My DS seems to have developed severe separation anxiety after starting reception last week. He was OK day 1, quietly welled up day 2 (not helped by me not realising I was still allowed to go in with him), asked(while getting increasingly traumatised) to give me 'one last kiss' a few times, then had an extreme tantrum/cry after I left because he again wanted to give me another kiss. But basically it would have just gone on - something the TA said to me and I agreed with.
He went to the HM's office to calm down (not a punishment - just what they do) and was happy the rest of the day. Today DH tried to go for a bike ride of maybe 20 minutes and the same thing happened - 'I want to ask Daddy one last thing!'. Then extreme crying and screaming 'I want to catch up with him! Put me down! Let me go!' (I was hugging him). It cleared within maybe two minutes but he was really thrashing at me in the initial stages.
My DH stayed to have breakfast with DS on his first day but the next three nights was back after bedtime. Normally he's not a presence in the week much. I say this because it may have a bearing - DS is quite needy about DH in some ways; he also gets confused saying things like 'Is Daddy coming tonight?' - like he doesn't realise this is DH's base or he's similar in his presence here to grandma and granddad (who come once a week, and before school whom we saw probably one other afternoon).
He shows signs of separation anxiety in other ways - not liking the dark, not liking to go to sleep, having bad dreams. DH also has a bit of history for this; I Googled (don't shoot me) and apparently it can foreshadow depression later in life, which is something that has mildly affected DH, and can be hereditary. If you've experienced this, do you have any advice or words of comfort? To my knowledge, DS has no SNs. Thanks!