Clingly 18month old - help

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DD has always been clingly, I went on holiday over xmas with my brother and she would hardly go to him all holiday.

She sleeps with me and is always stuck to me like glue. If I put her to bed she will wake up within an hour if she is sleeping alone. She was bf untill 14months and has always woke at night to comfort feed. When I stopped bf the sleeping improved but I'm not sure if that is because I stayed in bed with her all night.

Now if she wakes at night she has started saying 'din' which ,means she wants dinner so I give her dried cereal and she goes back to sleep but I can now see I am starting a new bad habit with her.

She still does not walk alone and on holiday kept taking my hand and walking up and down holding it all night. And when I tried to sit down she would scream and moan.

I feel that I am giving into her all the time and am worried I will turn her into a spoilt child if I do not do something about it.

She hardly ever goes in the pram and always wants to be carried.

How can I improve things.

bump, i can't help with the sleep thing but can deffinitely relate to the always carrying, not going in the pushchair, doesn't help that my 17 month old is bloomin enormous and heavy! what's she like in the car? can you distract her in the pram with toys/ snacks? i sympathise. x

meant to say that do you think it could be related to her not walking yet, maybe she feels a bit frustrated and wants you to help her explore a bit?? my ds was horrid til he got walking, never happy, very clingy always wanted walking around and i never got to sit down! he'd scream if anyone dared touch him other than me and dh.

dd has always been like this. Sometimes she will sit in the pram with toys and food but most of the time will go crazy when I put her in there.

Dd will not let hardly anyone go near her. and takes ages to let someone hold her for a few mins.

mmm my ds can be like that too. it's always so difficult when i go to my family's house as immediately people want to be cuddling him and he hates it. he used to scream before he could walk but now he just pushes them away, wriggles down and walks away. he hates people fussing over him.

he never stays in his pushchair for more than 20 minutes, sometimes whines and cries after a few minutes and i always have to give him something to eat like a cracker or raisins just to actually get him in in the first place. same with the car seat.

what does she weigh? could you get away with a sling instead of pram? i had my ds in a sling til he was over 13 months but he's just too heavy for me now, it makes my ankles ache to hacve all that extra weight on them.

i kept thinking he would grow out of it but no such luck as yet . does she smile and chatter at new people? i think my ds is just very selective on who he likes and who he doesn't!

I used to use asling but she is also too heavy now, she smiles at new people when she wants to, but does not like new people coming to her.

I'm still hoping dd will grow out of it.