9 month old NO stranger anxiety?

[andyourmama2]

I don't know whether I should worry about this, you tell me.
I took DS to a soft play for the first time yesterday. I was talking with this other mum, when DS just crawls up to her and throws up his arms to get a hug from her (!)
She's surprised, I'm surprised and off he goes chasing a ball (!!!!)
He's never so far showed ANY sign of stranger anxiety. On the bus he always tries to get people's attention, which he usually manages without fail. I can leave him at the creche and so far he's never ever cried to see me go.
So it's me who cries... boo hoo hooo!!
He's very affectionate with both myself and DH right enough, but am I not supposed to be the all important person in his life? Is it not time for him to show it?
Oh, and neither me nor DH are highly sociable people. Lets say we're slightly on the unsociable side, so he can't have inherited the "people's person" act from either of us

definitely dont worry. It is slightly irritating when they are so loving to the whole world ds3 is like this. ds1 was the polar opposite and a clingy child is draining.

So sit back and be smug that you have raised such a happy sociable child (even if its an accident) because if the next is clingy and howls when you move 2 feet away it will be all your fault!

My eldest daughter was just like this (her siblings are also very sociable). I could have handed her to anyone when she was a baby, and she was perfectly happy. I think it just shows that your son is secure and confident - OF COURSE HE LOVES YOU BEST!
Enjoy it - I think there must be nothing more annoying than a child that spends his whole time clamped to Mum's legs!

Little boy only showing any clingyness or stranger anxiety for the first time now at 17 months.

I think they all get it at some point but some later than others

Don't worry at all - if you read up on attachment issues then the agreement seems to be that children like yours are the most securely attached to their parents of all. They feel absolutely certain that their Mum or Dad will love them whatever, that they have no worries sharing their love with anyone and everyone!
It'll probably wear off at some point, but till then just enjoy the admiration you get from everyone at your loving little boy!

DD2 is still like this now she is almost three. It's funnier when they can talk and everytime they see someone they say something along the lines of "Hello lady. Lady has nice shoes. Love you lady. Blow kiss lady?"

I think you have shown you are the most important person in his life, as it appears to me.

Why I think this: because it seems that he is so confident that you will always be there for him and is so secure and confident in himself, and just generally a lovely boy, that gives him the confidence to be the way you describe.

Well done, imo!

Blimey, didn't expect all that praise ladies! It makes a nice change from the usual criticisms us mums get whether we do one thing or another.Thanks. I'll print out this thread and rub it on my mother's nose
Crocdundee, you're probably right, it'll wear off sooner or later. The monster toddler is probably just round the corner.
Ok better off to bed. We're moving homes this weekend. Nighty night

Yay for you (and me) my 2 eldest are exactly like this, will talk to anyone, no anxiety at all, went off to nursery without a backward glance. I also will take the advice here that they are securely attached rather than uncaring.

Mind my ds2 (4 months) will probably be clingy to the extreme,I can't seem to brag about the slightest thing without it biting me in the arse