now, the more she will trust and respect you later.

I'm sure you haven't 'ruined' her, she is a baby, she needs to know she can rely on you. I'm sure as she gets older and understands people and the world a bit better she will ease up a bit.

Fingers crossed anyway!

You sound like you're doing a great job.

Sorry, ds is nearly 9 months not 8 months! I clearly have regressed!

My dd was like this at 9 months. She had been very placid until aroudn then and suddenly turned into a lunatic if I moved half an inch away from her. Our holiday last year was disastrous for this reason. I was marooned inside with DD for two weeks. No one else was even allowed to touch her.

Now, at 18 months she is slowly coming out of it and is becoming sociable. She'll still scream if the wrong person picks her up (my sister ) but basically she's fine now.

Def you haven't ruined her. She'll be lovely again before you know it.

you def have NOT ruined her- bf her and co-sleeping are meeting her needs (she just loves you) will she let her daddy do anything with her? You sound like a great mummy and she'll grow out of it soon. How is she with her siblings?