know a lot of parents say their child is clingy, and I thought my first born was, as I was always his favourite person, but my daughter is a whole other level.
My daughter is 17 months and I cannot do ANYTHING without her. When I am present, she will not go to anyone else, not even her dad, she screams if her dad tries to put her to bed and I am there, she won’t sit on anyone else’s lap and she is constantly touching me. If I am trying to cook or clean she is hanging off my leg or on my hip, if I stand up to move she will cry that she thinks I am leaving her. When I am driving I have to lean in the back seat and have a hand touching her or she screams. When we play she will sit on my lap and constantly push herself back into me to get as close as possible. She doesn’t sleep because she cries until I am holding her and as soon as I try to put her down she wakes. If I lie with her her face has to be pushed up against mine. Everything I touch she has to hold. I cannot go to the toilet or wash without her in the bathroom with me.
She is overall such a happy child (I know my description didn’t sound it) but she just loves me to be there and be touching me. When we go on days out/to baby groups, she is generally happy to go off and explore as long as she can see me and keep coming back to me.
I work 16 hours a week and although she cries when I leave, she is fine when I am not there, but as soon as she can see me she wants to be touching me.
I run on average on 4 hours sleep and it’s getting difficult now to be so sleep deprived, juggle working, running a house, dedicating enough time to my other child and having her cling on me.
Anyone have any advice/experience with an EXCEPTIONALLY clingy child, not just the normal “your my favourite person” kind.