20 month old has become incredibly clingy

[kisaki333]

Please help!
My Dd 20 months old is usually quite independent, not a big fan of cuddles or kisses etc.
Over the last few weeks she's become more and more clingy towards me. She just wants to be in my arms all the time.

Today, for example, i was driving her home from nursery, and she started crying hysterically for mummy about 2 mins in. I had to stop and take her out of her carseat. She calmed down immediately in my arms but as soon as I tried to put her back, meltdown again. I ended up driving with her crying hysterically for the rest of the way.

This is killing me because I work FT from home and she's meant to be with dad in the afternoon, but she only wants me. He can't go anywhere with her or do anything, she will just sit by my office door and cry hysterically while i am in meetings with customers.

I have no clue how to fix this. I have no clue what's caused it either. She's not ill that i can tell.

Any words of wisdom? I know she's a baby and wants her mum, but this is so unlike her, it's just extreme!

Just googled this question and this thread came up so bumping it for you in the hope that some others have some wisdom.

I'm in a similar situation . DD is also almost 20 months. She's become ridiculously clingy in the last month or so. From the second she's awake all she asks for is "mummy cuddle". She screams 90% of the time if DH tries to have a cuddle. She cries her eyes out when I'm driving if she can't be in my arms. She wraps herself around my leg if I'm trying to wash up or cook for her. She's fine at the childminder, but at home it's exhausting and she just wants me 24/7. It's sad for DH too, as she will literally hit him over the head if he tries to have a cuddle.

Any suggestions or stories about how children outgrow this delightful stage! I don't recall having anything like this with DD1 (though I have a 21 year gap between children so my recollections may be hazy!)

Thanks for the bump!
Just an update on my situation: she started to improve on her own basically. I think it might just be a stage and we have to ride it out. She's still clingy but not as bad as a week or two ago. Does not help that at the moment she has her canines coming through and has a cold at the same time poor dear. I'd be clingy too if i were in that much pain! So hoping once the teething and cold finish, we will be in a better place. In the meantime i am trying to give her as much of my time as i can (hard with a full time job but i try...)
Wishing you the best of luck!