severe seperation anxiety

IS anybody else dealing with seperation anxiety with their little ones?? My little girl will cry so hard for me when i go somewhere and leave her with her daddy. She follows me everywhere. If anybody else is dealing with this please let me know how to deal with it...it is driving me nuts!!

I need to keep an eye on this one. I'm going through the same thing.

My twins do it. Ignore it. That's what I do. At first I used to feel like a horrible mother. They have to learn that when you have to go, you have to go and you will not tolerate them acting out, and you'll always come back. Mine would literally throw themselves on the floor.

I can't ignore it, I give in and take him everywhere with me. I know that's probably making it worse.

My DS did that for the LONGEST time. I'd just give him a hug and a kiss when I left, told him that mommy would be back (after work, in a little bit, later depending on the sitation) and left. I found that the longer I hung around the harder it was. By the time I got back he'd be completely content (and I'd get the report that the hysterical fit would be over by the time I left the driveway usually). The biggest thing is to NOT just sneak out if you're leaving them somewhere b/c that definately can make the kid feel like you're abandoning them. Good luck, it'll get better eventually!

Well try offering an incentive. Like say, if you don't cry when I get back, mommy will take you for ice cream...or whatever they are very fond of. Mine love pizza.

I am so happy to hear that theres more of you out there!!

Quoting Keish~Face:“ Well try offering an incentive. Like say, if you don't cry when I get back, mommy will take you for ice cream...or whatever they are very fond of. Mine love pizza.”

that would totally work but she is only 10.5 months...lol

loagn is the same way... maybe if you try to have him occupied when you leave he wont really notice.... or have him go out with you and let him do something fun like push the door opener when you leave or wae goodbye... those things worked for logan 

im sorry.. her

The only thing I've found that works is to make a fort out of a blanket and he usually gets so distracted by trying to get the blanket down that I can sneak away do whatever I need to do and get back before he's noticed I went anywhere

So tomorrow i will be going away and im going to try to occupy her before i leave and i will see how it goes...wish me luck!! She gets to spend time with daddy!!

My 5 year old daughter has HUGE separation anxiety, still! It started when she was around 8 months old. She would cry when I left to go to Wal Mart or something. So to avoid that she just went everywhere with me, at dad's request. I tried the toy thing and the distract her with something, and the ignoring it method...anything really, I was a desterate woman. But stillto this day Raeghan nearly dies when I leave the house. My husband sat her down and talked to her about it like a little adult. He told her that instead of throwing a fit and begging to go, draw a picture about how she feels and then when I get home, we'd talk about what she drew and how she felt. For a 5 year old, it was perfect. But for a baby, I got nothing. Good luck though. I hope that you get it straightened out.