DD is nearly 3. We are currently staying with family abroad. DD is here with DH and her little brother.
Even at home she's pretty clingy. Say if I go upstairs, she'll come looking for me etc. she'll sometimes refuse to go anywhere with her dad, unless I come.
She goes to nursery and has been going for about a year and still has trouble separating. I can leave her with a couple of her favourite people there and she's happy to go in, but cries a lot if they're not there.
Anyway, back to our current trip.
Every time we get out of the car or do anything together, she's always looking for me/ crying for me and having massive tantrums if I'm not right there. I basically can't leave her side without the breakdowns. For example, she'll be sitting down at a table with her dad and brother and I'll go up to order, which will cause a huge meltdown. Or say I need the toilet or to get something from the car etc. obviously I take her with me as much as I can and I don't abandon her, but it's not practical sometimes. On the plane she sat next to her dad and she was upset she wasn't sitting next to me etc. I wanted to swap seats, but her dad said not to.
At bed time it's also an issue. No one else can really put her to bed. I can kind of deal with that at home, but it's exhausting here and she's constantly crying and it's really affecting my movements. We always comfort her and tell her I'll be back etc. she's been where we are so many times, so it's not new.
What else can I do to stop the tantrums around this ?