Gah! I don't know if she just senses the end of being an only child approaching or if it's just the 2s but every time DD has to be separated from me (to visit my parents whom she sees ALL THE TIME, to have Daddy take her to change her diaper, to be dropped off at the gym daycare where we go every day, or right now to go to the playground with her dad which is like her dream afternoon, or whatever!) Her lip starts to quiver and she just starts bawling about "Mommy coming with you? Mommy will come!" It was heartbreaking watching her force herself to follow her dad out the door just now. I could tell she really wanted to go to the playground and even waved goodbye but it was so hard for her to walk away from me.
Any advice? Just keep plowing through it? Sigh. It makes me so sad to see her so upset but I don't want her to be attached to me and I know it bums DH out a lot too...
FWIW she usually recovers pretty fast once I'm out of sight but the actual goodbye is miserable.
Re: SO clingy! Any advice?
Story of my life! Except J only spends time with me and the DC-mom + the 3 other children on a day-to-day basis. So I guess I have to live with him being clingy for a while still. However he does shift sometimes and don't want to come home with me from DC (every blue moon).
But if you do find a solution I will try it out