My son has just turned 1 years old. He's always been quite an affectionate baby and shows preference for me. But the past 1-2 months has been unbearable.
I can't leave his sight without him crying. He cries to the point of coughing and looking like he's going to be sick if I leave the room. When I come back in the room I have to pick him back up immediately or he won't stop crying. If someone else is holding him he will scratch them and push them away and fling himself about to try reach me. I can't have 1 second break. I have to feed him, change him, bath him, he won't let anybody else do it even one off. He won't go to anybody for even a second, not even his dad. His dad tries to leave me in bed some mornings for a break but it's hard to sleep when you know your baby won't be eating his breakfast and will just be crying until you come down. Some days I just need 5 minuets alone but I can't handle hearing him crying for me. Even going to the toilet, or eating my food, I have to do listening to him cry. He refuses to sleep in his cot. I have to transfer him into it when he's in a deep sleep and keep him in the bed with me until he does so. Anybody else dealing with this? It's really getting me down and I don't want to be bothering doctors or health visitors during COVID especially since I don't know if there's anything that can be done about it anyway. I have university in September and I'm starting to wonder if I'll even be able to go as he won't let anybody look after him.