Seperation anxiety baby and dad

[fifiKma]

Hi,

I am looking for any suggestions to help my 8 month old with adjusting to his dad returning to work. Dad has been working from home mostly since he was born. He would often give him a cuddle and watch him briefly if I need the bathroom or something. They are pretty close.

The first day was OK but today and yesterday he kept saying Daddy then crying. He was super excited when he came home but then upset every time he left the room. He was very fussy all day and clingy which he normally isn't at all. Does anyone have any suggestions for how to comfort him or should I just let him have this as an experience? I'm a ftm so no idea how to deal with this.
I do have PN anxiety but I have been feeling OK and don't think this is me rubbing off on him but never sure.

I think this is normal at his age. Obviously try to comfort him with cuddles or distract with toys, but he just needs to go through this to understand that people go away but always come back.

Lots of distraction for now. Don't worry, he'll get used to it quickly.

Distraction, anything, especially out of a window, did you see that birdie/cat/dog? Let's go and see what else we can see.

It is a completely normal phase of development. Your Dh needs to keep doing what he is doing and so your baby learns that Daddy or whoever else, leaves but comes back.