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Babies: 6 - 9 Months
beccabride2be
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stranger anxiety?
beccabride2be
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We're visiting the in laws and this is the first time my 7 mo old son is meeting them. they all want to hold him but as soon as they even look or touch him he begins to cry.
He has always been very attached to me from birth. Always wants me over anyone even my DH. If i sit him down and try to back away he cries. If he doesnt know where i am he gets upset.
Im a stay at home. We don't live near any family and have a few friends so he doesn't have regular interaction with other people.
Is this stranger and/or separation anxiety? Is there anything I can do to help him feel comfortable with other family?
He has always been very attached to me from birth. Always wants me over anyone even my DH. If i sit him down and try to back away he cries. If he doesnt know where i am he gets upset.
Im a stay at home. We don't live near any family and have a few friends so he doesn't have regular interaction with other people.
Is this stranger and/or separation anxiety? Is there anything I can do to help him feel comfortable with other family?
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Re: stranger anxiety?
Give your lo time. When I take her to meet someone new or someone she hasn'tseen in a week or more iI hold her on my lap for a good while then either set her on the floor with me in sight and touch or try and pass her off but stay very close sight and touch
Time time time
This happened to us over the weekend with my father and step mother. They came up from Florida to see DD and hadn't seen her since she was 2 weeks old. Usually she has no problem with strangers but for some reason she screamed as soon as my father looked at her. I felt so bad for them. She eventually warmed up to them but I have noticed this happening with others we don't see very often. I new it would be happening but I just didn't think so soon.
I would say, try and have them visit family members often so he is used to them.
W is slow to warm up too, so we just take it slow and try to discourage people from grabbing him right away or getting right up in his face. I usually just hold him on my lap for a while and he'll stare the new person for a few minutes, then if he decides they're okay, he'll lunge out of my arms to grab for them.
I think it helps if I let him decide when he's ready to interact with someone as opposed to forcing it. If he initiates it, then I know he is comfortable and less likely to get scared or upset. My mom has been coming over every Thursday afternoon since he was born, and W is just now getting really comfortable with her.