Clingy baby

[Amylou1993]

Hi everyone!
My baby girl has just turned 6 months. We have always visited family and friends and she has always been absolutely fine to be held by them which I love seeing. Just recently she has started to cry as soon as she has left my arms, even including her dad. I hate to see her upset but I also hate to see her upset with my mum and dad who I'm really close with! Any ideas on how to help? Is it just hopefully a phase? I'm also pretty exhausted as having to do most things myself at the moment 😅
Thanks!!

Definitely just a phase! She’s starting to realise you and her are not one person, and they don’t understand object permanence at this age ie if she can’t see you, to her you don’t exist anymore so it’s pretty scary!

It will settle down. Might take a few months first though. I found with Dd if I left the room she calmed down reasonably quickly. Also get dad to take her out for a walk etc without you. Should help!

Hey, my little one is slightly younger and not experiencing this yet (although is starting to shout when he sees me leaving rooms so may be the start of what you’re experiencing!).

I heard that playing games with them can help them to develop secure attachments, things like peekaboo etc.

im sure it is just a phase! As PP said, might be an idea to leave the room entirely, if they can’t see you they might not realise (or at least not straight away anyway!)