Fed up of my limpet

[Twinkleinmyeye]

Sorry to moan (again), but MAN ALIVE, I'm getting tired of having DS2 attached to me. I'm lying in bed surfing the net, he's asleep next to me (we cosleep, not a problem), I tried to get up to put away some clean laundry and didn't even make it out of bed before he woke up. I can't leave the room at the mo without him having a meltdown! He just wants me to hold him all day. He's really grabby, so I'm covered in little scratches and he's bloomin' heavy (91st centile)!

I know it's a phase. I just wanted a moan. And I think my DM, DSis and DH are fed up of listening. Well, DH glazes over and nods and says "uh-huh" occasionally. Which is almost listening, I guess... :o

Oh this brings back memories.
DD 11 was like this, until age of 4 - constantly shadowed me everywhere, it was exhausting and there were times I felt pretty suffocated, I was still breastfeeding her just before she turned 3 - not my choice I was so knackered didn't have the energy to stop. Although she had her own room she would join us most nights as well.

She is still a very huggy, affectionate girl now, so I definitely think it was an innate personality thing - she just required that closeness. Having said that she has never had any hang-ups about staying at friends or sleepovers and is confident socially so there is no reason to think clingy toddlers grow into clingy children.

Hope you get a bit of peace and solitude tonight,

I remember the utter desperation joys of this stage too - still firmly etched in my memory. My DS was the same as a baby, and a whopper like yours. Ended up having to 'wear' him everywhere - even to the loo. One thing that helped was an electric baby swing. They're not cheap but it saved my sanity and my back. He was still very clingy at about 2 but suddenly grew out of it. He's now nearly four and one of the most confident boys you could meet - had none of the clingy preschool meltdowns that I had with my first. Like the OP, he's also really affectionate - spends most of the day smothering me in kisses and cuddles, so that's the pay-off in the end.

Thanks both. It's always nice to hear "yep, been there!" because there's always a part of me that worries that I shouldn't feel like this.

We have tried a swing. Didn't work! :o thanks for the suggestion though. :)

My DS is 2 years old tomorrow and is really clingy.
It's certainly becoming a long phase!
It does get me down as he always asks for a cuddle when I get up to make a cup of tea/go to the loo/answer the door etc.
Luckily he loves our babysitter too so when I leave to go to work he is ok.
We don't co-sleep so at least I get a break between 7pm and 7am

My DS was like this, unfortunately till he was about 9/10.

The story I always tell people is that at the beach, even at the age of 5/6, he would try to build a sandcastle RIGHT BY MY HEAD, 10cm from the edge of my towel. Standing joke in my family.

Although to be fair he is 15 now and doesn't even want to be in the same country as me now I'm sure