My 4 month only has recently started showing some signs of separation anxiety (crying if somebody other than me and her dad hold her or carry her around). I'm back working a couple of days a week as a baby photographer in my home studio and today my mum looked after her for an hour while I did a shoot. I could hear her absolutely hysterically crying and screaming for the second half of the time I was gone. My mum said it started once she picked her up to put her on her playmat. I'm not sure if this is related but this seemed to all start the day I was unwell in bed and my partner looked after her for the day. He took her to his mums while I slept and when he came home said every time his mum held her she cried and since then it's been happening occasionally. She's also fine and full of smiles when people just talk to her but don't pick her up and carry her away. She is usually fine with her daddy other than last week she did the hysterical screaming with her dad for about an hour when she woke one night and I was out for dinner with friends.
Sorry for the essay, just wanted to cover everything to see if anybody had any ideas as to why this is happening or how I can help her with this as she will need to be looked after by my Mum so I can work for a couple hours a week and it's not nice to see her upset when family members hold her :/
Thanks!