Clingy baby advice

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My little boy is 10 months tomorrow and has hit the clingy phase. I’m really just looking for some advice on how to manage it from anyone who has been through it.
He is constantly crawling up to me and putting his arms up to be picked up, if I’m holding him and put him down he bursts into tears, if we are out at a class or soft play he just wants to sit on my knee the whole time. All of these things I obviously don’t mind , but do I just follow his lead until it passes?

The other big one is bed time, if my husband puts him to bed he’s hysterical until I go in and I end up sitting by the cot until he falls asleep. He’s also started waking at night and crying, he stops when I go in the room (so I don’t think there’s anything wrong with him) but then I’m sat by his cot for up to an hour at 3am while he drops back off.

No advice here but sending solidarity.. mine was exactly like this. Grew out of it as he turned one though so hopefully it won't last too long for you!

My daughter was like this - the lady who ran the baby group then playgroup we attended (when Covid allowed!) described her as the clingiest baby she’d ever come across!

I remember reading that playing games like peekaboo and gradually extending that to moving out of their sight very briefly and coming back again helps them to develop their understanding of object permanence and that you’ll always come back. No idea if it actually helped but worth a try?

It’s so hard when sometimes you just feel lien you need a break, but I did just go with it and let her cling as much as she needed really.
She’s 3.5 now and a super confident, outgoing little social butterfly! She went into school nursery on the first day without so much as a backwards glance for example. Not saying that she isn’t still a bit needy and wanting to be all over me as much as possible when we’re at home, and she’d still rather I did bedtime than her dad but she does accept it when it’s him now. We used to take the path of least resistance and I’d just do it every night as it took a fraction of the time (we coslept till about 2.5 anyway), but since she’s been in her own room I’ve got pretty militant at making sure he does t least as many, if not more than me - and of the night wake ups too!

Hi there! I'm reading this and thinking this is exactly the same as my 7 month year old, and apparently it gets worse. It's really tough and I'm full of guilt even complaining about this because I know one day my son won't need constant cuddles, but it's so stressful because he cries and cries and screams the moment I put him down or out of sight! I worry about how much time he spends crying in the day as a result, all the times I need to wash my hands, go to the loo, make his feed etc. it's super stressful and I fear for him when I go back to work. Sending solidarity to you, and I hope both our babies grow out of it soon!