Maisie was 10 months old this week and the separation anxiety phase has been in full swing for a while now. I am never more than a few feet away from her at any given time. We have been practicing attachment parenting with this girly. She’s not a great fan of carriers. She NEEDS TO BE IN A ROOM FULL OF people. This girl LIVES to entertain.
If anyone tries to leave the room or go home or pee, she melts DOWN.
Today she was in rare form, poor baby.
Exhibit ONE, when my dad attempted to leave the porch to refill his coffee cup:
Papa returns, but she is still ticked off that he left… I think my dad is onto something when he says she doesn’t want to lose any of her entourage:
The world finally ends when her father leaves for work:
I am open to ANY suggestions regarding how to survive this stage.
How do/did YOU handle this separation anxiety phase?
I don’t recall it being this difficult with her brothers.
If you have any advice or war stories to share, feel free to leave a comment.
Miss Maisie and Me 
I can’t really remember what we did, as Mia did eventually grow out of it. Just try to distract them with whoever they’re being left with or take her into the bathroom with you etc. I do feel your pain as it’s heartbreaking and frustrating at the same time! Big hugs xx
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Maisie is now entering (in tandem with this separation anxiety) a “I want to be naked at all times/rip the diaper off and dance” phase.
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry at this point.
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Aww she’s being a free spirit at least! Mia’s 16 months and is on the tantrum phase, I have no idea where they learn how to do tantrums but they do and they’re always in full swing! Big mummy hugs! Babies smell fear hehe x
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Ohhhh
I’m not looking forward to tantrums!!! My sympathies!
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