5m frustrations

[Taila]

Im not certain if this is a dependancy issue or if my DD's mind has developed beyond the limitations of her body.

At 5 months she has already started to push herself backwards when on her tummy and loves to stand while holding on to something; she is also able to sit up on her own. With all of this I am lead to believe that she is trying to grow up too fast for her natural developement and is causing her to become majorly frustrated.

My other theory is that she is very dependant on me and cant handle doing things on her own. If I put her down she becomes very vocal of her displeasure. When I am able to get her to play on her own she will be ok for only a short time before crying for me.

Any advice as to why she might be complaining so often would be appreciated.

Mixture of both probably, she has realised that she really is a separate entity and that you can go away and she doesn't like it! Perfectly natural at her age. She will be getting frustrated too and that is perfectly normal, you will probably encounter frustration several more times as she gets older, often just before she finally manages to do something (crawl, walk etc), toddler tantrums are basically the same thing on a larger scale.

If I remember correctly it starts really early (for some) DD used to get frustrated around 2.5 months if she wasn't sitting (she managed at 4 months but them wanted to move on her own....), and it goes every time they want to achieve something new which they can't. I would guess it is normal and good (makes them want to progress), be honest you would be worried with a baby just happy to stare at the cieling. So frustration is normal and will pass quicker if she progress quickly (as she seems to be)
As for the dependency, it will be long before she can play on her own (they start around 2.5 for very short periods, the true playing on their own for 1/2h or more won't happen before they reach 4).
May be you are expecting a bit too much of her just now.