My baby boy has entered a second phase of separation anxiety. As we haven’t dealt with this in months, it’s come as a bit of a shock. My little boy wants me to hold him, his hand or sit beside him 24/7 and I’m having trouble dealing with it.
It came on so suddenly and with so much other stuff going in his baby life I kind of hoped it would take care of itself. Silly mommy.
So why now and what do I do about it?
It seems that despite getting over his early separation anxiety and understanding that when I leave I am coming back, Nik may still be having problems with the idea of object permanence. He loves playing peek a boo so maybe that’s a clue. I need to find ways to reassure him and ease his discomfort.
I think a lot of the anxiety’s intensity comes from the fact that Nik has recently weaned

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