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Clingy youngest child

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Strawberry881 · 16/11/2022 21:22

Our youngest child is 3 and a half and is very clingy and moany at the moment. For example, wants me to sit next to her at mealtimes and goes mental if one of the older children sits next to me or I try to play a game or activity with them instead of her.

DD constantly cries for me, if I go to the bathroom I have to lock the door to get 2 minutes peace, I can’t do anything in the house without ‘mum, mum, mum, mum, MUM!!’ Literally not even 30 seconds of washing up.

Its absolutely draining and I’m throughly sick of the whining and moaning.

if we go to softplay on our own she will happily go in and play for a bit before asking me to play too but if we go to a softplay with friends she will cry for me to play. I’ve tried leaving her, letting her sit on my knee or whatever but after 10 mins or so she starts ‘mum, mum, mum, MUM, I want to go home now mum, mum, mum, MUM!!! Go home now, Mum!!’ Sometimes she will attempt to run out of the door probably because she knows this will get my attention.

I play with her loads at home so she’s definitely getting lots of attention already. She goes to nursery for 15 hours and teachers say she’s quiet but happy and absolutely fine.

help! This is also driving her two older siblings absolutely bonkers too

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AnxietyLevelMax · 17/11/2022 05:42

Didnt want to read an run. I have the same with my 2 years old and i really hope you will get some good advices here that i can still for myself😂

carefulcalculator · 17/11/2022 05:46

Its absolutely draining and I’m throughly sick of the whining and moaning. Whilst I understand the feeling, the more your child senses you want to get away the more they will want to be near you.

It's a phase. I would just accept it, for example ask her if she wants to sit next to you. Explain to the older ones she is just little.

autienotnaughty · 17/11/2022 06:02

What about a visual aid. So say if you are doing pots use a sand timer to tell her how long you will be. Try to have breaks in your day where you don't give her attention then gradually increase the length of time she doesn't get attention for.

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heartbroken22 · 17/11/2022 06:05

Terrible twos never hit my daughter but I think we got it at 3 and it was the clinginess. She won't cling to you forever but she's just looking for safety. She'll outgrow it once she knows you're there for her and it could take a few months. Once my daughter turned 4 it was like omg who is this child. She doesn't need me anymore!

Snnowflake · 17/11/2022 06:08

How much older are the other children.

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